• العقد الفريد للملك السعيد.
  • al-ʻIqd al-farīd lil-Malik al-Saʻīd.

Language:
  • Arabic
Call number:
  • Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 140H
Extent:
  • 228, (3) leaves : paper ; 194 x 134 (140 x 90) mm. bound to 195 x 135 mm.
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Description:
  • Collation: Paper ; fol. 228 + (3) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
  • Description: Headings in red and green ; vowel signs ; watermarks (circular motif) ; the first 2 folios are by a later hand ; folios 139-225 are by a different hand ; title on bottom edge illegible ; MS in fair condition but several folios are worm-eaten and mended and several are stained with dampness.
  • Layout: 15-17 lines per page.
  • Marginal notes and glosses. ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Sayyid Ḥasan ibn ʻAbd Allāh made corrections on 10 Shawwāl 1224 (fol. 1a). Prayer preceded by a explanation that Muḥammad al-Tilimsānī was told by the Prophet in a dream that reciting this prayer was worth more than reciting others multiple times (fol. 2a) .
  • Ms. codex.
  • Origin: According to colophon copied Thursday 5 Ṣafar 979 (fol. 227a).
  • Title from text (fol. 5a).
  • Colophon: وکان الفراغ من تحصيله نهار الخميس بعد صلوة الظهر خامس شهر صفر من سنة تسع وسبعين وتسعمائة من الهجرة النبوية على صاحبها افضل الصلوة والسلام
  • Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ... يقول العبد الفقير الى مولاه
Publisher:
  • 5 Ṣafar 979 [July 9, 1571?]
Subject:
  • Education of princes—Islamic Empire—Early works to 1800
  • Islam and politics—Early works to 1800
  • Islamic ethics—Early works to 1800
  • Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
  • Political science—Islamic Empire—Early works to 1800
  • Autographs (Provenance)
  • Blind tooled bindings (Binding)
  • Watermarks (Paper)
Date:
  • 1571-709
Author:
  • Abū Sālim al-Naṣībī, Muḥammad ibn Ṭalḥah, 1186 or 1187-1254 or 1255
Abstract:
  • 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 637-658 [1239-1260].
Creator:
  • Abū Sālim al-Naṣībī, Muḥammad ibn Ṭalḥah, 1186 or 1187-1254 or 1255
  • ابو سال النصيبي، محمد بن طلحة، 1186 or 1187-1254 or 1255
Contributor:
  • Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 140H
Collections:
  • Middle East Manuscripts
  • Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/dck930c669q
Donor:
  • Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
Spatial:
  • New Jersey
  • Africa, North
  • Middle East
References:
  • A catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 661.
  • Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 8779.
  • Catalogue des manuscrits arabes de la Bibliothèque Nationale, 2440.
  • Catalogus codicum arabicorum Bibliothecae Academiae Lugduno-Batavae, 1950.
  • Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 782.
  • Pertsch, Die orientalischen handschriften der Herzoglichen bibliothek zu Gotha, 1882/3.
Binding note:
  • Type II (with flap) binding in dark red leather. Flap is missing. Upper and lower cover do not match. Blind-stamped mandorla with pendants on both covers. Blind-stamped corner motifs on lower cover. Blind-tooled edging covered by repairs to covers.
Provenance:
  • Owner signature of ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻUmayyil[?] (fol. 2a), Muḥammad ibn al-Sayyid Ḥusayn al-Hātimī, Muṣṭafá ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaʻqūb, and Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Ṣalāḥ 1212 (fol. 4a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source acquisition:
  • Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
Location:
  • Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 140H
View in catalog: