[شرح الفرائض السراجية]

[Sharḥ al-Farāʼiḍ al-Sirājīyah].

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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
[1481]
Description
iii, 68, iii leaves : paper ; 180 x 125 (122 x 70) mm. bound to 189 x 131 mm.

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    Summary note
    Commentary on al-Farāʼiḍ al-Sirājīyah, a treatise on inheritance by Sirāj al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Sajāwandī (6/12th cent.).
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title supplied by cataloger. The name of the author appears as "Sirāj al-Dīn" in an inscription on fol. 1a.
    • Physical description: 17 lines per page. Written in small naskh in black ink with use of red. Laid paper. Stained with water ; a few holes.
    • Chiefly quinions ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.
    • Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "Farāʼiḍ 26". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "866/2 Ḥ".
    • Origin: According to colophon, copied by Yūnus ibn Bāyazīd ibn Yūsuf, night of Friday middle of Rajab 886 [Sept. 1481] (fol. 67a).
    • Incipit: بسم ... وبه نستعين رب تمم بالخير الحمد لله الذى ابرز بالفرايض بهجة رياض الشرع ... اما بعد فلما كان خير ما يصرف الانسان اليه
    • Explicit: ولبنته ستون ولمولاه عشرة دنانير
    Binding note
    Quarter bound in burgundy cloth and paper.
    Provenance
    Several ownership statements and impression of one seal on fol. 1a. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
    Source acquisition
    Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
    References
    • Mach, R. Yahuda, 1609
    • Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 379 (26/I. Cmtre 4)
    Other format(s)
    • Microfilm negative available for reproduction.
    • Also available in an electronic version.
    OCLC
    243609907
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