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Daiber I Ms. 29

147 folios; 21,5×16 cm; 21×12cm (fol.23-34); 21×15 cm (fol.35-60); 19,5×15 cm (fol.61). 15-31 lines. Naskhi by different hands. Paper occasionally stained with water and damaged (fol.19ff.; 35ff.); repaired with some loss of text on fol.11, 12, 102, 136; two perforations in fol.34. Different ages. Hand of the 11-12th/17-18th century; some parts may be older. Fol.11r mentions as copyist of the text fol.5r-11r Da'ud Ibn Ali.

IIIF Collection

Contents

  1. [1]

    Cover and Preliminary leaves.

  2. [2] [1102] fol. 1r - 2r

    A prayer (munajat مناجاة ) against pestilence, in verse with Takhmis تخميس (in red ink).

  3. [3] [1103] fol. 2v - 4v

    Manzumat asma' Allah al-husna منظومة أسماء الله الحسنى

    On this prayer cf. GAL S II 361 nr. 1 and 481; it is also called al-Qasida al-lamiya القصيدة اللامية , al-Qasida (or al-Manzuma) al-Dimyatiya القصيدة (أو المنظومة) الدمياطية and Khawass asma' Allah al-husna خواص أسماء الله الحسنى (see ms. Berlin 3753). The author died 921/1515; he is also called Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Diruti al-Dimyati شمس الدين أبو عبد الله محمد الديروطي الدمياطي .

  4. [4] [1104] fol. 5r - 11r

    A fragment. This eschatological work is completely preserved in ms.8, fol. 113v-149v and contains only the end (= ms.8, fol. 142v11-149v). A further fragment is the following text and ms.28, fol. 1v-18r.

  5. [5] [1105] fol. 11v - 20v

    A fragment. See the preceding text. Our fragment is identical with ms.8, fol. 125r21-133r13 (end of the chapter fi dhikr nafkhat al-sur lil-ba'th في ذكر نفخة الصور للبعث ).

  6. [6] [1106] fol. 21r - 22v

    A fragment (the end) of a work on Islamic law. The text must have been written after the end of the 9th/15th century; fol. 21v, -4 is cited Jami' al-fatawi جامع الفتاوي which according to Hajji Khalifa, Kashf al-zunun II nr. 392 is written by al-Hamidi (or al-Humaydi) al-Hanafi الحميدي الحنفي (died 880/1475) and of which mss. are preserved (see GAL II 226).

  7. [7] [1107] fol. 23r - 34v

    A fragment of a devotional work. The text refers to the Islamic tradition and cites fol. 26v17 the Shafi'ite Abd al-Azim al-Mundhiri عبد العظيم المنذري who died 656/1258 (GAL I 367; S I 627). The fragment contains the following chapters 24v fi qira'at surat al-kahf yawma al-jum'a في قراءة سورة الكهف يوم الجمعة . 25r fi kalimat al-tawhid في كلمة التوحيد . 25v dhikr ذكر . 30r fi ma yunha an-hu min al-tahajur wa-al-taqatu' في ما ينهى عنه من التهاجر والتقاطع . 32v fi al-mizah في المزاح . 33r fi al-mufakhara في المفاخرة . 34r

  8. [8] [1108] fol. 35r - 59v

    Tanbih al-mughtarrin fi al-qarn al-ashir ala ma khalafu fi-hi salafuhum al-tahir تنبيه المغترين في القرن العاشر على ما خالفوا فيه سلفهم الطاهر

    A fragment. Author and title are not mentioned; fol. 44v, ult.f. mentions "Sayyidi Ali al-Khawwass سيدي علي الخواص " i.e. the teacher of al-Sha'rani, namely Nur al-Din Ali al-Khawwass al-Burullusi نور الدين علي الخواص البرلسي (GAL II 335; S II 464). The text describes the exemplary behaviour of former Sufis; the main passages start with wa-min akhlaqihim ومن أخلاقهم (as in ms. Berlin 3099). On the author (died 973/1565) and the text see GAL II 337 nr. 12; S II 465 nr. 12.

  9. [9] [1109] fol. 61v

    The beginning of an anonymous treatise on horses.

  10. [10] [1110] fol. 63r - 67v

    Bikr al-waqt fi ma'rifat suluk ibn al-waqt wa-abi al-waqt بكر الوقت في معرفة سلوك ابن الوقت وأبي الوقت

    The title is mentioned fol. 63v3f. and the author fol. 63r3. The colophon has the title Bayan suluk ibn al-waqt fi tariq abi al-waqt بيان سلوك ابن الوقت في طريق أبي الوقت . It mentions as the year of the death of our author 27 Sha'ban 1013/18.1.1605. - The treatise is an introduction to mysticism, written by the author at the age of 80 (fol. 63r5ff.). The text and the author are not mentioned in BROCKELMANN (GAL) and KAHHALE. al-Muhibbi المحبي , Ta'rikh khulasat al-athar fi a'yan al-qarn al-hadi ashar تأريخ خلاصة الأثر في أعيان القرن الحادي عشر (Bulaq 1290/1873-4) IV 462, 1ff. mentions with the same year of death (however a different month 13 Dhu al-Qa'da) Shah Wali al-Ayni al-Khalwati al-Hanafi شاه ولي العيني الخلوتي الحنفي who may be identical with Muhammad Shah Wali Ibn Muhammad al-Askari محمد شاه ولي بن محمد العسكري , the author of a commentary on Sura 41, 53 in ms. Berlin 1007.

  11. [11] [1111] fol. 68r - 69r

    al-Futuhat al-Makkiya الفتوحات المكية

    a fragment. On the author (died 638/1240) and this well-known work see GAL I 442 nr. 10 (11) and S I 792 nr. 11.

  12. [12] [1112] fol. 69r - 71r

    Hizb al-uns حزب الأنس

    On the author (died 882/1477) see GAL S II 152. The prayer which is not mentioned in GAL is identical with ms. Berlin 3097 (the beginning only).

  13. [13] [1113] fol. 71v - 111r

    Qawanin hikam al-ishraq ila kull al-sufiya bi-jami' al-afaq قوانين حكم الإشراق إلى كل الصوفية بجميع الآفاق

    On the author cf. preceding text. The title is also Kitab al-tasawwuf كتاب التصوف (fol. 71v). On the mss. of this still unedited text cf. GAL S II 152. It is not completely identical with ms. Berlin 3028 and sometimes has additions. The arrangement of the folios is not correct at the end fol. 113-115 belong to fol. 71 and after fol. 115 at least one folio is missing.

  14. [14] [1114] fol. 111r - 112v

    Hilyat al-abdal wa-ma yazharu an-ha min al-ma'arif wa-al-ahwal حلية الأبدال وما يظهر عنها من المعارف والأحوال

    Of this mystical treatise, a guide to the ultimate happiness which was composed in 599/1202, our ms. contains the first half (ends in the fasl fi al-samt فصل في الصمت ). Cf. GAL I 444 nr. 28 (29); S I 796 nr. 29; OSMAN YAHYA, Histoire et classification de l'oeuvre d'Ibn Arabi (Damas 1964) I 291f. (nr. 237).

  15. [15] [1115] fol. 116r - 117v

    Excerpts from Hadith-collections. Fol.117r refers to the Masabih مصابيح , apparently the Masabih al-sunna (al-sunan) مصابيح السنة (السنن) by Husayn Ibn Mas'ud al-Farra' al-Baghawi حسين بن مسعود الفراء البغوي (died 516/1122 or 510/1117 see GAL I 363; S I 620).

  16. [16] [1116] fol. 118r - 118v

    A fragment (the end) of a poem in praise of the prophet and his followers. In the margin of 118r al-Dimyati الدمياطي is mentioned as author. However only the last verse is identical with the end of al-Dimyati's Manzuma منظومة as preserved in fol. 2v-4v of our ms.

  17. [17] [1117] fol. 119v - 147v

    Kitab Mahbukat al-tarafayni كتاب محبوكات الطرفين

    A collection of poems, with an introduction. On the author (died 1176/1762) see KAHHALE XII 32 (our text is mentioned as Diwan shi'r ديوان شعر , without any ms.).

  18. [18]

    Terminal leaves and Back cover.