Title: Hilyatul Abraar wa Shi’aar al Akhyaar fi Talkhees Ad-Da’awaat Al-Mustahaba bil Layl wan Nahar- known as Al-Adhkaar | حلية الأبرار وشعار الأخيار في تلخيص الدعوات والأذكار المستحبة بالليل والنهار المسمى بالأذكار
Author: Abu Zakariyyah Muhiyyuddin Yahya bin Sharaf An-Nawawi (D. 676H) | أبو زكريا محيي الدين يحيى بن شرف النووي
Scribe: ‘Abdul-Shakoor Al-Kashmiree Al-Khamiyazi | عبد الشكور الكشمري الخاميازي
Date: 1125H | 1714 CE
Script: Naskh
Size: 24 X 13 CM
Folios: 220 ff.
Description:20 Lines/Page | Oriental woven paper, no watermarks | Repaired and rebound with modern leather cover with blind tooling. | Fihris (table of contents) before Matn | The cover page has 3 notes, (1) A note about the book taken from Sharh Mishkat of Shaykh ‘Abdul Haqq Ad-Dehlawi (d. 1052H) | Beautiful headpiece decorated with gold design housing the Basmalah on pg 24 | Rubrication of titles and numerous glosses in Nasta’liq script, presumabley from Sharh Mishkat of Ad-Dahlawi | There is also a small Risalah cited from ‘Ali bin Hussamuddin Al-Hindi, the author of Kanzul Ummaal at the end of the manuscript. |
Incipit:الحمد لله الواحد القهار
Explicit: فرغتُ من جمعهِ في المحرم سنة
Provenance: There’s a dated ownership note (1/1/1993) from Mawlawi ‘Ateequllah Ahmediyaar from Gerdai Ghows in the Muhmandara district of Nangarhar province of Afghanistan who became a teacher in Darul ‘Ulum Shamsiyyah for Ta’leem al Qur’aan in Pir Sabaq, Nowshera in the Peshawar provice of Pakistan.
Research Notes: There is some confusion about the date written in the colophon on folio 218, due to the wearing out of the ink- It appears to be 112__ and right after it’s written خمسة وعشرين, but it may be 1145 according to a previous owner.| The origin is most likely the Indian Subcontinent based on the type of paper, script in glosses, and ownership history
Accession #: Ms.039c