Details

Subject(s)

• Islamic law—Interpretation and construction [Browse]
• Shīʻah [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Volume 2 of a treatise on uṣūl al-fiqh, comprising al-ijmāʻ through al-iḥtiyāṭ.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from leaf 1b.
• Physical description: 19 lines per page; written in small naskh in black on machine-made paper. Spaces left for rubrication not filled in. Occasional staining. Back cover detached.
• Origin: Jumādá I 1272 H [January-February 1856] in Mashhad, by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-madʻū bi-Ṣādiq (leaf 210a).
• Incipit: الحمد لله ... في الاجماع [ ... ] اختلفوا في حقيقة الاجماع لغة

Binding note

Full black leather with blind-stamped central mandorla, pendants, and fillets; red paper doublures.

Language note

Arabic.

Provenance

On leaf 1a, owner's note and stamp of the scribe. Other owners' stamps on leaves 1a, 1b.

References

• Mach, R. & Ormsby, E.L. Handlist of Arabic manuscripts (New Series), no. 368
• Brockelmann, C. GAL, SII, 828 (23: no. 1)

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Other title(s)

• Kitāb al-Ishārāt
• كتاب الاشارات
• Ishārāt
• اشارات

OCLC

857789787

Statement on responsible collection description

Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage. Read more...