Ms. 101.

8 folios; 16,9×22,7 cm; 21 lines; nasta'liq; single words are written in red ink. Pasteboard binding, covers pasted with marbled paper ( slightly rubbed ) , with additional modern cardboard binding. Owner's stamp by Muhammad Salih ( fol. 8r ) = Muhammad Salih al-Mahasini, the copyist of the text. Owner's name on fol. 1r: Ibrahim al-Ya'qubi. Hand of the 12-13th/18-19th century.

[2191] fols. 1v-8r: Ahmad Ibn Abbad Ibn Shu'ayb al-Qina'i أحمد بن عباد بن شعيب القنائي : al-Kafi fi ilmay al-arud wa-al-qawafi الكافي في علمي العروض والقوافي .
On the author ( died 858/1454 ) and this text → GAL II 27 and S II 22. As it is evident from numerous commentaries and editions in the 19th century it was a much used textbook on prosody. The author is not mentioned in our Ms.; compare, however, mss. Berlin 7131 and Princeton no. 3846.

Rhetoric: metaphor.

Ms. 102.

48 folios; 16,4×21,6 cm; 19 lines; small naskhi. Single sentences and words are overlined in red or black ink. Somewhat brownish paper, slightly water-stained. Pasteboard binding, slightly damaged. Copied 1184/1770-71 by Salih Ibn Ali ( fols. 14v and 48r ) . After some notes on the inside of the front-cover and on fols. 1r the first text begins:

[2192] fols. 1v-14v: Abu al-Qasim Ibn Abi Bakr al-Laythi al-Samarqandi أبو القاسم بن أبي بكر الليثي السمرقندي : Fara'id al-fawa'id ( awa'id ) li-tahqiq ma'ani al-isti'ara فرائد الفوائد ( العوائد ) لتحقيق معاني الاستعارة , with commentary ( Sharh al-isti'arat al-Samarqandiya شرح الاستعارات السمرقندية) by Isam al-Din Ibrahim Ibn Muhammad Ibn Arabshah al-Isfara'iniعصام الدين إبراهيم بن محمد بن عرب شاه الإسفرائني.

On al-Samarqandi ( wrote ca. 888/1483 ) and his treatise on metaphors ( isti'ara; → S.A. Bonebakker, art. Isti'ara in EI2 IV ) which are based on the principle of comparison → GAL II 194 I and S II 259 I. The commentary by Isam al-Din ( died 944/1536 ) is only available in two old editions of the 19th century ( → GAL ) . In the margin are a few notes. The commented text is overlined in red or black ink. On fols. 15r and 15v above some notes on metaphor are added by a later hand. A second Ms. is text no. [2467].

[2193] fols. 15v-48r: Molla Hasan Ibn Muhammad al-Zibari al-Kurdi ملا حسن بن محمد الزيباري الكردي : Hawashin ala al-sharh al-mansub ila al-Mawla Isam al-Din Ibn Ibrahim Ibn Muhammad ala Risalat al-Isti'arat li-Mawlana Abi al-Qasim al-Laythi al-Samarqandi حواش على الشرح المنسوب إلى المولى عصام الدين بن إبراهيم بن محمد على رسالة الاستعارات لمولانا أبي القاسم الليثي السمرقندي .
Glosses to the preceding text, written by al-Zibari al-Kurdi ca. 1040/1630; →Ms. Berlin 7304.
On further mss. and an old edition ( Istanbul 1276/1859-60 ) → GAL II 194 no. I 1c and S II 259 I 1c. In the margin are some notes. The commented text is overlined in red or black ink.

[2194] fol. 48v: Risalat Ta'rifat al-ulum رسالة تعريفات العلوم , a fragment ( beginning ) on the preconditions of knowledge. The text is not identical with Risala fi ta'rif al-ulum رسالة في تعريف العلوم by al-Khatib al-Irbili الخطيب الإربيلي ( written 737/1337 ) of which in GAL S II 218 one Ms. ( Bologna 459/2 ) is mentioned.

Beginning ( after the Basmala ) :
الحمد لله الذي جعل مبادئ العلوم وسيلة إلى مقاصدها والصلوة على محمد الذي أرشدنا بمقدمات إلى مطالبنا لا بدّ لكلّ طالب أن يعلم...

Other mss. on rhetoric: → text nos. [2308], [2449] and [2467].

Poetry.

Ms. 103.

198 folios; 12,3×20,7 cm; 11 lines; carefully written, small naskhi, tending to nasta'liq. Single sentences are written in red ink, in single cases ( fols. 91r ff. ) also in gold or blue ink. Smooth paper, in a few cases slightly water-stained and spotted. Single folios are brownish, blue or red. Folios 31v and 60v have vignettes with the colours gold, blue, green and red. Text and notes on fols. 31v-32v, 60v-61v, 104r-v and 120v are within a gold frame. Original leather binding, slightly damaged. Covers and flap with centre-medallions; the covers have two additional small ornaments above and below the medallions. Owners' stamps on fol. 2r mentioning Khalil Ibn Mahmud al-Marzifuni and Abd Allah Ibn Umar Efendi as owners; the name of a third owner is illegible. Copied by Husayn Ibn Mustafa in the middle of Jumada I 1118/end of August 1710.

[2195] fols. 2v-30r: Ka'b Ibn Zuhayr كعب بن زهير : Banat Su'ad بانت سعاد = Qasidat al-Burda قصيدة البردة , with commentary by Husayn Ibn Mustafa حسين بن مصطفى ( autograph ) .

On the poet Ka'b Ibn Zuhayr ( 1st/7th century ) and the commentaries on his Qasida in praise of the prophet Muhammad → GAS II 229ff. Our commentary, an autograph, was written during 1118/1710. The author is perhaps identical with Husayn Ibn Mustafa Ibn Husayn Shakir al-Rumi al-Hanafi حسين بن مصطفى بن حسين شاكر الرومي الحنفي , a judge of Aleppo, who is mentioned by Isma'il Pasha al-Baghdadi إسماعيل باشا البغدادي , Hadiya هدية , col. 325 ( = Kahhale IV 62 ) as an author of poems and who died in 1156/1743. Our commentary must be added to the list in GAS II 232f.

Beginning ( after the Basmala ) :
الحمد لله ربّ العالمين على السراء والضراء والشكر له على الشدّة...
The commentary on verse 1 of Banat Su'ad begins:
يقال بأن بينا وبينونة من باب ضرب إذا فارق واصله...
End:
...ليس لهم تأخر عن حياض الموت إذا تأخر غيرهم عنها ، تمت القصيدة بعون الله وحسن توفيقه على يد العبد الضعيف... ،

[2196] fols. 31v-196v: Ibn al-Farid ابن الفارض : al-Ta'iya al-kubra التائية الكبرى , with commentary by Da'ud Ibn Mahmud Ibn Muhammad al-Rumi al-Qaysari داوود بن محمود بن محمد الرومي القيصري .

On the Sufi poet Ibn al-Fafid ( died 632/1235 in Cairo ) and his al-Ta'iya al-kubra ( all 761 verses end with the letter "ti" ) and on the still unedited commentary by al-Qaysari ( died 751/1350 ) → GAL I 262 no. 1d and S I 464 no. 1e ( sic ) . In the margin are a few notes; some are taken from Sharh Lama'at ‏شرح لمعات and from Qashani ( Kashani ) ‏ القاشاني (الكاشاني) ‏ .
After the Muqaddima ‏ مقدمة ( fols. 31v-59v ) and after one blank page ( 60r ) begins the commentary on fol. 60v which has a vignette. A survey of the sections can be found in Ahlwardt's description of Ms. Berlin 7729.

Ms. 104.

136 folios; 20×15 cm; 19 lines; naskhi. Single words are written in red or black ink or overlined in red or written in large letters. The paper is heavily water-stained; the first folio is damaged. Modern cardboard binding. According to the colophons on fols. 36v, 75v and 136v, it was copied 1006/1597 by Abu al-Khayr Ibn al-Madid al-Shafi'i.

[2197] fols. 1v-24v: al-Busiri al-Sanhaji البوصيري الصنهاجي : al-Kawakib al-durriya fi madh khayr al-bariya الكواكب الدرية في مدح خير البرية = Qasidat al-burda قصيدة البردة , with commentary by Muhammad Ibn Ahmad al-Mahalli Jalal al-Din محمد بن أحمد المحلي جلال الدين , called al-Anwar al-mudi'a fi madh khayr al-bariya الأنوار المضيئة في مدح خير البرة .

A poem in praise of Muhammad by al-Busiri ( died 694/1294 ) , with commentary by al-Mahalli ( GAL II 114; S II 140 ) .
On further mss. of this still unpublished commentary → GAL I 265 no. 14 and S I 468 no.12. Beginning and end can be found in the description of Ms. Berlin 7790.

[2198] fols. 25r-44v: Ka'b Ibn Zuhayr كعب بن زهير : Banat Su'ad بانت سعاد , with commentary by Abd Allah Ibn Yusuf Ibn Hisham al-Ansari عبد الله بن يوسف بن هشام الأنصاري , epitome by Abd al-Aziz Ibn Muhammad Ibn Khalil عبد العزيز بن محمد بن خليل .
On the Banat Su'ad ( 1st/7th century ) , a poem in praise of the prophet Muhammad, the commentary by Ibn Hisham al-Ansari ( died 761/1360 ) and its epitome by Abd al-Aziz Ibn Muhammad Ibn Khalil → GAS II 231 no. 11 ( mentions two mss. of the epitome ) . According to the colophon on fol. 44v, the commentary in its abridged form was finished on 8 Dhu al-Qa'da 1004/4 July 1596.

[2199] fol. 45r, 1-19: Abu Hamid al-Ghazzali أبو حامد الغزالي: [al-Qasida] al-munfarija ‏ [القصيدة] المنفرجة .
The beginning of the text ( still unedited ) is identical with Ms. Berlin 7637/4b and differs from the text ascribed to al-Tawzari ‏ التوزري ( → below ). Its authenticity and identity with other texts bearing the same title ( → GAL I 268 no.2; S I 756 no. 70 ) is not yet clear; on more details →

Ms. 105, fols. 2-197r.

[2200] fol. 45r, 20-28 is an excerpt from al-Buni البوني ; fol. 45v is blank; fol. 46r contains a short note on love and fol. 46v a short prayer; the circle on fol. 46v cannot be identified.

[2201] fol. 47r, 9-19: Zayn al-Din al-Iraqi al-Kurdi زين الدين العراقي الكردي : Istihbab al-wudu' استحباب الوضوء .

On the author ( died 806/1404 ) and his still unpublished short poem ( 11 verses; metre: tawil ) on ritual ablution before prayer → GAL II 66 no. 13 ( mentions one Ms. ) . The title is not mentioned; compare Ms. Gotha 1077 ( 10 verses ) . The poem is followed by a short note by "Shaykh Badran شيخ بدران " ( fol. 47r, 20-23 ) .

[2202] fols. 47v-75v: al-Tawzari التوزري : al-Qasida al-munfarija القصيدة المنفرجة = al-Faraj ba'd al-shidda الفرج بعد الشدة , with commentary by Abu Yahya Zakariya' al-Ansari أبو يحيى زكرياء الأنصاري , called al-Adwa' al-bahija fi ibraz daqa'iq al-Munfarija الأضواء البهجة في إبراز دقائق المنفرجة . On al-Tawzari ( died 505/1113 or later ) , his Qasida ( which sometimes is ascribed to al-Ghazzali الغزالي ( compare also the text fol. 45r, 1-19 which is different and the references given above ) and on the commentary ( still unedited ) by Abu Yahya Zakariya' al-Ansari ( died 926/1520 ) → GAL I 269 2b and S I 474 no. 1b. Beginning and end can be found in the description of Ms. Berlin 7638. In the margin are some glosses.

[2203] fols. 76r-100v: al-Tawzari التوزري : al-Qasida al-munfarija القصيدة المنفرجة , with comentary ( sharh شرح ) by Ali Ibn Yusuf al-Bosrawiعلي بن يوسف البصروي .
On the still unpublished commentary ( 4 mss. ) → GAL I 269 no. 2d and S I 474 no. 1d ( "al-Busiri البوصري " instead of al-Bosrawi البصروي is wrong ) ; on al-Tawzari → the preceding text.

[2204] fols. 101r-136v: al-Busiri البوصيري : Qasidat al-Burda قصيدة البردة , with commentary by Zakariya' Ibn Muhammad al-Ansari زكرياء بن محمد الأنصاري ( died 926/1520 ) , called al-Zubad ( GAL: al-Zubda ) al-ra'iqa fi sharh al-Burda al-fa'iqa الزبد الرائقة في شرح البردة الفائقة .
On al-Busiri → above fols. 1-24r. Two more mss. of the still unpublished commentary are mentioned in GAL I 265 no. 18 and S I 468 no. 16.

Ms. 105.

200 folios; 11×16 cm; 14 lines; naskhi. Single words and sentences are written in red ink or overlined in red. Thick, sometimes yellowish paper, in a few cases slightly water-stained. Pasteboard covers with leather frame and spine. Binding repaired. Copied from the author's exemplar by al-Hajj Hasan Ibn Ali Ibn Bara'i al-Tibani al-Khalwati in the middle of Ramadan 1164/7 August 1751 ( fols. 197r ) .

[2205] fols. 2v-197r: al-Ghazzali الغزالي : al-Qasida al-munfarija القصيدة المنفرجة , with commentary by Ahmad Ibn Yasin أحمد بن يسين , called al-Badr al-mutalali bi-sharh Munfarijat al-Imam al-Ghazzali البدر المتلالي بشرح منفرجات الإمام الغزالي . The authorship of the commented religious poem is doubtful ( → also Ms. 104, fol. 45r, 1-19 ) . It starts ( as Ms. Berlin 7637, no. 4 ) : الشدّة أودت بالمهج يا ربّ فعجل بالفرج

Brockelmann GAL S I 756 no. 70 mentions some mss. but no commentary. The poem should not be confused with another qasida with the same title and sometimes ascribed to Ghazzali; compare Bouyges, Essai, pp. 134f. no. 218 and ( on the differing qasida ) p. 148 no. 255. The author of the commentary, Ahmad Ibn Yasin ( =Yasin ) ‏ أحمد بن يسين (= ياسين)‏ cannot be identified. According to the colophon he wrote his extensive commentary during Rajab 1149/November 1736.
Beginning of the commentary ( after the Basmala ) :
‏ الحمد لله الذي يذكره تفرج الكروب والشدائد وبالالتجاء إليه تزول المحن والمكايد ...وبعد فيقول الملتجئ إلى مولاه القوي المتين المدعو بأحمد ابن يسين: هذه لفاظ شريفة رقمتها ومعان لطيفة وضعتها على منفرجة حجة الإسلام الغزالي ... ،
The commented text and the commentary begins on fol. 4r.
End ( fol. 196v ):
...ونسألك ونتوسل إليك بهمّ أن تكمل لنا ولإخواننا لمسلمين ذلك بمنّك وفضلك العظيم ... ان الحمد لله ربّ العالمين ،

Other poetic works: → text nos. [2087] ( fol.9v ) , [2301], [2324], [2350], [2388], [2416], [2418], [2457] and the sections on fiqh, theology and arithmetic.

Narratives.

Ms. 106.

99 folios; 12,5×20 cm; 17 lines; nasta'liq. Single words are written in red ink. Paper slightly water-stained and spotted. Leather covers and flap have a centre-ornament filled with flowers; a similar ornament can be found in Weisweiler, plate 39, illustration no. 62. The inside of the covers is pasted with marbled paper ( in part repaired ) . Binding repaired. Owner's remark on fol. 98v: Nur Allah Ibn Mustafa. fol. 99r mentions as copyist of an excerpt from Ghazzali's Ihya' ulum al-din "Uskudari Shaykh Mahmud Efendi". Copied 1012/1603-1604.

[2206] Besides some notes and excerpts, mainly from tradition literature ( fols. 2r-v and 99r-v ) the Ms. contains the following text:

[2207] fols. 3v-98v: Abu Hafs Umar Ibn Abi al-Hasan ( Brockelmann: Husayn ) al-Nisaburi al-Samarqandi أبو حفص عمر بن أبي الحسن النيسابوري السمرقندي : Rawnaq al-majalis رونق المجالس . A collection of moral tales ( hikayat حكايات ) on the Prophet and his contemporaries, on Sufis and saints, originally written in Persian and translated into Arabic by Isa Ibn Abi Sa'id Ibn al-Amin al-Nisaburiعيسى بن أبي سعيد بن الأمين النيسابوري .
On the contents → Ahlwardt's description of Ms. Berlin no. 8855. As the Berlin manuscript was copied in approximately 900/1494, Brockelmann ( GAL S II 285 no. 4b ) assumed the 9th/15th century as lifetime of the author. Isma'il Pasha al-Baghdadi إسماعيل باشا البغدادي , Hadiya هدية , col. 793 mentions the year 840/1436-37 ( taken over by Zirikli VII 282 ) . Other mss. on narratives: → text nos. [2071], [2240], [2284], [2290], [2341], [2390] and [2411].

Proverbs, gnomological sayings.

→ text nos. [2294], [2393] and [2396].

Riddles.

→ text nos. [2417] and [2458].

Epistolography.

→ text no. [2286].

Propaedeutics.

→ text no. [2303].

Geography.

Ms. 107.

6 folios; 15,2×20,6 cm; 22 lines; regular naskhi. Slightly water-stained paper with watermark ( star with half-moon on fols. 1 and crown on fol. 6 ) . According to an additional note by a different hand on fol. 5v, the Ms. was copied ( kutiba ) during Jumada II 1093/June 1682.

[2208] fols. 1r-5v: Anonymous: Kitab Fada'il al-quds al-sharif كتاب فضائل القدس الشريف .

The text begins without Basmala:
‏ قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : لا تشدّ الرجال إلا إلى ثلثة مساجد : مسجد الحرام ومسجد الرسول والمسجد الأقصى ، صدق رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أي لا تشدّ ... ‏،
End:
‏ ... الذين أنعمت عليهم غير المغضوب عليهم ولا الضالين آمين ، يا آله العالمين ويا خير الناصرين برحمتك يا أرحم الراحمين ، تمّ ،

The text often refers to traditions about the Prophet and his ashab أصحاب and tabi'un تابعون , but does not quote any sources which could offer a terminus post quem. The text seems to be collated ( one correcting addition of a homoioteleuton is in the margin of fol. 4v ) . Our Ms. is one of the few texts on fada'il al-quds, on the excellences of Jerusalem. Other examples are Abu Bakr al-Wasiti أبو بكر الواسطي ( 5th/11th century ) , Fada'il al-bayt al-Maqdis فضائل البيت المقدس ( ed. Ishaq Hasun إسحق حسون , Jerusalem 1979 ) and Ibn al-Jawzi ابن الجوزي ( died 597/1201 ) , Fada'il al-quds فضائل القدس ( ed. Jibra'il Sulayman Jubur جبرائيل سليمان جبور , Beirut 1979 ) . Other examples are mss. Berlin 6098-6104. On the origin and development of the fada'il-literature → R. Sellheim, art. Fadila فضيلة in EI2 II ( 1965 ) and Ernst August Gruber, Verdienst und Rang. Die Fada'il فضائل als literarisches und gesellschaftliches Problem im Islam ( Freiburg/Br. 1975 = Islamkundliche Untersuchungen 35 ) , esp. pp. 68ff.

Biography, history.

Ms. 108.

86 folios; 15×23,2 cm; 15 lines; somewhat stiff naskhi. Single words and chapter-headings are written in red ink. Brownish paper, sometimes repaired. Owners' remarks, sometimes in Turkish, on the inside of the covers and on fols. 1r-2r and 85v-86v; fol.86r mentions the year 1203/1788-9. Original red leatherbinding ( flexible covers ) , made from one piece; slightly damaged.Copied during Dhu al-Hijja 1083/March-April 1673.

[2209] fols. 2v-85r: Abu Isa Muhammad Ibn Isa Ibn Sawra al-Tirmidhi أبو عيسى محمد بن عيسى بن سورة الترمذي : Kitab al-Shama'il كتاب الشمائل .
On the author ( died 279/892 ) and this well-known book on the qualities of the prophet Muhammad which is based on numerous traditions → GAS I 156 and Andrae pp.199ff. The book was often commented ( → GAS I 156-159 ) ; the notes and glosses in the margin of our Ms. may in part be derived from these commentaries.

Ms. 109.

90 folios; 14×19,7 cm; 17 lines; Turkish naskhi. The chapter-headings are written in red ink; single words are overlined in red. fols. 89f. are written by a different hand. Smooth, in part slightly brownish and water-stained paper. Original pasteboard binding, covers with centre-ornament ( scarcely visible ) and pasted with black cloth; spine repaired. According to the colophon, copied on 28 Rajab 1099/29 May 1688 and collated with another copy on 10 Rabi' I 1200/10 January 1786.

[2210] fols. 1r-90v: Aziz Mahmud al-Uskudari Huda'i عزيز محمود الأسكداري هدائي : Khulasat al-akhbar fi ahwal al-nabi al-mukhtar خلاصة الأخبار في أحوال النبي المختار .

On the author ( died 1038/1628 ) and this biography of the prophet Muhammad → GAL II 445 and S II 661 ( 6 mss. ) . The biography is strongly influenced by the legendary picture of the prophet as developed in Islamic mysticism since Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani عبد القادر الجيلاني ( died 561/1166 ) and Ibn Arabi ابن العربي ( died 638/1240 ) . An analysis of the still unedited text may add to our knowledge of the prophet as an ideal figure; → Andrae pp. 164ff.
The text consists of numerous chapters ( bab باب ) and sections ( faslفصل ) and begins with the middle of section one = Ms. Leiden Or. 2638 ( CCA 1093 ) , fols. 3r, 13.
[Bab 1] al-fasl al-thani: Fi al-ard wa-al-jibal wa-al-bihar wa-ma tahtaha الفصل الثاني : في الأرض والجبال والبحار وما تحتها ( fols. 1v-2v ).
3. Fi al-samawat wa-al-shams wa-al-qamar wa-al-janna wa-al-nar في السموات والشمس والقمر والجنة والنار ( 2v-4v ).
4. Fi al-mala'ika في الملائكة ( 4v-7v ).
Bab 2: Fi khalq Adam wa-Hawa alayhima al-salam في خلق آدم وحواء عليهما السلام ( 7v-14r ).
Fasl fi kayd al-shaytan li-Adam alayhi al-salam فصل في كيد الشيطان لآدم عليه السلام ( 14r-15r ).
Fasl fi al-tawba wa-al-istighfar فصل في التوبة والاستغفار ( 15r-22r ) .
Bab 3: Fi nash'at al-nabi ( s-m ) wa-wiladatihi wa-sa'ir ahwalihi ‏ في نشأة النبي (ص- م) وولادته وسائر أحواله‏ (22r-30r).
Fasl fi mi'rajihi (s-m) ‏ فصل في معراجه (ص- م)‏ (30r-34v).
Fasl fi al-hijra ‏ فصل في الهجرة‏ (34v-37v).
Fasl fi al-ghazawat wa-tahwil al-qibla ‏ فصل في الغزوات وتحويل القبلة (37v-54v).
Fasl fi khalqihi wa-khulqihi ‏ فصل في خلقه وخلقه (54v-67r).
Fasl fi al-salat ‏ فصل في الصلاة‏ (76r-75r).
Bab [4] fi al-tasbih wa-al-dhikr wa-al-du'a' wa-al-tawhid في التسبيح والذكر والدعاء والتوحيد (75r-90v).

End:
‏ .. وكن على سير الصالحين الكاملين وأعبد ربك حتى يأتيك اليقين ، تمت الرسالة الشريفة المسماة بخلاصة الأخبار لقطب العارفين وسلطان الموحدين محمود أفندي قدس سرّه ‏العزيز ،