كتاب المقدمة الغزنوي ... [الخ.]

Kitāb al-Muqaddimah al-Ghaznawī ... [etc.]

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
[15th century]
Description
136 leaves : paper ; 166 x 132 (130 x 73-92) mm bound to 165 x 135 mm.

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    Summary note
    A work on Hanafite religious duties, followed by a commentary on al-Samarqandī's treatise on prayer.
    Notes
    • Ms. composite codex.
    • Title from title page of first work (fol. 1a).
    • Occasional marginal note. Small illustration on title page. Calligraphy in the margin of fol. 11a.
    • Collation: Paper ; fol. 136 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
    • Layout: 11-13 lines per page ; partially frame-ruled in red.
    • Description: Rubricated ; vowel signs ; some paper of the first work lightly tinted red ; MS in fair condition.
    • Origin: [Sharḥ al-Muqaddimah] Copied 1 Rabīʻ Awwal 853 by Maḥmūd ibn Mūsá ibn Junayd al-Ruhāwī (fol. 134a).
    • Incipit: [المقدمة] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ... اعلم وفقکم الله وايانا-- [شرح المقدمة] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين الحمد لله الذي نزل احسن الحديث هدي للمتقين ... قال الشيخ الامام الفقيه الزاهد ابو الليث ... الحمد في اللغة له اربع معان ...
    • Colophon: [المقدمة] وان لم يقيد الثانية بسجدة قطعها ودخل مع الامام وان قيدها اتمها ولا يدخل مع الامام والله اعلم-- [شرح المقدمة] کتبه بتاريخه في اول شهر ربيع اول سنة ثلثة وخمسين وثمانية مائة کتبه محمود بن موسى بن جنيد الرهاوي غفر الله له ولوالديه ولمعلمه ولاسداده ولجميع المسلمين والمسلمات والمؤمنين والمؤمنات من مشارق الارض الى مغاربها کافة وعامة برحمتك يا ارحم الراحمين
    Binding note
    Later type II (with flap) binding in dark brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla with pendants and blind-tooled edging on cover. Binding in poor condition; mended. Flap and upper cover missing.
    Contents
    • 1. fol. 1a-66a: Kitāb al-Muqaddimah al-Ghaznawī. A compendium of Muslim duties according to the Hanafite school.
    • 2. fol. 66b: [Prayer]
    • 3. fol. 67a-134a: Sharḥ al-Muqaddimah [fī] al-ṣalāh. A commentary on al-Muqaddimah fī al-ṣalāh, a treatise on prayer and the other religious performances that go with it, by Abū al-Layth al-Samarqandī.
    • 4. fol. 134b-136a: [Fawāʼid]. Tradition about Ibn ʻAbbās and other inscriptions in Arabic and Persian.
    Provenance
    Ownership signature: Isḥaq Jatānīʹzādah? (fol. 2a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
    Source acquisition
    Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
    References
    • Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1894, 1890.
    • Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 1883/4.
    Other format(s)
    Also available in an electronic version.
    Other title(s)
    • Sharḥ al-Muqaddimah fī al-ṣalāh.
    • شرح المقدمة في الصلاه.
    OCLC
    1422159106
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