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Or 7978
- Record Id:
- 032-003719812
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003719812
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110633515.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100133894940.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 7978
- Title:
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Kawkab al-rawḍah كوكب الروضة
Suyūṭī سيوطي
- Scope & Content:
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A compendium of history and description regarding the island of al-Rawḍah in Cairo, in prose and verse, completed in Jumādá II 895/April-May 1490 (see f. 203v, lines 5-6) by Jalāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakr al-Suyūṭī (جلال الدين عبد الرحمن بن أبي بكرالسيوطي, d. 1505).
The present copy was written hurriedly over twenty days by Khalīfah al-Musallamī (خليفة المسلمي), timekeeper (muwaqqit, موقت) at the mosque of al-Muʾayyad Shaykh in Cairo, and was completed on 16 Muḥarram 1009/28 July 1600 (see f. 203v, lines 7-11 and 17). The scribe includes a note defending himself from accusations of poor work, due to the pressure he was put under to finish the transcription quickly (see f. 203v, lines 17-22).
The text, which is compiled from many sources, mentions the history, interesting buildings, fortifications, bridges, flora and agricultural products of al-Rawḍah. It also covers the Nile River more generally, discussing its sources, floods, and wonders. A schematic map of the river's course is found on f. 39r.
F. 1 is a replacement.
Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-4):
سبحان الله فاتق الأنهار وفالق الأزهار وخالق الليل والنهار ومزين
الخضراء من الشمس بالورد ومن الكواكب بالبهار والحمد لله الذي أنزل
من السماء ماء…
Ends (f. 203r, line 31- f. 203v, line 4):
لقد أسعد الله رأي الذي بنى مسجدًا وصفه قد وجب
لدار النحاس به حلية فدار النحاس كدار الذهب
وهذا آخر ما أردت إيراده في هذا الكتاب وقد قلت فيه
كتابي الكوكب المفدي دقت معاني به عذيرة
ألفاظه المشتهاة تحكي من حسنها روضة وجيزة
Author's colophon (f. 203v, lines 5-6):
قال مؤلفه فرغت من تأليفه في جمادى الأخرة سنة خمس
وتسعين وثمانمائة أحسن الله ختامها...
Scribe's colophon (f. 203v, lines 6-23):
...وكان الفراغ من
نسخ هذا الكتاب في يوم الخميس سادس عشر محرم الحرام
افتتاح عام ألف وتسعة أحسن الله عاقبتها إلى
خير على يد أفقر العباد وأحوجهم إلى رحمة
ربه الفقير خليفة المسلمي الموقت
بالجامع المؤيدي عفى الله
عنه وغفر له ولوالديه ولمن
طالع في هذا الكتاب
ودعا له بالمغفرة
آمين
تم
وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم
وكانت كتابته لسرعة صاحبه في عشرين يومًا كوامل مع شغل
البال والاحتياج الزائد ولله الحمد والمنة
على التهوين وكان لذلك سبب أوجبه
أن تلقَ سهوًا فلا تعجل بسبّك لي إني امرؤ لست معصومًا من الزلل
تم الكتاب وبتمامه تم السرور لصاحبه
وعفى الإله له بفضله وبكرمه عن كاتبه
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003719812
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003719812
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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Codex; ff. i+203+i
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100110633515.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1600
- Date Range:
- 16 Muḥarram 1009
- Calendar:
- Hijri qamari
- Era:
- AH
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Western laid paper with watermarks
Dimensions: 270 x 180mm leaf [195 x 114mm written]
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil
Ruling: Misṭarah; 31 lines per page; vertical spacing 11 lines per 10 cm
Script: Naskh; the scribe is Khalīfah al-Musallamī (خليفة المسلمي), timekeeper (muwaqqit, موقت) at the mosque of al-Muʾayyad Shaykh in Cairo (see f. 203v, lines 10-11)
Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings in red
Decoration: Map of the Nile in black and red ink (f. 39r)
Binding: Light brown leather binding with stamped frames and corners
Condition: Some staining to head margin and wormholes in the fore edge margins towards beginning of the volume; pronounced diagonal crease across f. 1 and end flyleaf [ii]
Marginalia: Very few
Seals: British Museum stamp (ff. 1r and 203v)
- Custodial History:
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- Jawhar tābiʿ ʿUthmān [?] (جوهر تابع عثمان): his inscription with date 7 Ṣafar 1125/5 March 1713 (f. 203v)
- Source of Acquisition:
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Purchased from Murad Baroody (Murād al-Bārūdī), 4 April 1914
- Publications:
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Editions:
- Suyūṭi, Kawkab al-Rawḍah fī tārīkh al-Nīl wa-jazīrat al-Rawḍah, edited by Muḥammad al-Shishtāwī (al-Qāhirah: Dār al-Āfāq al-ʿArabīyah, 2002)
- Suyūṭi, Kawkab al-Rawḍah fī tārīkh jazīrat Miṣr al-musammāh bi-al-Rawḍah, edited by Muṣṭafá al-Shakʿah and Majdī ʿĀshūr (al-Qāhira: al-Dār al-Miṣrīyah al-Lubnānīyah, 2008)
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)