Walters Ms. W.586, Work on the duties of Muslims toward the Prophet Muhammad with an account of his lifeal-Shifāʾ fī taʿrīf ḥuqūq al-Muṣṭafáالشفاء في تعريف حقوق المصطفىAbū al-Faḍl ʿIyāḍ ibn Mūsá al-Yaḥṣubī al-BāhilīʿIyāḍ al-Yaḥṣubī (d. 544 AH / 1149 CE)ابو الفضل عياض بن موسى اليحصبي الباهليAuthor name supplied by catalogerscribeSalīm al-Rashīdسليم الرشيدPrincipal 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 manuscript is an illuminated copy of the popular work on the duties of Muslims toward the Prophet Muhammad known as al-Shifāʾ by ʿIyāḍ al-Yaḥṣubī (d. 544 AH / 1149 CE). According to the colophon, it was completed in 1191 AH / 1777 CE by Salīm al-Rashīd. The text is written in Turkish naskh script in black ink with incidentals in red and gold. The dark brown leather binding is contemporary with the manuscript.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.586The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.fols. 1b - 242bal-Shifāʾ fī taʿrīf ḥuqūq al-Muṣṭafáالشفاء في تعريف حقوق المصطفىقال انبانا الفقيه القاضى ابو الفضل ... الحمد لله المنفرد باسمه ...Some marginal corrections; main text enclosed in a golden framescribekatabahu ʿabd min ʿibād Allāh ʿazza wa-jalla wa-anā al-faqīr al-ḥaqīr /1/ al-mudhnib al-dhalīl al-ḍaʿīf Salīm al-Rashīd /2/ ghafara Allāh dhunūbahu wa satara ʿuyūbahu Allhumma /3/ iḥfaẓ li-ṣāḥibih wa-kātibih wa-qāriʾih /4/ wa-li-man naẓara fīhi min al-afāt wa-al-ʿilal āmīna /5/ yā rabb al-ʿālamīn qad tamma al-farāgh min taḥrīr /6/ h<ā>dhihi [sic] al-Shifāʾ al-sharīf li-sittat /7/ ʿashar min shahr Shawwāl al-mubārak /8/ baʿda al-ẓuhr min yawm al-aḥad /9/ li-sanat iḥdá wa-tisʿīn /10/ wa-miʾah wa-alf min hijrah /11/ man lahu al-saʿādah /12/ wa-al-ʿizz wa-al-majd / 13/ wa-al-sharaf /14/Gives short title of work, name of scribe, and date of copying

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Foliation: ii+243+ii18.010.511.55.5

Written obliquely on versosCodex mostly made up of quires of ten folios (quinions)

Framing lines in gold, red, and blackWritten in Turkish naskh script in black ink with incidentals in red and goldIlluminated headpiece; framing lines in gold, red, and blackBindingBindingThis dark brown leather binding with flap is decorated with a lobed central oval with cornerpieces and borders.Illuminated incipit page with headpieceIncipit; headpiece

Dark brown leather (with flap); lobed central oval with cornerpieces and borders; doublures of red leather with gold-painted ovals and cornerpieces

16 Shawwāl 1191 AH / 1777 CETurkeySeal impression with the name al-Sayyid Abū Bakr al-Ḥilmī and the date 1281[?]AH / 1864-5[?] CE (fol. 1a)Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequestRelevant WorksBrockelmann, Carl. Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (New York; Köln: E.J. Brill, 1996), 1: 455, S1: 630.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 -- PoetryPhilosophicalAstrologicalSufiEnglishArabicBookCalligraphyCodexColophonHeadpieceHistoryIlluminationIslamicManuscriptOttomanTurkeyTurkishWalters Art MuseumAstrologyOriginal Binding