• العقد الفرىد للملك السعىد.
  • al-ʻIqd al-farīd lil-Malik al-Saʻīd.

Language:
  • Arabic
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Description:
  • Copied A.H. 979 [A.D. 1571].
  • Fols. 225; 19.4 x 13.4 cm.; written surface 14 x 9 cm.; 15-17 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in clear naskhi; with vowel signs; with catchwords; headings in red and green.
  • A collection of discourses arranged in four divisions: (1) on morals and good conduct; (2) on politics; (3) on canon law and religion; (4) on miscellaneous themes. Dedicated to al-Malik al-Saʻīd Najm al-Dīn Ghāzī ibn Urtuq, who reigned A.H. 637-658 [A.D. 1239-1260].
  • Beg.: بسم الله الرحمن الرحىم ... ىقول العبد الفقىر الى مولاه
  • Colophon: وکان الفراغ من تحصىله نهار الخمىس بعد صلوة الظهر خامس شهر صفر من سنة تسع وسبعىن وتسعمائة من الهجرة النبوىة على صاحبها افضل الصلوة والسلام
  • Marginal notes and glosses; the first 2 folios are by a later hand; also folios 139-225 are by a different hand. MS in fair condition but several folios are worm-eaten and mended and several are stained with dampness; Arabic leather binding with flap; blind stamped and tooling.
  • Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.
  • Catalogue des manuscrits arabes de la Bibliothèque Nationale, 2440; A catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 661; Pertsch, Die orientalischen handschriften der Herzoglichen bibliothek zu Gotha, 1882/3; Catalogus codicum arabicorum Bibliothecae Academiae Lugduno-Batavae, 1950; Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 8779.
  • Printed in Cairo, A.H. 1283, 1306, 1310.
Subject:
  • Political science—Islamic Empire—13th century
  • Education of princes—Islamic Empire—Early works to 1800
  • Islamic ethics—Early works to 1800
  • Islam and politics—Early works to 1800
Date:
  • 1500-1599
Author:
  • Abū Sālim al-Naṣībī, Muḥammad ibn Ṭalḥah, 1186 or 1187-1254 or 1255
Creator:
  • Abū Sālim al-Naṣībī, Muḥammad ibn Ṭalḥah, 1186 or 1187-1254 or 1255
Collections:
  • Middle East Manuscripts
  • Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/dck930c669q
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