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Daiber I Ms. 45

273 folios; 20×14,5 cm; 19-21 lines; naskhi (different hands); nasta'liq fol.229v-272v. Original leather binding with vignettes. Copied in 1057/ 1647 (73v; 75v; 79v); 1061/1650 (16v; 41r; 53r; 107v; 116r; 125r); 1148/ 1735 (224r); 965/1558 by Khalil Ibn Hamza Ibn Khalil (272v) and 984/1577 by Abd Allah Ibn Sa'id al-Yamani (127r-184r).

IIIF Collection

Contents

  1. [1]

    Color char, Cover, Preliminary leaves

  2. [2] [1208] fol. 1r

    Enumeration of the 10 Aristotelian categories. Written in red ink.

  3. [3] [1209] fol. 1r - 1v

    Four fragments from a work about alchemy. At the end of the first section (1r below) Abd al-Jabbar al-Hamadani عبد الجبار الهمداني is mentioned as author. On his treatise about alchemy (Risala/Tadhkira fi al-kimiya' رسالة / تذكرة في الكيمياء ) cf. F. SEZGIN, GAS I 625 nr. 5. The authenticity is doubtful: cf. M. ULLMANN, Die Natur- und Geheimwissenschaften im Islam, Leiden 1972, p.222. - For a complete ms. in Los Angeles see A. Z. ISKANDAR, A Descriptive List of Arabic Mss., Leiden 1984, p.48: al-Nasir al-Hakim Abd al-Jabbar al-Hamadani الناصر الحكيم عبد الجبار الهمداني , al-Hikma al-ilahiya الحكمة الإلهية .

  4. [4] [1210] fol. 3r - 10v

    al-Risala al-badriya fi al-sunna al-fajriya الرسالة البدرية في السنة الفجرية

    The unknown author refers in this treatise and in the following texts mainly to Hanafite books about fiqh. The text on fol. 98r-101v reports a question about the correct pronunciation of the word Amin أمين directed to the author in the Sulayman Pasha mosque (built in 1528) on the citadel of Cairo. Cp. also fol. 121v4f. - On fol. 41r3 the author cites the Hanafite jurist Nuh Ibn Mustafa نوح بن مصطفى (died 1070/1659 in Cairo; cf. GAL II 314; S II 432). This citation and the note on fol. 16v, according to which the text fol. 11r-16v is composed by our author in 1057/1647 prove that he was a contemporary of Nuh Ibn Mustafa. He must have been a Hanafite jurist who knew Turkish (see fol. 102r-105v) and who stayed in Cairo at times. The date given on fol. 16v conforms to the date of the compilation, of the Surrat al-fatawi صرة الفتاوي by Sadiq Muhammad Ibn Ali al-Saqizi صادق محمد بن علي الساقزي (died 1099/1688); therefore we may conclude that our author is al-Saqizi and that our texts are parts of al-Saqizi's Surrat al-fatawi (mss.: s. GAL II 436 and S II 648; Mingana 331(1200) and Princeton, Garrett collection nr. 1247).

  5. [5] [1211] fol. 11r - 16v

    al-Salat al-nuriya fi al-sunan al-zuhriya الصلاة النورية في السنن الظهرية

  6. [6] [1212] fol. 17r - 22v

    Tark al-bahraj li-karahat al-shatranj ترك البهرج لكراهة الشطرنج

  7. [7] [1213] fol. 23r - 24v

    Risalat anwa' al-taharat fi tathir al-najasat رسالة أنواع الطهارات في تطهير النجاسات

    The text is identical with fol. 54r-55v.

  8. [8] [1214] fol. 25r - 26v

    Risalat fath al-qadir sharh masa'il al-bi'r رسالة فتح القدير شرح مسائل البئر

    The text is identical with fol. 59v-60v.

  9. [9] [1215] fol. 27r - 30r

    Risalat wad' al-yadayn fi al-salawat al-khams wa-al-idayn رسالة وضع اليدين في الصلوات الخمس والعيدين

  10. [10] [1216] fol. 31r - 33v

    A fragment about taslim تسليم

  11. [11] [1217] fol. 35r - 41r

    Kamal al-ruquq fi salat al-masbuq كمال الرقوق في صلاة المسبوق

  12. [12] [1218] fol. 42r - 49v

    Ta'yin al-niyat fi al-khams salawat تعيين النيات في الخمس صلوات

  13. [13] [1219] fol. 50r - 53r

    Khawass al-hars fi bihar al-fard خواص الحرص في بحار الفرض

    The text is identical with fol. 56v-59r.

  14. [14] [1220] fol. 54r - 55v

    text fol. 23r-24v.

  15. [15] [1221] fol. 56r

    An anonymous fragment without title.

  16. [16] [1222] fol. 56v - 59r

    text fol. 50r-53r.

  17. [17] [1223] fol. 59v - 60v

     (al-)Masa'il al-sab'a fi al-bi'r wa-kayfa yakunu ahwal ma'a al-bi'r المسائل السبعة في البئر وكيف يكون أحوال ماء البئر

    The text is identical with fol. 25r-26v. It is incomplete: it ends on fol. 59v14 and starts then again.

  18. [18] [1224] fol. 62r - 66v

    Risalat al-tashwiq fi takbir al-tashriq رسالة التشويق في تكبير التشريق

  19. [19] [1225] fol. 67r - 69r

    Risalat al-tashriq fi bayan al-ta'rif رسالة التشريق في بيان التعريف

  20. [20] [1226] fol. 70r - 72v

    Risalat al-taqyid (li-)al-tanafful fi al-id رسالة التقييد للتنفل في العيد

  21. [21] [1227] fol. 73r - 75v

    Risalat al-ghunya fi mash al-lihya رسالة الغنية في مسح اللحية

  22. [22] [1228] fol. 76r - 79v

    Hikmat al-fikr fi sajdat al-shukr حكمة الفكر في سجدة الشكر

  23. [23] [1229] fol. 80r - 82r

    Risalat al-isti'la' fi bayan al-istinja' رسالة الاستعلاء في بيان الاستنجاء

    Possibly incomplete at the end, because the colophon is missing and fol. 82v-83r are blank.

  24. [24] [1230] fol. 84r - 89v

    Tabyin al-kalam fi alfaz al-salam تبيين الكلام في ألفاظ السلام

  25. [25] [1231] fol. 90r - 95v

    Dhikr kitab al-lama'an lil-Imam al-Nasihi wa-min kitab al-da'awat min mu'allafat al-Ghazzali ذكر كتاب اللمعان للإمام الناصحي ومن كتاب الدعوات من مؤلفات الغزالي

    About the invocation of God (dhikr) and the prayer (du'a' دعاء ). al- Imam al-Nasihi and his Kitab al-Lama'an cannot be identified. The Kitab al-Da'awat ascribed to al-Ghazzali is preserved in ms. Berlin 3515, fol. 59v-62v: it follows al-Ghazzali's Kitab al-Tasawwuf fi al-ibadat كتاب التصوف في العبادات . MAURICE BOUYGES, Essai de chronologie des oeuvres de al-Ghazali (Algazel), Beyrouth 1959, p.101, nr. 114 supposes an identity of the Kitab al-Da'awat with the Risala fi al-ibadat رسالة في العبادات . However the above-mentioned ms. Berlin 3515 proves that both texts are different - unless the Kitab al-Da'awat is part of the Risala fi al-ibadat = Kitab al-Tasawwuf fi al-ibadat.

  26. [26] [1232] fol. 98r - 101v

    Aqwal al-mufassirin fi lafzat al-amin أقوال المفسرين في لفظة الأمين

  27. [27] [1233] fol. 102r - 105v

    Shaqq al-dajaj wa-tark al-lajaj شق الدجاج وترك اللجاج

    Fol.105v4ff. contain (in two variants) a fatwa فتوى in Turkish concerning the cleaning of chickens (already cited on fol. 24v and 55v); it is directed to the Mufti مفتي of Istanbul (24v), Abu al-Su'ud أبو سعود (died 982/1574: see GAL II 438). Abu al-Su'ud is also known as an author of fatwas: see P. HORSTER, Zur Anwendung des islamischen Rechts im 16. Jahrhundert, Bonn 1935 (= Bonner orientalistische Studien 10), p.1ff. and ELKE EBERHARD, Osmanische Polemik gegen die Safawiden im 16, Jahrhundert nach arabischen Handschriften, Freiburg 1970 (= Islamkundliche Untersuchungen 3), Index; MEHMET ERTUGRUL DÜZDAG: Şeyhülislâm Ebussuud Efendi Fetvaları ışıgında 16. asır türk hayatı. Istanbul 1972.

  28. [28] [1234] fol. 106r - 107v

    I'lam al-malahida wa-izhar al-zanadiqa إعلام الملاحدة وإظهار الزنادقة

  29. [29] [1235] fol. 108r - 116r

    al-Istirfaf fi al-istikhlaf الاسترفاف في الاستخلاف

  30. [30] [1236] fol. 117r - 120v

    Risalat al-Tabyin fi kayfiyat al-ta'min رسالة التبيين في كيفية التأمين

  31. [31] [1237] fol. 121r - 125r

    Tabyin al-muddat fi kayfiyat al-takbirat تبيين المدات في كيفية التكبيرات

  32. [32] [1238] fol. 127r - 184r

    Talkhis al-tanwir fi isqat al-tadbir تلخيص التنوير في إسقاط التدبير

    An anonymous compendium of al-Shadhili (died 709/1309), al-Tanwir fi isqat al-tadbir التنوير في إسقاط التدبير . On this mystical text of al-Shadhili see GAL II 118 and S II 145. Our compendium is more extensive than the anonymous compendium in ms. Berlin 3090/1 (not mentioned in GAL). As a comparison with the Cairo edition of 1973 (by MUSA MUHAMMAD ALI موسى محمد علي and ABBAD AL-AL AHMAD AL-IRABI عباد العال أحمد العرابي ) shows, the compendium in our ms. (copied 984/1577) has many variants which sometimes offer better readings. The chapter-headings are written in red ink.

  33. [33] [1239] fol. 184v - 185r

    A fragment of a mystical work.

  34. [34] [1240] fol. 186r - 190v

    Tahrir al-qawa'id al-mantiqiya (= al-Qutbi)   تحرير القواعد المنطقية (القطبي)

    Preface with anonymous commentary. As a comparison with ms. Berlin 5258 shows, the text of al-Tahtani (died 766/1364) which is commented by an anonymous author, is a commentary on Najm al-Din al-Katibi نجم الدين الكاتبي (died 675/1276 or 693/1294), al-Risala al-Shamsiya fi al-qawa'id al-mantiqiya الرسالة الشمسية في القواعد المنطقية , part I (al-tasawwurat التصورات ). On the numerous glosses on al-Qutbi see GAL I 466 and S I 845. The commented text of al-Tahtani is overlined in red or introduced by qawluhu قوله in red ink. The commentary is different from the explanation on fol. 192v-193v.

  35. [35] [1241] fol. 191r - 192r

    Sharh adab al-bahth شرح آداب البحث

    On the expression dimnu qawlihi wa-rutbatuhu ضمن قوله ورتبته . Author and title are mentioned fol. 2r. The author may be identical with Muhammad Ibn Ya'qub al-Firuzabadi محمد بن يعقوب الفيروزابادي who died 817/1415 (GAL II 181; S II 234). However the title is not mentioned anywhere. The text is a semantic treatise on the use of the terms risala رسالة , muqaddama مقدمة (sic) and mawdu' موضوع .

  36. [36] [1242] fol. 192v - 193v

    Tahrir al-qawa'id al-mantiqiya (= al-Qutbi)  تحرير القواعد المنطقية (القطبي)

    Preface with anonymous commentary which is different from the text on fol. 186v-190v.

  37. [37] [1243] fol. 194r - 198v

    al-Qasida al-Khazrajiya القصيدة الخزرجية

    On the author (died about 650/1252) and this poem on metrics see GAL I 312 and S I 545.

  38. [38] [1244] fol. 198v - 199r

    Dhikr man shahida Badran ذكر من شهد بدرا

    An alphabetical enumeration (as far as the letter "S س ") of participants in the battle of Badr in the year 2/624.

  39. [39] [1245] fol. 201v - 224r

    I'anat al-majdin fi tashih al-din bi-sharh umm al-barahin إعانة المجدين في تصحيح الدين بشرح أم البراهين

    An anonymous commentary to al-Sanusi السنوسي (died 892/1486 or 895), Umm al-barahin (= Aqidat ahl al-tawhid al-sughra عقيدة أهل التوحيد الصغرى ). On this creed of al-Sanusi see GAL II 251 and S II 353. The commented text of al-Sanusi is written in red ink.

  40. [40] [1246] fol. 224v - 226r

    al-Kafiya al-badi'iya fi al-mada'ih al-nabawiya الكافية البديعية في المدائح النبوية

    In the margin of this poem in praise of the prophet the rhetorical figures are mentioned in red ink. On the author (died 750/1349) and the text cf. GAL II 160 nr. 3 and S II 199 nr. 3. - Our text is not complete; it has only 83 verses and not 143.

  41. [41] [1247] fol. 229v - 251r

    al-Risala al-Husayniya fi fann al-adab  الرسالة الحسينية في فن الآداب

    With commentary by Ali al-Fardi Ibn Mustafa al-Qaisari علي الفردي بن مصطفى القيصري . The commented text of Shah Husayn Efendi al-Antaki (died 1130/1718) is overlined in black. Our ms. has neither author nor title; cf. however ms. Berlin 5335. Two more mss. of this text on the art of dispute (adab al-bahth آداب البحث ) of which an extract has been printed in Istanbul (1276/1859) are mentioned GAL S II 482 (cf. GAL II 356 nr. 4).

  42. [42] [1248] fol. 251v - 252r

    An enumeration and explanation of 15 kinds of simple and compound judgements.

  43. [43] [1249] fol. 252v - 272v

    Hashiya ala al-fawa'id al-Fanariya  حاشية على الفوائد الفنارية

    On the text see GAL I 465 nr. I 2a; S I 842 nr. I 2a. The commented text, the Fawa'id فوائد of al-Fanari الفناري (died 834/1431; cf. GAL II 233; S II 328) is introduced by qawluhu قوله in red ink; it is a commentary to the Kitab al-Isaghuji كتاب الإيساغوجي by al-Abhari الأبهري (died 663/1264). BROCKELMANN follows the ms. Berlin 5240 and dates the Hashiya "about 950/1543"; our text is written some years later, in 965/558 (fol. 272v).

  44. [44] [1250] fol. 273r - 273v

    A short enumeration and description of the five "outward" (al-zahira الظاهرة ) and "inward" (al-batina الباطنة ) senses. The text is a summary of a chapter in Ibn Sina ابن سينا , al-Shifa' الشفاء : cf. Avicenna's De anima (Arabic text), being the psychological part of Kitab al-shifa' كتاب الشفاء , ed. F. RAHMAN, London 1959, p.41-45.

  45. [45] fol. 274r - 276v

    Terminal leaves, Back cover