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Biography of the Prophet : manuscript

Title
Biography of the Prophet : manuscript.
Production
Place not identified, 18th century.
Physical Description
1 volume (33 leaves) ; 23 cm
Language
Arabic
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
The beginning of the present fragment is missing. Text starts with: "... wa-fī Shawāhid al-nubūwah, lammā jāʼa Salmān, raḍiya Allāh ʻanhu ilá al-Nabī, ṣallá Allāh ʻalayhi wa-sallam, lam yafham al-Nabī, ṣallá Allāh ʻalayhi wa-sallam, kalāmahu, fa-ṭalaba tarjumān, fa-utiya bi-tājir min al-Yahūd, kāna yaʻrifu al-Fārisīyah wa-al-ʻArabīyah, fa-madaḥ Salmān, raḍiya Allāh ʻanhu, al-Nabī, ṣallá Allāh ʻalayhi wa-sallam, wa-dhamma al-Yahūd bi-al-Fārisīyah ..."
البداية مفقودة. يبدأ النص بـِ: "... وفي شواهد النبوة، لمّا جاء سلمان، رضي الله عنه إلى النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، لم يفهم النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، كلامه، فطلب ترجمان، فأتي بتاجر من اليهود، كان يعرف الفارسية والعربية، فمدح سلمان، رضي الله عنه، النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، وذمّ اليهود بالفارسية ..."
Secundo folio: Rasūl Allāh, ṣallá Allāh ʻalayhi wa-sallam, wa-nazila Qibāʼ.
بداية الورقة الثانية: رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، ونزل قباء.
17 x 23 cm; written surface: 8.5 x 17 cm; 31 lines per page.
Binding: Unbound.
In fair naskh script, in black ink, on cream color paper; headings in red, some notes and corrections on the margins; catchwords.
Colophon. No colophon. The text ends abruptly with: "... Tanbīh. Qad ʻalimnā inna alladhīna bāyaʻū Rasūl Allāh yawm al-ʻAqabah sabʻīn wa-thalāthah rajulan wa-imraʼatayn, fa-li-nadhkurhum ijmālan, min ghayr dhikr al-khilāf, fa-innahu waqaʻa fī dhālika khilāf, fa-baʻḍ al-ruwāh yuthbitu minhum baʻḍan, wa-baʻḍuhum ythbitu ghayrahu badalahu, fa-nabdaʼu bi-al-nuqabāʼ, wa-hum Asʻad ibn Zurārah wa-ʻAbd Allāh ibn Rawāḥah ... hāʼulāʼ al-thalāthah wa-al-sabʻūn al-madhkū[rū]n fī al-Sīrah al-Hāshimīyah, wa-ammā al-marʼatān fa-taqaddamatā fī kalām al-muṣ, raḥimahu Allāh taʻālá, wa-Allāh subḥānuhu wa-taʻālá aʻlam. Qāla ..."
الخاتمة. لا يوجد خاتمة. ينتهي النص فجأةً بـِ: "... تنبيه. قد علمنا إنّ الذين بايعوا رسول الله يوم العقبة سبعين وثلاثة رجلًا وامرأتين، فلنذكرهم إجمالًا، من غير ذكر الخلاف، فإنّه وقع في ذلك خلاف، فبعض الرواة يثبت منهم بعضًا، وبعضهم يثبت غيره بدله، فنبدأ بالنقباء، وهم أسعد بن زرارة وعبد الله بن رواحة ... هؤلاء الثلاثة والسبعون المذكون [المذكورون] في السيرة الهاشمية، وأمّا المرأتان فتقدّمتا في كلام المصـ‍‍، رحمه الله تعالى، والله سبحانه وتعالى أعلم. قال ..."
In Arabic.
Forms part of the Hartford Seminary Collection. For a description of the collection, search by call number: Hartford Seminary.
Provenance
Purchased from Hartford Seminary on the Beinecke Rare Book & Capital Reserve Fund, 2005.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Fragment of an unidentified biography of the Prophet Muḥammad. The text starts with a quotation from "Shawāhid al-nubūwah" of al-Jāmī (1414-1492), on the arrival of Salmān al-Fārisī (-approximately 656) to meet the Prophet and ends with "Bayʻat al-ʻAqabah al-thālithah", when seventy-three men and two women pledged their allegiance to the Prophet. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
February 13, 2023
References
Biography of the Prophet. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Biography of the Prophet. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Arabic - 18th century.
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