R.13.60 (Wren Library, Trinity College Cambridge)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Ḥilyat al-abṣār fī faḍā᾽il al-Anṣār by Abū ‘Abd Allah b. Muḥammad al-Anṣārī
Brightening the Eyesight: a treatise on the Virtues of the Assistants. A work on the Anṣārs, or Companions, of the Prophet.
On the title page is the motto: كبريات الآباء سند الأبناء ('The noble qualities of the sires are the testimonials of the sons').
The manuscript ends with a dedication to Süleyman I, Sultan of the Turks, d. 1494 or 1495-1566.
Incipit: الحمدلله الذي أعز الأنصار في ساير الأعصار والأمصار وجعلهم أعلاماً اهتدت بهم كبراء الجاهلية والفجار واقتدت بهم الأيمة اجمعهم الصغار والكبار
Language(s): Arabic.
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 39 ff.
Hand(s)
Clear Arabic hand
History
Origin: 1549
Record Sources
"Manuscript description based on "E. G. Browne: A supplementary hand-list of the Muhammadan manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1922", and "E.H. Palmer A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic, Persian and Turkish Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, London 1870".
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Trinity College Cambridge
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