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كتاب المختار
Kitāb al-Mukhtār.
Author
Mawṣilī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Maḥmūd, 1202 or 1203-1284
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موصلي، عبد الله بن محمود، 1202 or 1203-1284
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Uniform title
Mukhtār lil-fatwá
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مختار للفتوى
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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/Created
1083 [1672 or 1673]
Description
125 leaves: paper ; 183 x 130 (115 x 85) mm. bound to 183 x 140 mm.
Availability
Available Online
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Notes
Special Collections - Manuscripts
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 920H
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Subject(s)
Islamic law
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Early works to 1800
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Hanafites
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Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Arabic
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New Jersey
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Princeton
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Donor
Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
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Related name
Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 920H
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Summary note
Acephalous and defective copy of a compendium of Hanafite law and jurisprudence. First full chapter is Bāb al-Zakāh
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from inscription mentioning a price on the pastedown of the lower cover.
Preliminary leaf covered with overlapping inscriptions.
Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 125 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 9 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; MS in fair condition; light staining.
Origin: According to colophon, copy completed in 1083 H. (fol. 125a).
Explicit: ولا مولى الموالى الّا عند عدمهم وان كان له موالى اعتقوه فهى باطلة تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهّاب
Beginning as extant: ولا يجوز اداؤها الا بنية مقارنة لعزل الواجب او الاداء ومن تصدق بجميع ما له سقطت ... باب الزكوة السوايم السايمة التى تكتفى بالرعي
Binding note
Half-bound type III (without flap) binding in brown leather and paper over paper pasteboards. Covers in poor condition.
Provenance
Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1709.
Other format(s)
Also available in an electronic version.
Microfilm negative available for reproduction.
Other title(s)
مختار في الفروع
Title in Hitti, P. Garrett coll
Mukhtār fī al-furūʻ
OCLC
180867427
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