al-Bāqiyāt al-ṣāliḥāt, [1270, i.e. 1854].

Early copy of the author's short dīwān, mainly religious poems for the family of the Prophet, etc., followed by eleven favorable blurbs (taqrīẓ / taqārīẓ) for the work.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library, Isl. Ms. 213Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.60a (p.119), copied by ʻAbd al-Wahhāb al-Ḥusaynī. Transcription of this copy finished "qad najiza taḥrīr nuskhat hādhā al-tiryāq al-Fārūqī..." 1st of Ramaḍān 1270 [ca. 28 May 1854] in Baghdad.Binding: Pasteboards covered in painted lacquerwork (black, red, and bronze) with spine in red leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in red lacquerwork with gold-painted accents ; upper and lower covers carry traditional bookcover motifs of central panel (elongated, lobed), pendants and cartouches serving as corner pieces ; all carry inscriptions of gold / bronze lettering in naskh and nastaʻlīq on luminescent fields of red, mainly verses from the dīwān (e.g. verses in pendants [upper cover] أنا لم لا أعد من زمرة الاب رار في نعت آل بيت النبي [lower cover] ونعوتي تسجلت بكتاب هو في عليين عند علي) ; painted vegetal border in bronze ; doublures bear gold-painted scalloped mandorla with pendants flecked with "bronze," also gold painted border ; sewn in yellow thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and blue (or green? quite soiled) ; in poor condition with the lacquer cracking and crazing or simply lost ; several of the panels beneath the outermost lacquer layer are missing, from the upper cover in particular.Support: Machine wove paper, quite sturdy.Decoration: Illuminated titlepiece on fol.1a (p.1) consisting of a single rectangular panel divided to smaller horizontal rectangular panels containing scalloped cartouches (mainly outlined in gold, flanked by floral accents in gold on fields of blue, others filled with gold) bearing title "الترياق الفاروقي من منشآت الفاروقي" and lines of prayer for the Prophet and his family and his companions ; illuminated headpiece on fol.1b (p.2) consists of a rectangular piece with gold-filled cartouche carrying title in white "الباقيات الصالحات" flanked by pieces reminiscent of dome design above ; rectangular piece is surmounted by a well with scalloped domes forming w-shaped piece bearing floral vegetal design in pink, green, white, orange, blue, etc. on fields of gold, blue and red ; text surrounded by simple frame consisting of a wide gold band and black fillets and at some distance a second rule-border consisting of a narrow gold band flanked by black fillets ; a few textual dividers in the form of black and red discs ; almond-shaped designs marking poems which have been commented upon and indicating by whom ; rosettes and floral designs appear on incipit page ; some lining in blue ink ; text rubricated with portions of verses, section headings, keywords, textual dividers, overlining, etc. in red.Script: Naskh ; elegant Persianate hand ; mainly sans serif apart from left-sloping head serif on alif of lam alif ligature, adhering closely to baseline, pointing in distinct dots, final yāʼ often unpointed ; fully vocalized.Layout: Written in 25 lines per page ; single column frequently divided to two columns to set-off poetry ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 6 V(60) ; entirely quinions ; catchwords present, though usually set far down in the lower margin and occasionally absent ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads: "قد نجز تحرير نسخة هذا الترياق الفاروقي لناظم نفايسه في سلك انفاسه وجامع اجزائه في محفظة ولائه حسان زمانه وسحبان اوانه حضرة المولى عبد الباقي افندي الفاروقي بقلم الداعي لذلك الجناب تراب اعتاب باب اهل بيت ابي تراب الراجي عفو ربه التواب السيد عبد الوهاب الحسيني وذلك بمدينة السلام بغداد في غرة رمضان سنة ١٢٧٠"Explicit: "في كل بيت اجمة بها ثوى معنى اذ الفكر انتحاه همهما وهذه خاتمة بها كتاب الباقيات الصالحات اختتما جعلتها وسيلة رقى بها يوم الحساب من ولائي سلما لذاك قلت رافعا عقيرتي بالشكر املا الملا ترنما على ذو [كذا] الطول العميم ارخوا بالباقيات الصالحات انعما سنة ١٢٧٠ ... وقال تمت فارخ ختامها المسك كانا ١٢٧٠ "Incipit: "صنو طه المصطفى وابنته مع سبطيه الكنوز المقفله نقط رصعت الباء مع النون والياء التي في البسملة سور القران فيها سورت سيما تسويرها للحمد له وهذه المقدمة المحتوية على النتيجه من المبانى النضرة البهيجه والمعانى العطرة الاريجه جعلها براعة لاستهلال كتابه الموسوم بالباقيات الصالحات في نعت اهل بيت سيد السادات عليه وعليهم اسنى الصلوات وازكى التسليمات ..."Title from titlepiece on fol.1a (p.1).Ms. codex.3. fol.60b : [colophon].2. fol.51b-fol.60a : [eleven taqārīẓ in praise of the work].1. fol.1a-fol.51a : al-Bāqiyāt al-ṣāliḥāt / ʻAbd al-Bāqī al-Fārūqī.Afshar, Iraj. "Inscriptions on the Covers of Islamic Manuscripts: An Introductory Study." Manuscripta Orientalia vol.10, no.1 (March 2004): 42-51.Brockelmann, C. GAL,Early copy of the author's short dīwān, mainly religious poems for the family of the Prophet, etc., followed by eleven favorable blurbs (taqrīẓ / taqārīẓ) for the work.Mode of access: Internet.Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).Relatively clean copy ; on front flyleaf recto an inscription in black in that may begin "لسيد شهاب الموصلى ..." [perhaps referring to the poet Shihāb al-Dīn al-Mawṣalī, known as al-Sayyid Shihāb al-Mawṣalī] ; a few inventory marks on front flyleaf "445 T. De M [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" and on fol.1a (p.1) "15"