Sharḥ al-Najdiyyāt
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- Country
- Turkey
- City
- Istanbul
- Institution
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi
- Collection
- Reisülküttab Mustafa Efendi
- Shelfmark
- 856
Contents
- Sharḥ al-Najdiyyāt (Qayṣarī, ʻAbd al-Muḥsin)
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- Author
- Qayṣarī, ʻAbd al-Muḥsin
- محسن القيصري
- Show other names
- Muḥsin al-Qayṣarī, d. c. 761 / 1359-60
- Muhsin-i Kayseri
- ‘Abd al-Muhsin Kayseri
- عبد المحسن القيصري
- Qayṣarī, ʻAbd al-Muḥsin (authorised)
- ʻAbd al-Muḥsin al-Qayṣarī (variant)
- Biographical notes
- Born in Kayseri (Turkey), Muhsin-i Kayseri is said to have been educated in Syria and Egypt. Little is known of his life, but he is presumed to have mainly lived subsequently in Kayseri (Turkey).
- Title
- Sharḥ al-Najdiyyāt
- شرح النجديات
- Notes
- A commentary on the poems under this title by Great Seljuk poet Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Abīwardī, -1113, comprising the second section of his Dīwān. Completed in Jumada II 759 [1358 CE] according to colophon of extant manuscript. Probable place of composition: Kayseri (Turkey). According to the introduction, the work was composed because knowledge of poetry is the surest way to mastering Arabic, and the Najdiyyāt was chosen both because of its popularity and because it was easy to memorise.
- Extract from introduction, fol. Ib of Reisulkuttab 856: فان دقائق العربية وحقائق الفنون العربية لا يمكن تليين عريكتها ولا يُمكَّن من الاتكاء على اريكتها الا بممارسة قوانين الادب ومباحثة دواوين العرب فمن لم يضرب في طلبها اكباد الابل فهو عن معرفة خواص التركيب بمنزل ومن لم يغز بتحصيل هذا الامل هو منزله عالم بلا عمل ثم ان اكثرها تداولا واقربها تناولا وايسرها حفظا والطفها معنى ولفظا هو كتاب النجديات الدي سار في الاقطار سير القبول و حل من القلوب محل القبول وتصبو اليه الطباع الموزونة و تحن الى استنباط جواهره المخزونة
- There are Arabic verses by al-farazdaq and the others on folio 1r
- Note on a death date of al-Abīwardī,505 AH [1111-1112 CE], also share with al-Ghazzālī and al-Bayhaqī, cited from Rawd al-Manāẓir fī ʽilm al-awā’ilروض المناظر في علم الاوائل of Ibn al-Shiḥnابن الشحنة
- After colophon on folio 211v, there are verses by unidentified authors, mostly Arabic, but also Persian and Turkish.
- Main language of text
- Arabic
- Bibliography
- Studies
- Cici, Recep. "Muhsin-i Kayseri." TDVİA. XXXI, [n.d.]: 48-48.
- Cici, Recep. "XVI [sic] yüzyılda Kayserili bir fakih: Abdulmuhsin Kayseri ve Çalışmaları." Kayseri: 1996: 95-107.
Physical Description
- Number of folios
- I+211+3 ff.
- Dimensions of folio
- width 13cm, height 18.cm
- Dimensions of written area
- width 9.5cm, height 13.8cm
- Columns
- 1
- Ruled lines
- 21
History
- Date of copy
- 14th. century
- Provenance
- Maḥmūd b. Ḥusayn b. Maḥmūd b. Manṣūr b. Maḥmūd من جملة الكتب للعبد الفقير الي الله الود[ود] محمود بن حسين بن محمود بن منصور بن محمود عفى له ولهم on the final folio