Manuscript/Mixed Material Image 1 of Hādhā kitāb Tuḥfat al-akyās fī ḥusn al-ẓann bi-al-nās

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Title

  • Hādhā kitāb Tuḥfat al-akyās fī ḥusn al-ẓann bi-al-nās

Other Title

  • هذا كتاب تحفة الاكياس في حسن الظن بالناس /

Summary

  • Treaties on ethics.

Names

  • Miṣrī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, -1664
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [late 18th century?]

Headings

  • -  Islamic ethics--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; heavy, light cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and watermark of a crescent moon with a human face in a lozenge shaped armorial device, with the countermark "Pordenone"; elaborate floral unwan in purple and black; on fol. 1b and 2a only the text is enclosed in ruled border of two thin purple lines; black ink with rubrication now appearing as purple; catchwords.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, GII, p. 343.2
  • -  Naskh; 21 lines in written area 16.5 x 9.5 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-76b.
  • -  "24. III 1411 = 3.671."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 3-671.
  • -  Binding; black half leather with black grain sides; former owner's name at base of spine.
  • -  Incipit: البسملة. وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد الابي الامي وعلى اله وصحبه وسلم الحمد لله الذي هدى لحين الظن من اختيار من عباده زحمله من الظنون السيئة بتنوير فؤاده ...
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: وصلى الله على اشرف الخلق سيدنا ومولانا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه وسلم وشرف وكرم امين.

Medium

  • 76 leaves (21 lines), paper : bound ; 22.5 x 16.4 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BJ1291 .M57 1700z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016496628

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Miṣrī, ʻAlī Ibn Muḥammad, -1664, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Hādhā kitāb Tuḥfat al-akyās fī ḥusn al-ẓann bi-al-nās. [Late 18th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496628/.

APA citation style:

Miṣrī, ʻ. I. M., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. Hādhā kitāb Tuḥfat al-akyās fī ḥusn al-ẓann bi-al-nās. [Late 18th Century?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496628/.

MLA citation style:

Miṣrī, ʻAlī Ibn Muḥammad, -1664, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Hādhā kitāb Tuḥfat al-akyās fī ḥusn al-ẓann bi-al-nās. [Late 18th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496628/>.