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Manuscript/Mixed Material Kitab-i Maaric ün-nübüvve Title on bottom edge: Kitab-i Altı Parmak / Maaric ün-nübüvve

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Title

  • Kitab-i Maaric ün-nübüvve

Other Title

  • Title on bottom edge: Kitab-i Altı Parmak
  • Maaric ün-nübüvve

Summary

  • Biography of the Prophet Muḥammad.
  • This 16th century manuscript in Ottoman Turkish seeks to provide an encyclopedic overview of the life, times, and unique characteristics of the Prophet Muhammad. Included in its 720 pages of text are stories of early prophets mentioned in the Qurʼanand in Muslim tradition, information about Muhammad's contemporaries, and lists of firsts associated with persons, events, and words. The author makes frequent use of hadiths from al-Bukhari, Abu Da'ud, and al-Tirmidhi. He cites the teachings of Sufi masters, such as Hasan al-Basri (died 728), the extreme ascetic Shaykh Abu Bakr al-Shibli (died 946), and Abu al-Hassan al-Kharaqani (died 1033). The work is intended for instruction and reflection and uses short, easily remembered quotations. Its general method is to present a hadith in Arabic and then provide translation and commentary in Turkish. Quotations in Arabic from the Qurʼan or the hadiths are often signaled in red ink, as are personal names and significant points. Extended commentaries relate to stories of personalities familiar from the Bible and persons and events from Muhammad's lifetime. The manuscript displays a Sufi or mystical reverence for the Muslim declaration of faith and the name and person of Muhammad. The text is full of biblical stories touching on Creation and historical events preceding the advent of Islam as they relate specifically to Muhammad. There are guide words and a brief colophon naming ʻAbd Allah ibn Ahmad as the scribe. A partially legible ownership inscription on the front flyleaf includes the year 1171 AH (1757-58). The authorship is uncertain; names that have been posited include 'Abd al-Haqq Dihlavi (1551-1642), author of an unpublished work with a similar title, and Muʻin al-Din Farahi (died 1501 or 1502). The text is in a careful naskh script. The manuscript is bound in red leather with blind-stamped medallions and traditional protective flap. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Muʻīn al-Dīn Farāhī, -1501 or 1502, author
  • Altıparmak Mehmet, -1623, translator

Created / Published

  • 1171? [1757 or 1758?]

Headings

  • -  Muḥammad,--Prophet,---632--Biography--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Turkish--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Binding is contemporary leather envelope binding with embossed stamps front and back; extensively mended.
  • -  Elaborate unvan with highly decorative multi-colored borders fol. 1b-2a.
  • -  Folios 1b-358b
  • -  Inscription in Arabic on fol. 1a: "al-Mubārak kitap li-Ḥajj Ibrāhīm, jazzāka Allahu khayran kathīran sanat 1171 ..."
  • -  Library of Congress. Turkish manuscript, 2.
  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Naskhī script; in small neat hand; completely vocalized; 33 lines in written area 23 x 14.5 cm.
  • -  Paper: cream-colored slightly polished laid-paper with horizontal chain lines with faint watermarks; black ink rubricated; text enclosed in narrow border of 3 black lines; few catchwords on rectos, possibly added by a later hand.
  • -  Possibly written in Turkey or Egypt.
  • -  Title from unvan.
  • -  GAL, Suppl. 2, p. 661
  • -  VOHD, XIII, 1, no. 68
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Turkish Arabic script.
  • -  Near East scanned

Medium

  • 358 leaves (33 lines) : bound ; 28 x 20 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP75.26 .M8419 1757

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015421264

Online Format

  • pdf
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Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

MuʻĪn Al-Dīn Farāhī, -1501 Or 1502, Author. Kitab-i Maaric ün-nübüvve. translateds by Altıparmak Mehmet, -1623Lator [? 1757 or 1758?, 1171] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015421264/.

APA citation style:

MuʻĪn Al-Dīn Farāhī, -. O. 1. (1171) Kitab-i Maaric ün-nübüvve. Altıparmak Mehmet, -., trans [? 1757 or 1758?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015421264/.

MLA citation style:

MuʻĪn Al-Dīn Farāhī, -1501 Or 1502, Author. Kitab-i Maaric ün-nübüvve. trans by Altıparmak Mehmet, -1623Lator [? 1757 or 1758?, 1171] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2015421264/>.