

Country |
Yemen
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City |
Ṣanʻāʼ
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Repository | Maktabat Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Manṣūr |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 255 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Genre(s) | Taṣawwuf; Legal works; Grammars; Prayers; Prayer books; Poems; Correspondence |
Feature(s) | Marginalia; Seal(s) |
Notes |
Fragment of Muḥammad ibn Ismāʻīl al-Bukhārī's Ṣaḥīḥ, rear pastedown. Folio numbers are approximate |
HMML Proj. Num. |
ZMT 01487 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/144209 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | The ʻZaydi Manuscript Traditionʼ Project, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Cataloged by Joshua Mugler |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |

Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 255 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Contemporary pagination in Eastern Arabic numerals, 1-130 |
Provenance |
Copied for عبد الله ابن يحيى ابن محسن ابن الامام; ownership notes of عبد الله بن يحيى بن محسن الامام, dated Jumādá al-Awwal 1354 AH (1935 CE), fol. 2r, 139v; ownership note of محمد ابن عبد الله ابن احمد بن الامام, fol. 106r |
Condition Notes |
Imperfect: wanting leaves |
Type | Manuscript |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Year Range | 1936 |
Date Precise | 1936 June |
Native Date Precise | 21 Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1355 AH |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1-2 column(s), 17-29 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Notes |
Copied by على بن محمد and السيد عبد الجبار ابن على با علوى الشافعى and الفقيه القاضي سعد ابن يحيى عبد الكريم. Portions completed at different dates; colophons, fol. 47v, 61v, 82v, 93v, 106r, 139r, 140r, 213r, 223v, 234r, 249r. Poems by ʻUthmān ibn Yaḥyá al-Bahlūl al-Sharqī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá ibn al-Murtaḍá, Muḥammad ibn Ismāʻīl al-Amīr, and others, fol. 220v-226r, 229r-235v; letter from Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mujāhid to Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Kibsī, fol. 226r-228v; miscellaneous notes, excerpts, stories, and homilies throughout |

Item Location | fol. 2r-47v |
Author |
Ghashm, Muḥammad ibn Muṭahhar, 1863-1936
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Author NS | الغشم، محمد بن مطهر |
Title | al-Ṭarīqah al-marḍīyah ilá riḍwān Bāriʼ al-barīyah |
Title NS | الطريقة المرضيه فى رضا بارئ البريه فى مذهب اهل البيت عليهم السلام |
Uniform Title |
Ghashm, Muḥammad ibn Muṭahhar, 1863-1936. Ṭarīqah al-marḍīyah ilá riḍwān Bāriʼ al-barīyah
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Alternate Title | Treatise on pleasing God |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله الفاطر لعباده على حسن معرفته |
Item Location | fol. 49r-61v |
Author |
Shawkānī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī, 1759-1839
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Author NS | محمد ابن على الشوكانى |
Title | al-Durar al-bahīyah fī al-masāʼil al-fiqhīyah |
Title NS | متن الدراري |
Uniform Title |
Shawkānī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī, 1759-1839. Durar al-bahīyah fī al-masāʼil al-fiqhīyah
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Alternate Title | Treatise on legal questions |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على سيدنا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين |
Item Location | fol. 63v-82v |
Title | Answer to a question on a poem by ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAlī al-Wazīr |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | ورد سوال من الولد العلامه ضيا الاسلام والدين عيسى ابن محمد |
Item Location | fol. 83v-102v |
Author |
Ghashm, Muḥammad ibn Muṭahhar, 1863-1936
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Author NS | الغشم، محمد بن مطهر |
Title | Treatises and poems |
Title NS | ذكرى |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | اللهم اهدنا الى رضوانك امين الحمد لله الذي من علينا بالنعم العظام |
Item Notes |
Composition of some treatises dated Rajab 1352 AH (1933 CE), fol. 83v, 89v |
Item Location | fol. 106r-123r |
Author |
Ibn Bābashādh, Ṭāhir ibn Aḥmad, -1077
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Author NS | طاهر ابن احمد بن بابشاذ النحوى الجوهرى |
Title | al-Muqaddimah al-muḥsibah fī fann al-ʻArabīyah |
Title NS | مقدمه |
Uniform Title |
Ibn Bābashādh, Ṭāhir ibn Aḥmad, -1077. Muqaddimah al-muḥsibah fī fann al-ʻArabīyah
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Alternate Title | Introduction to grammar |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | النحو علم مستنبط بالقياس والاستقرا من كتاب الله تعالى ومن فصيح كلام العرب |
Item Location | fol. 124r-139r |
Title | Ṣuḥuf Mūsá |
Title NS | الصحف الكريمه الاربعون التى انزلت على موسى بن عمران صلى الله عليه وسلم |
Alternate Title | Scrolls of Moses |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | يقول الله تبارك وتعالى شهدت نفسى لنفسي ان لا اله الا انا وحدي لا شريك لي |
Item Location | fol. 140v-145v |
Title | Prayer of forgiveness |
Title NS | الاستغفار المبارك |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله رب العالمين ومن يعمل سواءا ويظلم نفسه ثم يستغفر الله يجب الله غفورا رحيما |
Item Location | fol. 148v-213r |
Author |
Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn, -710?
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Author NS | مولانا زين العابدين |
Title | al-Ṣaḥīfah al-Sajjādīyah |
Title NS | الصحيفه الكامله |
Uniform Title |
Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn, -710? Ṣaḥīfah al-Sajjādīyah
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Alternate Title | Prayer book |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله الأول بلا أول كان قبله والأخر بلا أخر يكون بعده |
Item Location | fol. 214r-219v |
Author |
Qārī al-Harawī, ʻAlī ibn Sulṭān Muḥammad, -1605 or 1606
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Author NS | على بن محمد سلطان القاري |
Title | al-Ḥizb al-aʻẓam wa-al-wird al-afkham |
Title NS | الحزب الاعظم والورد الافخم |
Uniform Title |
Qārī al-Harawī, ʻAlī ibn Sulṭān Muḥammad, -1605 or 1606. Ḥizb al-aʻẓam wa-al-wird al-afkham
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Alternate Title | Litany |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله الذي دعانا للايمان وهدانا بالقران |

Country |
Yemen
![]() |
City |
Ṣanʻāʼ
![]() |
Repository | Maktabat Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Manṣūr |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 255 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Genre(s) | Taṣawwuf; Legal works; Grammars; Prayers; Prayer books; Poems; Correspondence |
Feature(s) | Marginalia; Seal(s) |
Notes |
Fragment of Muḥammad ibn Ismāʻīl al-Bukhārī's Ṣaḥīḥ, rear pastedown. Folio numbers are approximate |
HMML Proj. Num. |
ZMT 01487 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/144209 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | The ʻZaydi Manuscript Traditionʼ Project, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Cataloged by Joshua Mugler |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 255 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Contemporary pagination in Eastern Arabic numerals, 1-130 |
Provenance |
Copied for عبد الله ابن يحيى ابن محسن ابن الامام; ownership notes of عبد الله بن يحيى بن محسن الامام, dated Jumādá al-Awwal 1354 AH (1935 CE), fol. 2r, 139v; ownership note of محمد ابن عبد الله ابن احمد بن الامام, fol. 106r |
Condition Notes |
Imperfect: wanting leaves |
Type | Manuscript |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Year Range | 1936 |
Date Precise | 1936 June |
Native Date Precise | 21 Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1355 AH |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1-2 column(s), 17-29 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Notes |
Copied by على بن محمد and السيد عبد الجبار ابن على با علوى الشافعى and الفقيه القاضي سعد ابن يحيى عبد الكريم. Portions completed at different dates; colophons, fol. 47v, 61v, 82v, 93v, 106r, 139r, 140r, 213r, 223v, 234r, 249r. Poems by ʻUthmān ibn Yaḥyá al-Bahlūl al-Sharqī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá ibn al-Murtaḍá, Muḥammad ibn Ismāʻīl al-Amīr, and others, fol. 220v-226r, 229r-235v; letter from Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mujāhid to Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Kibsī, fol. 226r-228v; miscellaneous notes, excerpts, stories, and homilies throughout |
Item Location | fol. 2r-47v |
Author |
Ghashm, Muḥammad ibn Muṭahhar, 1863-1936
![]() |
Author NS | الغشم، محمد بن مطهر |
Title | al-Ṭarīqah al-marḍīyah ilá riḍwān Bāriʼ al-barīyah |
Title NS | الطريقة المرضيه فى رضا بارئ البريه فى مذهب اهل البيت عليهم السلام |
Uniform Title |
Ghashm, Muḥammad ibn Muṭahhar, 1863-1936. Ṭarīqah al-marḍīyah ilá riḍwān Bāriʼ al-barīyah
![]() |
Alternate Title | Treatise on pleasing God |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله الفاطر لعباده على حسن معرفته |
Item Location | fol. 49r-61v |
Author |
Shawkānī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī, 1759-1839
![]() |
Author NS | محمد ابن على الشوكانى |
Title | al-Durar al-bahīyah fī al-masāʼil al-fiqhīyah |
Title NS | متن الدراري |
Uniform Title |
Shawkānī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī, 1759-1839. Durar al-bahīyah fī al-masāʼil al-fiqhīyah
![]() |
Alternate Title | Treatise on legal questions |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على سيدنا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين |
Item Location | fol. 63v-82v |
Title | Answer to a question on a poem by ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAlī al-Wazīr |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | ورد سوال من الولد العلامه ضيا الاسلام والدين عيسى ابن محمد |
Item Location | fol. 83v-102v |
Author |
Ghashm, Muḥammad ibn Muṭahhar, 1863-1936
![]() |
Author NS | الغشم، محمد بن مطهر |
Title | Treatises and poems |
Title NS | ذكرى |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | اللهم اهدنا الى رضوانك امين الحمد لله الذي من علينا بالنعم العظام |
Item Notes |
Composition of some treatises dated Rajab 1352 AH (1933 CE), fol. 83v, 89v |
Item Location | fol. 106r-123r |
Author |
Ibn Bābashādh, Ṭāhir ibn Aḥmad, -1077
![]() |
Author NS | طاهر ابن احمد بن بابشاذ النحوى الجوهرى |
Title | al-Muqaddimah al-muḥsibah fī fann al-ʻArabīyah |
Title NS | مقدمه |
Uniform Title |
Ibn Bābashādh, Ṭāhir ibn Aḥmad, -1077. Muqaddimah al-muḥsibah fī fann al-ʻArabīyah
![]() |
Alternate Title | Introduction to grammar |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | النحو علم مستنبط بالقياس والاستقرا من كتاب الله تعالى ومن فصيح كلام العرب |
Item Location | fol. 124r-139r |
Title | Ṣuḥuf Mūsá |
Title NS | الصحف الكريمه الاربعون التى انزلت على موسى بن عمران صلى الله عليه وسلم |
Alternate Title | Scrolls of Moses |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | يقول الله تبارك وتعالى شهدت نفسى لنفسي ان لا اله الا انا وحدي لا شريك لي |
Item Location | fol. 140v-145v |
Title | Prayer of forgiveness |
Title NS | الاستغفار المبارك |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله رب العالمين ومن يعمل سواءا ويظلم نفسه ثم يستغفر الله يجب الله غفورا رحيما |
Item Location | fol. 148v-213r |
Author |
Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn, -710?
![]() |
Author NS | مولانا زين العابدين |
Title | al-Ṣaḥīfah al-Sajjādīyah |
Title NS | الصحيفه الكامله |
Uniform Title |
Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn, -710? Ṣaḥīfah al-Sajjādīyah
![]() |
Alternate Title | Prayer book |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله الأول بلا أول كان قبله والأخر بلا أخر يكون بعده |
Item Location | fol. 214r-219v |
Author |
Qārī al-Harawī, ʻAlī ibn Sulṭān Muḥammad, -1605 or 1606
![]() |
Author NS | على بن محمد سلطان القاري |
Title | al-Ḥizb al-aʻẓam wa-al-wird al-afkham |
Title NS | الحزب الاعظم والورد الافخم |
Uniform Title |
Qārī al-Harawī, ʻAlī ibn Sulṭān Muḥammad, -1605 or 1606. Ḥizb al-aʻẓam wa-al-wird al-afkham
![]() |
Alternate Title | Litany |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله الذي دعانا للايمان وهدانا بالقران |
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