Hadīyat al-ṣuʻlūk fī sharḥ Tuḥfat al-mulūk

Title:

Hadīyat al-ṣuʻlūk fī sharḥ Tuḥfat al-mulūk
هدية الصعلوك في شرح تحفة الملوك

Alternative title:

صعلوك

Creator:

Muḥarram ibn Muḥammad
محرم بن محمد

Contributor:

Veli bin Şaban, scribe
ولى بن شعبان، ناسخ

Date:

[1669].

Description:

Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 566Origin: As appears in colophon on p.426, copied by Walī ibn Shaʻbān (Veli bin Şaban) with transcription completed Muḥarram 1080 [June 1669]. As appears in preceding authorial colophon (also on p.426), composition completed 1 Rajab 981 [ca. 27 October 1573].Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. 46 slips carrying glosses, etc. (paginated, e.g. pp.33-34, 35-36, 37-38, 43-44, etc.).Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover and fore edge flap label "IL 407" (likely supplied by Yahuda see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red-brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in dull yellow-tinted paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OSv 1) ; sewn in light brown or grey thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in cream and or light yellow, fair condition, some losses to tailband ; overall in fair condition with abrasion, some lifting and losses of leather, minor delamination of upper board, etc. ; numerous repairs to board edges, spine, and flap in red and tan leathers.Support: European laid paper with 6-7 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 26-27 mm. apart (horizontal), crown-star-crescent watermark (see p.22,23, etc.) and "S S" under trefoil countermark (see p.340) ; sturdy and dense, quite well-burnished.Decoration: Keywords, section headings, and abbreviation symbols rubricated ; overlining in red ; textual dividers in the form of inverted commas in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; an elegant Turkish hand ; virtually serifless with tilt to the right, slight effect of words descending to baseline, partially vocalized ; text following preface (p.14) supplied in a different hand.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, I+1 (3), 5 V(53), VI (65), 10 V(165), i ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts and flyleaves).Colophon: "Authorial" reads "في غرة شهر رجب من شهور سنة احدى وثمانين وتسعمائة حامدا لله تعالى ومصليا ومسلما على رسوله محمد ... آمين" ; "Scribal" reads "قد وقع الفراغ من تنميق هذه النسخة الشريفة على يد احوج الورى الى رحمة ربه الاعلى يوم الاحد في وقت العصر [من المحرم الحرام] ولي بن شعبان غفر الله العافي عنهما ... من شهور سنة ثمانين والف من هجرة من له العز والشرف ... تم تم تم"Explicit: "فعليكم ايها الاخ [الاخوان] بالتقوى والاستعداد للقاء الله عز وجل ونعم الاخرة الحمد لله على التمام لوصول التحرير بالاختتام ... برحمة ربنا ذي الجلال والاكرام ورزقهم الفوز هول يوم القيامة"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي جعل قلوب العلماء مرايا جمال معاني الهداية ... اما بعد فيقول العبد الفقير الى رحمة ربه وشفاعة نبيه ابو الليث المحرم بن محمد بن العارف بن الحسن الزيلي [؟] ... لما كنت اذاكر كتاب تحفة الملوك ... سألني بعض الطلبة ان اشرحها شرحا يفتح مخفياته وينشر مطوياته ... فاستخرت الله وشرعت الدعاء فالهمني بان ليس للانسان الا ما سعى فطالعت المتون المتداولة والشروح المستعملة مستعينا به ... وسميته هدية الصعلوك في شرح تحفة الملوك ... الحمد لله وسلام على عباده الذين اسطفى ولكن لم يصف الله تعالى بجلال ذاته وكمال صفاته ..."Title from opening matter (preface) on p.12.Ms. codex.7. p.429-430 : [blank].6. p.427-p.428 : [excerpts].5. p.14-p.426 : [continuation of Hadīyat al-ṣuʻlūk fī sharḥ Tuḥfat al-mulūk] / Abū al-Layth al-Muḥarram ibn Muḥammad al-Zīlī.4. p.13 : [waqf statement].3. p.11-p.13 : [preface of Hadīyat al-ṣuʻlūk fī sharḥ Tuḥfat al-mulūk] / Abū al-Layth al-Muḥarram ibn Muḥammad al-Zīlī.2. p.9-p.10 : [contents listing].1. p.1-p.8 : [assorted excerpts].Fine copy of the commentary by Abū al-Layth al-Muḥarram ibn Muḥammad ibn al-ʻĀrif al-Zīlī (al-Zaylāʻī) upon al-Rāzī’s compendium of Ḥanafī law, Tuḥfat al-mulūk. Preceded by contents listing (pp.9-10), along with various excerpts at opening and close of codex.

Language:

Arabic

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Rāzī, Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr, fl. 1261. Tuḥfat al-mulūk.
Manuscripts, Arabic
Hanafites Early works to 1800.
Islamic law Early works to 1800.

Extent:

165 leaves : paper ; 204 x 153 (145 x 77) mm.

Rights:

Public Domain

Format:

Book
Manuscript/Archive
Online
Print

Same as:

https://search.lib.umich.edu/catalog/record/006803908

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