Details

Subject(s)

• Islam—Doctrines—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Hanafites—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Wills, Ethical—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Donor

Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Related name

Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 4998Y [Browse]

Contains

• Ibn al-Shiḥnah, Muḥibb al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1402-1485. ʻAqīdah. [Browse]
• ابن الشحنة، محب الدين محمد بن محمد، 1402-1485. عقيدة. [Browse]
• Abū Ḥanīfah, -767 or 768. Waṣīyah. [Browse]
• ابو حنيفة، -767 or 768. وصية. [Browse]
• Yāfiʻī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Asʻad, -1367. Shams al-īmān. Selections. [Browse]
• يافعي، عبد الله بن اسعد، -1367. شمس الامان. مختارات. [Browse]

Notes

• Ms. composite codex.
• Layout: 21 lines per page.
• Incipit: [عقيدة] بحمد الله فاتح کل باب * به استفتحت نظمى فى کتابى -- [وصية] لما مرض ابو حنيفة مرض موته اجتمع عنده اصحابه ... -- [شمس الايمان] علا ربنا عن کيف واين ومتى * وعن کل ما فى بالنا يتصور

Contents

• 1. fol. 1b-4b: ʻAqīdah.
• 2. fol. 5b-7b: Waṣīyat Abī Ḥanīfah.
• 3. fol. 5a: Shams al-īmān. Excerpt (16 verses)

Provenance

Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

• Mach, R. Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts (Yahuda Section), 2203, 2304, 2307.
• Brockelmann, GAL, S II, 41 (11: no. 3); I, 177(no. VI, identical with no. IX!); S I, 287; II, 227 (no. 2); S II, 227.

OCLC

1534291170

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