[Two Islamic law texts].

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
[1709-1711]
Description
151 leaves : paper ; 199 x 103 ( 155 x 58) mm. bound to 206 x 112 mm.

Copies in the Library

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Special Collections - Manuscripts Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 120W-121W Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Summary note
    Contains two texts on Hanafite law.
    Notes
    • Physical description: 17 lines per page; written in naskhi script in black on brown Arabic unglazed, laid paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Insect damage and a few paper repairs, resulting in some loss of text. Numbers 120-121 in Western numerals on label on back cover. Index for text 2 on fol. 93a-95b.
    • Origin: Copied by Muḥammad Muslim ibn Shaykh Bīr Muḥammad. Text 1 dated Shaʻbān 1121H (October 1709) (fol. 92a); text 2 dated Ramaḍān [112]3H (?) (October-November 1711) (fol. 151a).
    Binding note
    Western cloth binding.
    Language note
    Arabic.
    Contents
    • 1. 120W, fol. 1b-92a: Dustūr al-quḍāh / Ṣadr ibn Rashīd ibn Ṣadr al-Tibrīzī ... al-madʻū bi-Qādī Khwājah.
    • 2. 121W, fol. 96b-151a: Tuḥfat al-fuqahāʾ / Mubārak ibn ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq ibn Nūr.
    Provenance
    Acquired from Widgery, Cambridge, A.D. 1925.
    References
    • Hitti, P. et al. Descriptive catalog, 1645, 1655.
    • Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 254 (6); SII, 269; SNII, 976 (49a)
    OCLC
    679693292
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