Object Description

Manuscript

Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Ahlwardt 6200/1 = Wetzstein 1705/3

title

Arjūza

Title (Arabic)

أرجوزة

Arjūza

date

1150/1737-8

Place/s of Origin

Unknown, probably Syria

Introduction

This small collection of hunting poems headed by an arjūza (i.e., a poem written in the metre rajaz) was written by the Darwīsh ʿAlī al-Shādhilī al-Ḥanafī al-Dimashqī who flourished in the early eighteenth century in Damascus. He served as the captain of the archers. He praised the hunters of Damascus and lists fourteen different birds in the first poem.

Contents

This manuscript combines eight short texts, both poetry and prose, mostly on the subjects of hunting and archery. Several texts were written by the same author, Darwīsh ʿAlī al-Shādhilī al-Ḥanafī al-Dimashqī. Some are anonymous.

Author

Darwīsh ʿAlī al-Shādhilī al-Ḥanafī al-Dimashqī

Patron of text

Unknown

Scribe

Unknown

Patron of manuscript

Unknown

Description of physical object

94 folios; 18cm by 13cm; Wetzstein II 1705/3 occupies fols 31b-35b

Bibliography

W. Ahlwardt, Verzeichniss der arabischen Handschriften der Königlichen Bibliothek zu Berlin, Fünfter Band (IX.-XIV. Buch) (Berlin, 1893), 481.

Carl Brockelmann, Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur II:363

Provenance

This manuscript came to the Staatsbibliothek from Johann Gottfried Wetzstein (1815-1905). The German Orientalist studied manuscripts in the Bodleian Library from 1843 and served as the Prussian consul in Damascus in 1849-1861. Many of the numerous Arabic manuscripts he collected were acquired in Syria.

Licence

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Location of manuscript

Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

Rights Holder

© STAATSBIBLIOTHEK ZU BERLIN - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Orientabteilung

Item Description

Manuscript

31v

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