al-Futūḥāt al-Aḥmadīyah bi-al-minaḥ al-Muḥammadīyah, [1266, i.e. 1850].

Careful copy of the commentary by al-Shaykh Sulaymān ibn ʻUmar al-Jamal (d.1790) on al-Būṣīrī's (d.1296?) poem in praise of the Prophet entitled al-Qaṣīdah al-hamzīyah fī madḥ al-nabawīyah.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 1007Origin: As appears in colophon on p.303, copied by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ibrāhīm ʻAbd Allāh al-Shaybīnī with transcription completed 7 Ramaḍān 1266 [ca. 17 July 1850].Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 156Binding: Boards covered in dark blue textured cloth with dark blue leather over spine (quarter binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a floral vegetal pattern in pink and green ; spine gold-stamped with title and decorative accents over raised bands "حاشية الجمل على الهمزية" ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands ; overall in good condition.Support: European laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 26-27 mm. apart (horizontal), three crescents / tre lune watermark (with faces / human profile, roughly 85 mm. long, perpendicular to chains, see pp.4, 14, 210, etc.), and countermark "L A N [?]" (see pp.16, 26, 52, 218, 286, 292, etc.), quite sturdy, cream in color, lightly burnished ; minor ink burn in some gatherings, minor staining, roughly trimmed.Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated.Script: Naskh ; clear, somewhat stiff, angular Egyptian hand in a medium to bold line ; mainly serifless with marked tilt to the left, flattened descenders, pointing in distinct dots, alif maqṣūrah pointed as yāʼ.Layout: Written mainly in 23 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 15 V(150), I+1 (153), i ; almost exclusively quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "تمت هذه الحاشية الشريفة بحمد الله وعونه ومنته وكان الفراغ من نسخها يوم الثلاث المبارك سبعة ايام خلت من شهر رمضان المبارك الذي هو من سنة ١٢٦٦ ستة وستين ومائتين بعد الالف من هجرة من خلقه الله على اكمل وصف على يد كاتبه الفقير الى الله تعالى عبد الحمن بن ابراهيم عبد الله الشيبيني غفر الله له ولوالديه ولمن نظر فيه ودعا له بالمغفرة امين تم"Explicit: "جعلنا الله ممن حقق له حقائق قربه وامداده واسعافه وامنا من كل فتنة ومحنة انه الجواد الكريم"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي فضل سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم على سائر الانبياء والمرسلين واختصه بشمائل ومعجزات ... اما بعد فمما يتعين على مكلف ان يعتقد ان كمالات نبينا صلى الله عليه وسلم لا تحصى واحواله وصفاته وشمائله لا تستقصى ... ومن ابلغ ما مدح به صلى الله عليه وسلم من النظم الرائق البديع ... ما صاغه صوغ التبر احمر ... الشيخ شرف الدين ابو عبد الله محمد بن سعيد البوصيري من قصيدته الهمزية ... وقد شرحت شروحا كثيرة ... وسميتها الفتوحات الاحمدية بالمنح المحمدية ..."Title from opening matter on p.3.Ms. codex.Brockelmann, C. GAL,Careful copy of the commentary by al-Shaykh Sulaymān ibn ʻUmar al-Jamal (d.1790) on al-Būṣīrī's (d.1296?) poem in praise of the Prophet entitled al-Qaṣīdah al-hamzīyah fī madḥ al-nabawīyah.Mode of access: Internet.Acquired in the Fall of 1950.On upper pastedown, label with ex libris of James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974), stamped with inventory number, "Ex Libris | J. Heyworth-Dunne | D. Lit. (London) | No. 9022" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-13-51 | 71955" ; glosses and marginal corrections