Walters Ms. W.585, Three hundred sixty Sufi questionsKhawātim al-ḥikam wa-ḥall al-rumūz wa-kashf al-kunūzخواتم الحكم وحل الرموز وكشف الكنوزʿAlī Dadah ibn Muṣṭafá ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn al-BūsnawīʿAlī Dede al-Būsnawī (d. 1007 AH / 1598 CE)علي دده بن مصطفى علاء الدين البسنويAuthor name supplied by catalogerscribeMuṣṭafá ibn al-Ḥājj Muḥammadمصطفى بن الحاج محمدPrincipal catalogerGacek, AdamCatalogerLandau, AmyCatalogerSmith, SitaEditorBockrath, DianeContributorBarrera, ChristinaContributorEmery, DougContributorHerbert, LynleyContributorNoel, WilliamContributorSimpson, ShreveContributorTabritha, ArielContributorToth, Michael B.ContributorValle, ChiaraConservatorJewell, StephanieConservatorQuandt, AbigailThe Walters Art Museum

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This work on Sufism in the form of questions entitled Khawātim al-ḥikam is by ʿAlī Dede al-Būsnawī (d. 1007 AH / 1598 CE). This particular Ottoman copy was written in nastaʿlīq script by Muṣṭafá ibn al-Ḥājj Muḥammad in 1081 AH / 1670 CE. The Arabic text begins with an illuminated headpiece (fol. 1b). The red leather binding with central lobed oval with arabesques on a gold ground is contemporary with the manuscript.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.585The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.fols. 1b - 210bKhawātim al-ḥikam wa-ḥall al-rumūz wa-kashf al-kunūzخواتم الحكم وحل الرموز وكشف الكنوزالحمد لله العلي الاعلم الفياض ...Main text preceded by a detailed table of contents (fihrist) (fols. 1a-13a), enclosed in a gold frame; marginal corrections and glosses present, some attributable to the author (minhiyāt)scribetamma al-kitāb al-mustaṭāb bi-ʿawn Allāh al-malik al-wahhāb /1/ ʿalá yad al-ʿabd al-mudhnib al-faqīr al-ḥaqīr al-muḥtāj ilá raḥmat rabbih al-qadīr /2/ Muṣṭafá ibn al-Ḥājj Muḥammad fī awāsiṭ Jumādá al-ākhirah /3/ li-sanat iḥdá wa-thamānīn wa-alf min hijrah man lahu al-ʿizz wa-al-sharaf /4/Written obliquely on the right side of the frame, containing the name of the scribe and the date of copying

Cream-colored, watermarked laid European paper

Foliation: 210+v20.012.514.06.5Original foliation in red ink

On versos, written obliquely outside the frame

Framing lines in gold, black, and redWritten in rubricated Turkish nastaʿlīq scriptIlluminated headpiece (fol. 1b); framing lines in gold, black, and redBindingBindingThis red leather binding has a central lobed oval with arabesques on a gold ground and gold frame.Illuminated incipit page with headpieceIncipit; headpieceThis illuminated incipit page with polychrome floral design is inscribed with the doxological formula (basmalah).

Red leather (with flap); central lobed oval with arabesques on a gold ground; pastedowns of marbled paper

Mid Jumādá II 1081 AH / 1670 CETurkey[Ex libris] Muḥammad ibn Zādah al-Ayyūbī, 1117 AH / 1705 CE (fol.1a)Bequest (waqf) seal of the Vizier al-Shahīd ʿAlī Pāshā (fol. 1a [erased] and fol. 210b), dated 1130 AH / 1717 CE; former shelf mark 1173[Ex libris] ʿAlī (fol. 1a)Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequestRelevant WorksBrockelmann, Carl. Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (New York; Köln: E.J. Brill, 1996), 2:562.ArtMedicineMuseumPoetryScriptMuhammad, the ProphetRomaniaKashmiriHorsesWalters Art MuseumBlockbookDocumentGeneologyAstrologyDevotionHistoryLegalLiterature -- PoetryLiterature -- ProseLiturgyPhilosophyScienceScience -- MedicineScriptureSufismTheologyMineralogyLogicGeographyGeomancyCosmologyCartographyFortune-tellingKoranQur`anFirmanPalimpsestPrayerBibleGospelsPsalterMissalLectionaryBook of HoursAntiphonaryPrayerbookHomilaryProcessionalHorologionBreviaryHymnalChroniclePsalter/HoursMaghrebSub-Saharan (West) AfricaTurkeyAfghanistanCentral Arab Lands (Near East)Central AsiaEgyptEnglandIndiaIranIraqPakistanGermanyFranceAustriaNetherlandsEthiopiaArmeniaFlandersGreeceMamlukMughalOttomanOttonianArmenianByzantineAbbasidQajarRajputChristianArabicAustrianDutchEgyptianFatimidGermanIndianIslamicPersianSafavidTimuridTurkishUmayyadEnglishFrenchFlemishEthiopianCarolingianCalligraphyChartsColophonHeadpieceIlluminationIllustrationMedallionMiniatureOrnamentPainting'Kufic'Early Abbasid scriptRaginiRomanesqueGothicWatermarkTreasure BindingGrotesquesHistoriated initialInhabited initialCarolingian MinusculeGothic Book handWhite-vine letteringEnglish secretaryTexturaBatardaHumanisticUncialAccordion bookAlbumBookCodexManuscriptHeraldrySaint's LifeDrawingGrisailleOriginal BindingBindingNew Abbasid styleLiturgicalDevotionalScripturalTheologicalLegalHistoricalScientificScientific -- MedicalLiterary -- ProseLiterary -- PoetryPhilosophicalAstrologicalSufiEnglishArabicBookCodexIlluminationIslamicManuscriptOrnamentOttomanTurkeyTurkishWalters Art MuseumSufismOriginal Binding