

Country |
Austria
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City |
Vienna
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Repository |
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
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Shelfmark | Cod. Gl. 163 |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 122 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 17th-18th century (?) |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Genre(s) | Poems; Grammars; Scientific works; Commentaries; Legal works; Taṣawwuf |
Feature(s) | Marginalia; Table(s) |
Notes |
Formerly Glaser 62; Glaser Collection. Note dated Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1165 AH (1752 CE), fol. 1r. Miscellaneous notes, excerpts, and poems, one dated 28 Jumādá al-Awwal 1110 AH (1698 CE), fol. 26r-29r, 56v, 122v |
Bibliography |
Max Grünert, "Kurzer Katalog der Glaserschen Sammlung arabischer Handschriften" (unpublished manuscript, ca. 1894), p. 66, no. 261. |
Ext. Bibliography |
ÖNB Katalog |
External Facsimile |
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek |
Alt. Surrogate | ZMT 00412 |
HMML Proj. Num. |
25481 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/140495 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | The ʻZaydi Manuscript Traditionʼ Project, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton & Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna. Cataloged by Joshua Mugler |
Surrogate Format | Scanned Microform |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |

Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 122 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Modern foliation in Arabic numerals |
Provenance |
Effaced ownership note dated Jumādá al-Awwal 1167 AH (1754 CE), fol. 57r; effaced ownership note dated Ṣafar 1169 AH (1755 CE), fol. 1r; effaced ownership note dated Muḥarram 1213 AH (1798 CE), fol. 1r; effaced ownership note dated Ṣafar 1273 AH (1856 CE), fol. 34r |
Former Owner |
Glaser, Eduard, 1855-1908
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Condition Notes |
Imperfect: wanting leaves |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-8v |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 17th century |
Year Range | 1698 |
Date Precise | 1698 April |
Native Date Precise | 5 Shawwāl 1109 AH |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 17 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Notes |
Date information from colophon, fol. 8v |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 9r-25v |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 17th century (?) |
Year Range | 1600-1700 |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 16 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 30v-33v |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 17th century (?) |
Year Range | 1600-1700 |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 23 lines per page |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 34r-38r |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 17th century (?) |
Year Range | 1600-1700 |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 14 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 38v-40v |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 17th century (?) |
Year Range | 1600-1700 |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 23 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 41v-56r |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 17th century |
Year Range | 1647 |
Date Precise | 1647 January 04 |
Native Date Precise | 28 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1056 AH |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 19-23 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Notes |
Date information from colophon, fol. 56r |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 57r-72v |
Place of Origin | Yemen, Bayḍāʼ, al-Maghīl |
Century(ies) | 17th century |
Year Range | 1644 |
Date Precise | 1644 November |
Native Date Precise | Ramaḍān 1054 AH |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 10-18 lines per page |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Notes |
Copied by حسين بن على بن الهادى. Scribe and date information from colophon, fol. 72v |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 72r-122r |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 18th century (?) |
Year Range | 1700-1800 |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 29-31 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |

Author |
Ibn Durayd, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, 837 or 838-933
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Author NS | حسام الدين ابو بكر محمد بن الحسن بن دريد |
Title | al-Maqṣūrah |
Title NS | مقصورة |
Uniform Title |
Ibn Durayd, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, 837 or 838-933. Maqṣūrah
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Alternate Title | Longer poem on grammar |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Title | al-Īḍāḥ al-shāfī bi-al-itqān fī maʻrifat al-manāzil wa-al-azmān |
Title NS | الإيضاح الشافي بالاتقان في معرفة الامنازل والأزمان |
Uniform Title | Īḍāḥ al-shāfī bi-al-itqān fī maʻrifat al-manāzil wa-al-azmān |
Alternate Title | Treatise on astronomy |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله الذي خلق الانسان وعلمه البيان ومن عليه بالاسلام وهداه للشرايع والاحكام |
Author |
Mutawakkil al-Zaydī, Yaḥyá ibn Shams al-Dīn, 1472 or 1473-1557 or 1558
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Author NS | امير المومنين المتوكل على الله رب العالمين يحيى شرف الدين بن شمس الدين بن امير المومنين المهدى لدين الله رب العالمين |
Title | al-Qaṣaṣ al-ḥaqq fī madḥ Khayr al-khalq |
Title NS | القصص الحق في مدح خير الخلق محمد بن عبد الله بن عبد المطلب |
Uniform Title | Mutawakkil al-Zaydī, Yaḥyá ibn Shams al-Dīn, 1472 or 1473-1557 or 1558. Qaṣaṣ al-ḥaqq fī madḥ Khayr al-khalq |
Alternate Title | Poem in praise of the Prophet |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Item Location | fol. 34r-37r |
Title | al-Durr al-manẓūm fī ādāb ṭalabat al-ʻulūm |
Title NS | الدر المنظوم فى اداب طلبة العلوم |
Alternate Title | Poem on learning |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله حمدا غير منحصر على سوابغ آلاء كما المطر |
Item Location | fol. 37v-38r |
Title | al-Sulūk ilá rafḍ al-shukūk |
Title NS | السلوك الى رفض الشكوك |
Alternate Title | Poem on doubts |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | اقول من بعد حمد الله ذى النعم العالم العدل في الافعال ذى الحكم |
Author |
Mutawakkil al-Zaydī, Yaḥyá ibn Shams al-Dīn, 1472 or 1473-1557 or 1558
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Author NS | الامام شرف الدين |
Title | al-Qaṣaṣ al-ḥaqq fī madḥ Khayr al-khalq |
Title NS | القصص الحق فى مدح خير الخلق |
Uniform Title | Mutawakkil al-Zaydī, Yaḥyá ibn Shams al-Dīn, 1472 or 1473-1557 or 1558. Qaṣaṣ al-ḥaqq fī madḥ Khayr al-khalq |
Alternate Title | Poem in praise of the Prophet |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Author |
Mutawakkil ʻalá Allāh, Ismāʻīl ibn al-Qāsim, 1610 or 1611-1676 or 1677
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Author NS | الامام المتوكل على الله رب العالمين اسمعيل |
Title | Ḥāshiyat Minhāj al-wuṣūl |
Title NS | التعليفه على منهاج الامام المهدى عليه السلام |
Alternate Title | Commentary on Ibn al-Murtaḍá's commentary on his own treatise al-Baḥr al-zakhkhār |
Associated Name |
Ibn al-Murtaḍá, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, al-Mahdī li-Dīn Allāh, 1363-1437
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Language(s) | Arabic |
Author |
ʻUṣayfirī, al-Faḍl ibn Abī al-Saʻd, active 12th century-13th century
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Author NS | الفضل ابن ابي السعد العصيفري |
Title | Miftāḥ al-fāʼiḍ fī ʻilm al-farāʼiḍ |
Title NS | مفتاح الفايض في علم الفرايض |
Uniform Title | ʻUṣayfirī, al-Faḍl ibn Abī al-Saʻd, active 12th century-13th century. Miftāḥ al-fāʼiḍ fī ʻilm al-farāʼiḍ |
Alternate Title | Treatise on inheritance law |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Author |
Anṣārī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1423-approximately 1520
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Author NS | الأنصاري، زكريا بن محمد |
Title | al-Futūḥāt al-ilāhīyah fī nafʻ arwāḥ al-dhawāt al-insānīyah |
Title NS | الفتوحات الالهيه فى نفع ارواح الذوات الانسانيه |
Uniform Title | Anṣārī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1423-approximately 1520. Futūḥāt al-ilāhīyah fī nafʻ arwāḥ al-dhawāt al-insānīyah |
Alternate Title | Treatise on Sufism |
Associated Name |
Ibn Jār Allāh, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, -1767 or 1768
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Arabic |

Country |
Austria
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City |
Vienna
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Repository |
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
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Shelfmark | Cod. Gl. 163 |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 122 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 17th-18th century (?) |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Genre(s) | Poems; Grammars; Scientific works; Commentaries; Legal works; Taṣawwuf |
Feature(s) | Marginalia; Table(s) |
Notes |
Formerly Glaser 62; Glaser Collection. Note dated Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1165 AH (1752 CE), fol. 1r. Miscellaneous notes, excerpts, and poems, one dated 28 Jumādá al-Awwal 1110 AH (1698 CE), fol. 26r-29r, 56v, 122v |
Bibliography |
Max Grünert, "Kurzer Katalog der Glaserschen Sammlung arabischer Handschriften" (unpublished manuscript, ca. 1894), p. 66, no. 261. |
Ext. Bibliography |
ÖNB Katalog |
External Facsimile |
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek |
Alt. Surrogate | ZMT 00412 |
HMML Proj. Num. |
25481 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/140495 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | The ʻZaydi Manuscript Traditionʼ Project, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton & Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna. Cataloged by Joshua Mugler |
Surrogate Format | Scanned Microform |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 122 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Modern foliation in Arabic numerals |
Provenance |
Effaced ownership note dated Jumādá al-Awwal 1167 AH (1754 CE), fol. 57r; effaced ownership note dated Ṣafar 1169 AH (1755 CE), fol. 1r; effaced ownership note dated Muḥarram 1213 AH (1798 CE), fol. 1r; effaced ownership note dated Ṣafar 1273 AH (1856 CE), fol. 34r |
Former Owner |
Glaser, Eduard, 1855-1908
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Condition Notes |
Imperfect: wanting leaves |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-8v |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 17th century |
Year Range | 1698 |
Date Precise | 1698 April |
Native Date Precise | 5 Shawwāl 1109 AH |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 17 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Notes |
Date information from colophon, fol. 8v |
Author |
Ibn Durayd, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, 837 or 838-933
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Author NS | حسام الدين ابو بكر محمد بن الحسن بن دريد |
Title | al-Maqṣūrah |
Title NS | مقصورة |
Uniform Title |
Ibn Durayd, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, 837 or 838-933. Maqṣūrah
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Alternate Title | Longer poem on grammar |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 9r-25v |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 17th century (?) |
Year Range | 1600-1700 |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 16 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Title | al-Īḍāḥ al-shāfī bi-al-itqān fī maʻrifat al-manāzil wa-al-azmān |
Title NS | الإيضاح الشافي بالاتقان في معرفة الامنازل والأزمان |
Uniform Title | Īḍāḥ al-shāfī bi-al-itqān fī maʻrifat al-manāzil wa-al-azmān |
Alternate Title | Treatise on astronomy |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله الذي خلق الانسان وعلمه البيان ومن عليه بالاسلام وهداه للشرايع والاحكام |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 30v-33v |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 17th century (?) |
Year Range | 1600-1700 |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 23 lines per page |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Author |
Mutawakkil al-Zaydī, Yaḥyá ibn Shams al-Dīn, 1472 or 1473-1557 or 1558
![]() |
Author NS | امير المومنين المتوكل على الله رب العالمين يحيى شرف الدين بن شمس الدين بن امير المومنين المهدى لدين الله رب العالمين |
Title | al-Qaṣaṣ al-ḥaqq fī madḥ Khayr al-khalq |
Title NS | القصص الحق في مدح خير الخلق محمد بن عبد الله بن عبد المطلب |
Uniform Title | Mutawakkil al-Zaydī, Yaḥyá ibn Shams al-Dīn, 1472 or 1473-1557 or 1558. Qaṣaṣ al-ḥaqq fī madḥ Khayr al-khalq |
Alternate Title | Poem in praise of the Prophet |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 34r-38r |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 17th century (?) |
Year Range | 1600-1700 |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 14 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Item Location | fol. 34r-37r |
Title | al-Durr al-manẓūm fī ādāb ṭalabat al-ʻulūm |
Title NS | الدر المنظوم فى اداب طلبة العلوم |
Alternate Title | Poem on learning |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله حمدا غير منحصر على سوابغ آلاء كما المطر |
Item Location | fol. 37v-38r |
Title | al-Sulūk ilá rafḍ al-shukūk |
Title NS | السلوك الى رفض الشكوك |
Alternate Title | Poem on doubts |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | اقول من بعد حمد الله ذى النعم العالم العدل في الافعال ذى الحكم |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 38v-40v |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 17th century (?) |
Year Range | 1600-1700 |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 23 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Author |
Mutawakkil al-Zaydī, Yaḥyá ibn Shams al-Dīn, 1472 or 1473-1557 or 1558
![]() |
Author NS | الامام شرف الدين |
Title | al-Qaṣaṣ al-ḥaqq fī madḥ Khayr al-khalq |
Title NS | القصص الحق فى مدح خير الخلق |
Uniform Title | Mutawakkil al-Zaydī, Yaḥyá ibn Shams al-Dīn, 1472 or 1473-1557 or 1558. Qaṣaṣ al-ḥaqq fī madḥ Khayr al-khalq |
Alternate Title | Poem in praise of the Prophet |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 41v-56r |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 17th century |
Year Range | 1647 |
Date Precise | 1647 January 04 |
Native Date Precise | 28 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1056 AH |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 19-23 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Notes |
Date information from colophon, fol. 56r |
Author |
Mutawakkil ʻalá Allāh, Ismāʻīl ibn al-Qāsim, 1610 or 1611-1676 or 1677
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Author NS | الامام المتوكل على الله رب العالمين اسمعيل |
Title | Ḥāshiyat Minhāj al-wuṣūl |
Title NS | التعليفه على منهاج الامام المهدى عليه السلام |
Alternate Title | Commentary on Ibn al-Murtaḍá's commentary on his own treatise al-Baḥr al-zakhkhār |
Associated Name |
Ibn al-Murtaḍá, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, al-Mahdī li-Dīn Allāh, 1363-1437
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Language(s) | Arabic |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 57r-72v |
Place of Origin | Yemen, Bayḍāʼ, al-Maghīl |
Century(ies) | 17th century |
Year Range | 1644 |
Date Precise | 1644 November |
Native Date Precise | Ramaḍān 1054 AH |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 10-18 lines per page |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Notes |
Copied by حسين بن على بن الهادى. Scribe and date information from colophon, fol. 72v |
Author |
ʻUṣayfirī, al-Faḍl ibn Abī al-Saʻd, active 12th century-13th century
![]() |
Author NS | الفضل ابن ابي السعد العصيفري |
Title | Miftāḥ al-fāʼiḍ fī ʻilm al-farāʼiḍ |
Title NS | مفتاح الفايض في علم الفرايض |
Uniform Title | ʻUṣayfirī, al-Faḍl ibn Abī al-Saʻd, active 12th century-13th century. Miftāḥ al-fāʼiḍ fī ʻilm al-farāʼiḍ |
Alternate Title | Treatise on inheritance law |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 72r-122r |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 18th century (?) |
Year Range | 1700-1800 |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 29-31 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Author |
Anṣārī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1423-approximately 1520
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Author NS | الأنصاري، زكريا بن محمد |
Title | al-Futūḥāt al-ilāhīyah fī nafʻ arwāḥ al-dhawāt al-insānīyah |
Title NS | الفتوحات الالهيه فى نفع ارواح الذوات الانسانيه |
Uniform Title | Anṣārī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1423-approximately 1520. Futūḥāt al-ilāhīyah fī nafʻ arwāḥ al-dhawāt al-insānīyah |
Alternate Title | Treatise on Sufism |
Associated Name |
Ibn Jār Allāh, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, -1767 or 1768
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Arabic |
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