

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 | 159 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Genre(s) | Commentaries |
Feature(s) | Decoration, Calligraphic; Marginalia |
Notes |
Notes and poems, including poems dated 1340 AH (1922 CE), front and rear flyleaves. Folio numbers are approximate |
HMML Proj. Num. |
ZMT 01483 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/144205 |
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 | 159 leaf(ves) |
Provenance |
Ownership note of احمد بن علي الكحلانى, dated 16 Ṣafar 1338 AH (1919 CE), fol. 3r; ownership note of محمد بن محمد ابن اسمعيل مطهر المنصور, dated Muḥarram 1400 AH (1979 CE), fol. 3r |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 3r-80r |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Year Range | 1920 |
Date Precise | 1920 September 22 |
Native Date Precise | 9 Muḥarram 1339 AH |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 25-26 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Notes |
Copied by محمد بن حسين الردمي. Portions completed at different dates; colophons, fol. 69r, 80r |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 81r-157r |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Year Range | 1917 |
Date Precise | 1917 September 12 |
Native Date Precise | 25 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1335 AH |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 21 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Notes |
Copied by محمد بن حسين الردمي. Colophon, fol. 157r |

Item Location | fol. 3r-69r |
Author |
Jandārī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 1863-1918
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Author NS | أحمد بن عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن الجنداري |
Title | Simṭ al-jumān fī sharḥ Nāṣiḥat al-ikhwān |
Title NS | سمط الجمان شرح الرساله الناصحه للاخوان |
Uniform Title |
Jandārī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 1863-1918. Simṭ al-jumān fī sharḥ Nāṣiḥat al-ikhwān
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Alternate Title | Commentary on al-Manṣūr billāh's treatise al-Risālah al-nāṣiḥah |
Associated Name |
Manṣūr billāh, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Ḥamzah ibn Sulaymān, 1166-1217
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Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله المبدع مواد الكاينات بلا مثال والمخترع صور الموجودات على اتم كمال |
Item Notes |
Composition dated Rabīʻ al-Thānī 1310 AH (1892 CE), fol. 68v |
Item Location | fol. 69r-80r |
Author |
Bahlūlī, Jaʻfar ibn Aḥmad, -1177 or 1178
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Author NS | شمس الدين جعفر بن احمد بن ابى يحيى البهلولى الانباري |
Title | Sharḥ Qaṣīdat al-Ṣāḥib ibn ʻAbbād fī uṣūl al-dīn |
Title NS | شرح القصيده الكامله الكافيه فى اصول الدين وفضائل امير المؤمنين |
Uniform Title |
Bahlūlī, Jaʻfar ibn Aḥmad, -1177 or 1178. Sharḥ Qaṣīdat al-Ṣāḥib ibn ʻAbbād fī uṣūl al-dīn
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Alternate Title | Commentary on al-Ṣāḥib al-Ṭālqānī's poem on theology |
Associated Name |
Ṣāḥib al-Ṭālqānī, Abū al-Qāsim Ismāʻīl ibn ʻAbbād, 936-995
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Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | قالت ابا القسم استخففت بالغزل فقلت ما ذاك من همى ولا املي |
Author |
Mutawakkil ʻalá Allāh, Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān, 1106 or 1107-1170 or 1171
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Author NS | الامام احمد بن سليمان |
Title | al-Ḥikmah al-durrīyah wa-al-dalālah al-Nabawīyah |
Title NS | الحكمه الدريه |
Uniform Title |
Mutawakkil ʻalá Allāh, Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān, 1106 or 1107-1170 or 1171. Ḥikmah al-durrīyah wa-al-dalālah al-Nabawīyah
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Alternate Title | Treatise on theology |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله الذي جعل خلقه عليه دليلا ولم يجعل سوا صنعه الى معرفته سبيلا |

Country |
Yemen
![]() |
City |
Ṣanʻāʼ
![]() |
Repository | Maktabat Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Manṣūr |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 159 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Genre(s) | Commentaries |
Feature(s) | Decoration, Calligraphic; Marginalia |
Notes |
Notes and poems, including poems dated 1340 AH (1922 CE), front and rear flyleaves. Folio numbers are approximate |
HMML Proj. Num. |
ZMT 01483 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/144205 |
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 | 159 leaf(ves) |
Provenance |
Ownership note of احمد بن علي الكحلانى, dated 16 Ṣafar 1338 AH (1919 CE), fol. 3r; ownership note of محمد بن محمد ابن اسمعيل مطهر المنصور, dated Muḥarram 1400 AH (1979 CE), fol. 3r |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 3r-80r |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Year Range | 1920 |
Date Precise | 1920 September 22 |
Native Date Precise | 9 Muḥarram 1339 AH |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 25-26 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Notes |
Copied by محمد بن حسين الردمي. Portions completed at different dates; colophons, fol. 69r, 80r |
Item Location | fol. 3r-69r |
Author |
Jandārī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 1863-1918
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Author NS | أحمد بن عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن الجنداري |
Title | Simṭ al-jumān fī sharḥ Nāṣiḥat al-ikhwān |
Title NS | سمط الجمان شرح الرساله الناصحه للاخوان |
Uniform Title |
Jandārī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 1863-1918. Simṭ al-jumān fī sharḥ Nāṣiḥat al-ikhwān
![]() |
Alternate Title | Commentary on al-Manṣūr billāh's treatise al-Risālah al-nāṣiḥah |
Associated Name |
Manṣūr billāh, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Ḥamzah ibn Sulaymān, 1166-1217
![]() |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله المبدع مواد الكاينات بلا مثال والمخترع صور الموجودات على اتم كمال |
Item Notes |
Composition dated Rabīʻ al-Thānī 1310 AH (1892 CE), fol. 68v |
Item Location | fol. 69r-80r |
Author |
Bahlūlī, Jaʻfar ibn Aḥmad, -1177 or 1178
![]() |
Author NS | شمس الدين جعفر بن احمد بن ابى يحيى البهلولى الانباري |
Title | Sharḥ Qaṣīdat al-Ṣāḥib ibn ʻAbbād fī uṣūl al-dīn |
Title NS | شرح القصيده الكامله الكافيه فى اصول الدين وفضائل امير المؤمنين |
Uniform Title |
Bahlūlī, Jaʻfar ibn Aḥmad, -1177 or 1178. Sharḥ Qaṣīdat al-Ṣāḥib ibn ʻAbbād fī uṣūl al-dīn
![]() |
Alternate Title | Commentary on al-Ṣāḥib al-Ṭālqānī's poem on theology |
Associated Name |
Ṣāḥib al-Ṭālqānī, Abū al-Qāsim Ismāʻīl ibn ʻAbbād, 936-995
![]() |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | قالت ابا القسم استخففت بالغزل فقلت ما ذاك من همى ولا املي |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 81r-157r |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Year Range | 1917 |
Date Precise | 1917 September 12 |
Native Date Precise | 25 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1335 AH |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 21 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Notes |
Copied by محمد بن حسين الردمي. Colophon, fol. 157r |
Author |
Mutawakkil ʻalá Allāh, Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān, 1106 or 1107-1170 or 1171
![]() |
Author NS | الامام احمد بن سليمان |
Title | al-Ḥikmah al-durrīyah wa-al-dalālah al-Nabawīyah |
Title NS | الحكمه الدريه |
Uniform Title |
Mutawakkil ʻalá Allāh, Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān, 1106 or 1107-1170 or 1171. Ḥikmah al-durrīyah wa-al-dalālah al-Nabawīyah
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Alternate Title | Treatise on theology |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله الذي جعل خلقه عليه دليلا ولم يجعل سوا صنعه الى معرفته سبيلا |
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