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Manuscript/Mixed Material Kitāb Dalāʼil al-khayrāt كتاب دلائل الخيرات / Title in pencil on fol. 1b (1st section): Delayel-al-Khayrat, or Supplications and religious

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Title

  • Kitāb Dalāʼil al-khayrāt

Other Title

  • كتاب دلائل الخيرات
  • Title in pencil on fol. 1b (1st section): Delayel-al-Khayrat, or Supplications and religious

Summary

  • Islamic prayers and devotions.
  • This manuscript preserves an untitled compilation of Sufi prayers, mainly litanies of peace and blessings upon the Prophet Muhammad. It begins with Dalā'il al-khayrāt (The guide to benevolent deeds) by Shadhili saint Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Jazuli (died 1465), and includes ten more devotional texts in both verse and prose, all written by Shadhili saints except as noted. These are al-ḥizb al-kabīr (The big supplication) and ḥizb al-baḥr (The sea supplication), both by Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhilī (circa 1196-1258), founder of the Shadhili Sufi order; ḥizb al-falāḥ (The successful supplication) by al-Jazuli; a supplication attributed to ʻAbd al-Qadir al-Jilani (circa 1078-1166), saint and founder of the Qadiri Sufi order; the Mashīshiyya litany by ʻAbd al-Salam ibn Mashish (circa 1140-1227), spiritual teacher of Shadhili; al-musabbaʻāt al-ʻashr (Ten prayers to be repeated seven times) by al-Jilani; the wazifa (prayer) of Ahmad Zarruq (1442-93), a contemporary of al-Jazuli; a devotional poem attributed to Um Hani, cousin of the Prophet Muhammad and sister of Imam Ali; another devotional poem by ʻAbd al-Qadir al-Fasi (1599-1680); and Qaṣīdat al-Burdah (The poem of the mantle) by al-Busiri (circa 1213-circa 1296). The text was written in North Africa in very small Maghribi script in black ink with some rubrication. In nine lines per page within a text frame of 4.7 by 4 centimeters, the text has highlights in blue ink with gold medallions separating verses on some pages. The manuscript has 13 illustrations preceding the text. They relate, among other things, to the lineage of Prophet Muhammad and the names of ten of his companions, known collectively in hadith literature as "the ten who were promised paradise." Chapter headings have elaborately decorated 'unwan (decorative section openers) in gold ink in the form of geometric illustrations in blue, gold, and red ink. There are catchwords on rectos. The North African origin, Maghribi script, and predominantly Shadhili content of the manuscript all suggest that it might have belonged to a Moroccan adherent of the Shadhili order. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Jazūlī, Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān, 1404-1465

Created / Published

  • between 1750 and 1800

Headings

  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  13 illustrations containing inscriptions preceding the text.
  • -  Contemporary brown leather envelope binding with elaborate gold emossing front and back; binding has been completely restored using surfaces of original binding on front and back of book and outside and inside of envelope flap.
  • -  Fol. 1b-189b.
  • -  Library of Congress. Arabic manuscript, SM 85.
  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Name of scribe not indicated.
  • -  Paper; white laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; very small script in black ink with some rubrication, highlighs in blue ink with gold medallions separating verses on some pages; chapter headings have elaborately decorated unwans, section headings in gold ink; elaborate unwan and decorative geometric illustrations in blue, gold, and red ink; catchwords on rectos.
  • -  Title from introduction.
  • -  Very small Maghribī script; 9 lines in written area 4.7 x 4 cm.
  • -  Written in North Africa.
  • -  Fihris al-makhṭūṭāt al-ʻArabīyah fi Maktabat al-Kūnghris, p. 87
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Near East scanned

Medium

  • 2, 189 leaves (9 lines), bound : paper ; 8 x 8 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP183.3 .J39 1700z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015481293

Online Format

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Jazūlī, Muḥammad Ibn Sulaymān. Kitāb Dalāʼil al-khayrāt. Between 1750 and 1800. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015481293/.

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Jazūlī, M. I. S. Kitāb Dalāʼil al-khayrāt. Between 1750 and 1800. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015481293/.

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