Kitāb al-Mafātīḥ. - Fayḍ al-Kāshī, Muḥammad ibn Murtaḍá, 1598 or 1599-1680 or 1681 (1715)
Second half of a treatise on Shiʻite law, with a table of contents on leaves 318a-318b.
Ms. codex.
Title from leaf 326a.
Manuscript erroneously foliated in Western script beginning on the first of eight flyleaves. Record follows erroneous foliation.
Physical description: 15 lines per page; written in large, casual naskh in black on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords; marginal notes. Foliated in Arabic script, with errors. Mild staining and a few paper repairs.
Origin: 4 Rajab 1127 H [6 July 1715], by Ibn ʻAlī Akbar Mullā Ḥubb ʻAlī (leaf 326a).
Mach, R. & Ormsby, E.L. Handlist of Arabic manuscripts (New Series)
Keywords: Islamic law -- Interpretation and construction -- Early works to 1800.; Shīʻah -- Early works to 1800.; Manuscripts, Arabic -- New Jersey -- Princeton; Manuscripts, Arabic -- 18th century; manuscripts (documents)