Arabic MS 29 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
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Zahr al-riyāḍāt fī dhikr awṣāf al-maqāmāt by Saʿbān Abu ’l-Barakāt b. Muṣṭafā b. Muḥammad Dūdū
Title: زهر الرياضات في ذكر اوصاف المقاماتTitle: Diwan of Sufi odesComposed mostly in praise of distinguished Muslim saints of Egypt by the Egyptian mystic Shaʿbān Abu al-Barakat, who died towards the end of the 17th century CE. The names of the saints praised are listed in the printed catalogue (Mingana). The site of the saints' tombs are frequently mentioned in the headings.
Autograph. Finished in 1088/1677; folio 219a: وكان الفراخ من تسطيره ... في شهر رجب ... من شهور سنه ثمان وثمانين والف
There is a frequent mention of Egypt in the work (e.g. folios 69a, 104a).
Incipit: الحمد الله الكربم التوابColophon:Language(s): ArabicReferences
Catalogue No. Arabic MS 479 [29]Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: PaperExtent: 219 foliosDimensions (leaf): 272 × 175 mm.Layout
Profusely rubricated. Broad margins.
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Syrio-Egyptian Naskhi script.
History
Origin: 1677 CEProvenance and Acquisition
Formerly part of the collection of the Persian scholar Nathaniel Bland (1803-1865). Bland’s oriental manuscripts were sold through Bernard Quaritch in 1866 to Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford.
Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands in 1901 from James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, for the John Rylands Library.
Record Sources
Catalogue information compiled by Abdullah al-Rashidi from Alphonse Mingana, Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester University Press, 1934.Availability
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