Muḥammad bin ‘īsā bin Muḥammad bin Aḥmad al-Habshī
Copying date in native date:
Thursday, 6 Ṣafar 1180; Wednesday 22 Rabi’ul Awal 1188
Copying date in Gregorian:
1766 July 13; 1766 August 27
Script:
Arabic
Writing support:
European paper
Watermark?:
Yes
Countermark?:
Yes
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
Yes
Manuscript cover dimension:
21 x 16 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
22 x 16.5 cm
Text block dimension:
17 x 10 cm
Number of pages:
470 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
Yes
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
The manuscript contains two texts. Text one deals with the people’s journey through life ever since Allah created Adam and planted in his back the descent of the happy and unhappy people and to the phase when they will enter their eternal abode, either heaven or hell. It also contains advice on how to attain zuhd (being able to abstain from desiring worldly wealth) and how to abide by Allah and the Prophet’s rules and regulations.
Colophon:
Text 1:
Tam al-Kitāb al-Mausūm bil Da’wah al-Tāmmah yawm al-Khamis la’alah sādis Ṣafar al-khair Ihdā shuhūr thamānīn wa mī’ah wa alf min al-hijrah al-Nabawiyah ‘alā Ṣāḥibuhā afhal al-Ṣalātu wa al-Salām wa al-hamd Allā al-ladhī bini’matih tatim al-Ṣāliḥā wa lā ḥawlā wa lā quwwata illā billāh al-‘alīy al-‘aḍīm.
Bi rasm al-Sayyid al-Sharīf al-Faqīr ilā ‘afwū Allāh Muḥammad bin ‘īsā bin Muḥammad bin Aḥmad al-Habshī Ghafar Allāh lahu wa liwālidaih wā iyyāyā wa al-Muslimīn Amīn.
Text 2:
Wa Ṣallā Allāh ‘alā Sayyidinā Muḥammad wa ālihi wa Ṣaḥbihi wa sallam wa al-Ḥamd Allāhi rabb al-‘Ālamīn.
Other notes:
Both texts are complete and according to their colophons were written:
Text 1, 1183
Text 2, 1188