Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

J. 15 (University Library, Cambridge University)

E. G. Browne Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: مناقب اولیای شریفی Anecdotes of Turkish Shaykhs and Súfi saints, especially the ancestors of the
author, Sharif ibn Sharifi (f. 4. 1. 8), more particularly his grandfather Shaykh
Burhanu'd-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad az-Zayni al-Husayní, and his great-
great-grandfather Sultán Shaykh. The work was composed in 1005/1596-7, and is
dedicated to Sultán Muḥammad III. It begins:
حمد و سپاس و شکر بی قیاس اول خالق خلق و رازق ناس واهب عقل و حواس فایض فکر
و قياس حضرتنه اولسونكه الخ...اما بعد اشبو فقیر حقیر خاکهای اولیای اتقیاء غلام كمترين آل
عبا و زمره علمانك كمتری و فرقه مدرسینك احقری شریف ابن شریفی ایدر كه الخ
On f. 79 the author traces his genealogy up to the Imám Músà al-Kázim and
through him to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fátima, the Prophet's daughter. There is
no date or colophon.
Ff. 70 of 19'9 x 11'8 c. and 15 ll.; good wasèh within gilt margins.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 70
Dimensions: 19.9 × 11.8 cm.

Layout

15 lines

Hand(s)

good wasèh within gilt margins

History

Origin: undated

Provenance and Acquisition

Bequest of E. G. Browne.

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