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Manuscript/Mixed Material Kitāb al-Jawāhir wa-al-durar كتاب الجواهر والدرر /

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Title

  • Kitāb al-Jawāhir wa-al-durar

Other Title

  • كتاب الجواهر والدرر /

Summary

  • Sufi treatise on the opinions of al-Sharʻānī's teacher ʻAlī al-Khawwāṣ al-Burullusī.

Names

  • Shaʻrānī, ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad, approximately 1493-1565 or 1566
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [18th century]

Headings

  • -  ʻAlī al-Khawwāṣ
  • -  Sufism--Early works to 1800
  • -  Islamic law--Interpretation and construction--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title from fol. 1a.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Place of writing not determined.
  • -  Paper; light cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and watermark of three crescent moons in a row in descending order of size; black ink; catchwords.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, GII, p. 337.23
  • -  Naskh; 21 lines in written area 17 x 10 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-78a.
  • -  "24. III 1412 = 3.672."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 3-672.
  • -  Binding; black quarter leather with black grain sides; former owner's name at base of spine.
  • -  Incipit: البسملة. الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى وسلم على سيدنا محمد وعلى سائر الانبيآء والمسلمين ... وبعد فهذه جواهر ودرر التقطتها من كلاك شيخي وقدوتي الى الله الشيخ ... علي الخواص البرلسي ...
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: ... والصعائر عملا بما مرنا الله تعالى به من حسن الظن بالمسلمين وانها ارتكبوها وكفرت عنهم بافعال اخر ... سبحانه حسن الخاتمة عنه وكرمه.

Medium

  • 78 leaves (21 lines), paper : bound ; 23 x 17 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP188.9 .S5198 1700z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016496933

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Rights & Access

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Arabic Language Rare Materials Collection

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Chicago citation style:

ShaʻRānī, ʻAbd Al-Wahhāb Ibn Aḥmad, Approximately Or 1566, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Kitāb al-Jawāhir wa-al-durar. [18th Century] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496933/.

APA citation style:

ShaʻRānī, ʻ. A. I. A., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. Kitāb al-Jawāhir wa-al-durar. [18th Century] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496933/.

MLA citation style:

ShaʻRānī, ʻAbd Al-Wahhāb Ibn Aḥmad, Approximately Or 1566, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Kitāb al-Jawāhir wa-al-durar. [18th Century] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496933/>.