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Fragment of an unidentified treatise against smoking : manuscript

Title
Fragment of an unidentified treatise against smoking : manuscript.
Production
Place not identified, 18th century.
Physical Description
1 volume (10 leaves) ; 24 cm
Language
Arabic
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
The beginning is missing. Text starts as follows: "... man qāla minhum inna al-safah al-mūjib al-ḥajr bi-tabdhīr al-māl fī al-maladhdhāt wa-al-shahawāt maṭlaqan lammā tawaqqafū fī ījāb al-ḥajr ʻalá ahlihi wa-al-qaḍāʼ bi-al-safah ʻalá ḥāḍir maḥallihi, thumma law nuẓira ilá mā yatatarattabu ʻalá iḍāʻat hādhihi al-amwāl min al-bāʻith ʻalá tajrīdihā min al-fuqarāʼ wa-al-masākīn maʻa ḥirmānihim min al-ṣadaqah ʻalayhim bi-shayʼ ..."
البداية مفقودة. يبدأ النص كما يلي: "... من قال منهم إنّ السفة الموجب الحجر بتبذير المال في الملذّات والشهوات مطلقًا لمّا توقّفوا في إيجاب الحجر على أهله والقضاء بالسفة على حاضر محلّه، ثم لو نظر إلى ما يتترتّب على إضاعة هذه الأموال من الباعث على تجريدها من الفقراء والمساكين مع حرمانهم من الصدقة عليهم بشيء ..."
Secundo folio: thumma yatrukuhu ḥattá yajiff wa-yuqaddimuhu li-man yukallifuhu dhālik.
بداية الورقة الثانية: ثمّ يتركه حتى يجفّ ويقدمه لمن يكلّفه ذلك.
17 x 24 cm; written surface: 9 x 16 cm; 20 lines per page.
Binding: Unbound (one quire, numbered 2).
In large ckear naskh script, in black ink, on thick white paper; catchwords.
Colophon: No colophon. Text ends abruptly as follows: "... W-mina al-mushāhadi anna kulla maqālatin // waṣfun li-man yashdū bihā wa-yafūhu. Wa-usharrifu al-ʻilmi al-ʻaẓīmi li-annanī // anfaqtu ʻumrī ḥaythumā arjūhu. Lākinnanī adaʻu al-nakīra innahu // lil-ʻilmi naká al-ṣibā nadharūhu. Wa-amīlu naḥwa akhī al-maʻārifi in ʻalā // kayfa al-jafā wa-innanī lā-akhūhu. Wa-in ..."
الخاتمة: لا يوجد خاتمة. ينتهي النص فحأةً كما يلي: "... ومن المشاهد أنّ كلّ مقالةٍ // وصفٌ لمن يشدو بها ويفوه. وأشرّف العلم العظيم لأنّني // أنفقت عمري حيثما أرجوه. لكنّني أدع النكير إنّه // للعلم نكى الصبا نذروه. وأميل نحو أخي المعارف إن علا // كيف الجفا وانني لأخوه. وإن ..."
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 treatise against smoking. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
November 20, 2023
References
Fragment of an unidentified treatise against smoking. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Fragment of an unidentified treatise against smoking. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Arabic - 18th century.
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