• Collection No:
• 143

• Former Collection No:
• Hadith-51

• Title of Book:
• el-Kevkebü’l-Münîr bi-Şerhi’l-Câmi‘i’s-Sağîr / الكوكب المنير بشرح الجامع الصغير

• Author:
• Alkamî, Şemseddin Muhammed b. Abdurrahman b. Ali el-Kâhirî el-Alkamî eş-Şâfi‘î,, 969/1561, العلقمي، شمس الدين محمد بن عبد الرحمن بن علي القاهري العلقمي الشافعي

• Copyright Date:
• 968 [1560-61]

• Subject:
• Hadith

• Language:
• Arabic

• Bibliography about the author:
• Mücteba Uğur, "Alkamî", TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, c.2, 1989, 468-469.

• Publications of the Work -
• :

• Copies:
• There are more than eighty manuscripts of the work in libraries in Turkey.

• Content:
• It is a three-volume commentary on his teacher Suyûti's al-Jâmi'u's-sağîr, which he completed a year before his death.

• Date of Copying 1011
• :[1602/1603]

• Scriber-
• :

• Physical Description
•  

• Dimensions:
• 330x200-248x121 mm

• Leaf:
• I+319

• Line:
• 31

• Calligraphy:
• Ta‘liq

• Binding:
• Brown leather binding with medallion, chain ornament, flanking medallion and corner piece. Red ink was used for words used as titles such as “Hadith-kavluhû” and for the titles and rulers of some notes in the margin. Some leaves are double ruled, there are catchwords.

• Kuyûdât / Records
•  

• 1a/ Ownership Record of Mustafa Emin:
• Min kütübi’l-fakîr Mustafa Emin ufiye anhü

• 1a / Personal seal inscribed Mustafa
•  

• 1a/ Ownership Record of es-Seyyid Muhammed
• 

• 1a-1b-58a-386b: Foundation Seal belonging to Hafız Ahmed Agha:
• Sâbıkan rikabdâr-ı hazret-i şehriyârî Rodosî Hâfız Ahmed Ağa’nın cezîre-i mezbûrda bina eylediği kütüphanesinin kütüb-i mevkûfesidir.

• 44a /Sahh symbol

• 386b / The copy record:
• Ve kâne’l-ferâğ min istinsâhihî fî evâhir-i şehr-i şevvali’l-mükerrem min şuhûri sene ihdâ aşer ve elf (1011 [1602/1603]) min hicret men lehü’l-izzü ve’ş-şeref

• 386b / Fawāid Record about the author of the source work:
• Kâle müellifuhû eş-şeyh el-imam el-allâme …’l-muhaddisîn veliyyüllâhi teâlâ eş-şeyh Celâleddin es-Suyûtî eş-Şâfiî teammedehullâhu bi rahmetihî ferağtü min yevmi’l-isneyn samin ışrîn rabiülevvel sene seb’a ve tis’a mie (907) ahsenallâhu âkıbetehumâ ve sallallâhu alâ seyyidinâ Muhammed ve âlihî ve sahbihî ve sellem teslimen kesîran velhamdülillâhi rabbi’l-âlemîn
  Mevlid-i müellifihî evvelü receb sene 849 Müddet-i umruhû 83Vefâtihî leyletü’l-Cuma tâsi’ aşer cumâde’l-ûlâ sene 931

• 386b / Fawāid about the funeral day:
• Ahdara cenâzetü’ş-şeyh İbn Hacer fe emtaratü’s-semâ yevmeizin ala na’şihî ve kad karube ile’l-musallâ ve lem yekun zamân matarun feştedde eş-Şihâb el-Mansûrî inde naşihî kaddese sırrahû

The density of the margins is low on the first pages and increases on the last pages.