Durrat ‘iqd al-naḥr fī ‘asrār ḥizb al-baḥr

This book is one of a collection held by the Special Collections of the University of Leeds Library on behalf of the School of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies. It is numbered in the catalogue as Manuscript 86 (Prayer).

Description of the manuscript: [Taken from the library catalogue]

Title: Kitāb Durrat ‘iqd al-naḥr fī ‘asrār ḥizb al-baḥr

Author: Not stated, but is 'Abd al-Raḥmān b. Muḥammad b. 'Alī b. Aḥmad al-Bisṭāmī (d.858/1454)
Date: Not stated, probably 18^th century
No name is given for the writer of the commentary. The commentary (on the Prayers) is by the Ṣūfī al- Bisṭāmī – of.Brockelmann G.II.300₅. The main prayer (or prayers) is by Nur al-Dīn Abu al-Ḥasan 'Alī b. 'Alī b. 'Abd al-Jabbār al-Ḥasanī al-Idrīsī al-Mi'marī al-Shādhilī (d.656/1258). The work comprises the Muqaddimah, Prayers by al-Shādhilī, Aḥmad al-Malawī, a Risāla by Abu al-Ḥasan al-Hindī, and a Ḥizb by Ibrāhīm al-Dasūqī.
Folios 32, 8.5*6in; in single columns of 17 lines to page, within a border of two red lines, 5.75*3.25in. Written on good, waxed, vertically-laid paper (horizontal layer to the inch), in clear Naskh, with a few vowel- and orthographic signs. Rubrics and original text in red, no annotations. Folios loose within stained, brown leather covers, with flap, each ornamented with indented medallia. Simple ‘Unwān in black and red within triangle of red lines in folio 1.
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... and in Arabic translation.

Two pictures of the leather cover

The inside cover with cataloguing notes.
A transcription may be read.

For more information: Prof. Roger Boyle.
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Leeds LS2 9JT
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		Two pictures of the leather cover
		The inside cover with cataloguing notes. A transcription may be read.