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Subject(s)

• Ibn Faraḥ, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad -1300—Gharāmī ṣaḥīḥ [Browse]
• ابن فرح، احمد بن محمد، -1300—غرامي صحيح [Browse]
• Hadith—Criticism, interpretation, etc—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Scribe

• Makkī, Muḥammad, active 18th century? [Browse]

Related name

• مكي، محمد، active 18th century?. [Browse]
• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 781H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Autographs [Browse]
• Watermarks (Paper) [Browse]

Contains

• Ibn Faraḥ, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, -1300. Gharāmī ṣaḥīḥ. [Browse]
• ابن فرح، احمد بن محمد، -1300. غرامي صحيح. [Browse]

Summary note

A commentary on Gharāmī ṣaḥīḥ, an ode in thirty verses on the technical terms used in the science of tradition by Aḥmad ibn Faraḥ. The ode is otherwise known as Manẓūmah fī al-ḥadīth.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (fol. 1a).
• 6 lines of poetry follow the colophon. Extracts from several historical works on folios 5b-6b.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 6 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 23-25 lines per page.
• Description: Text in red and commentary in black ; watermarks (three crescents) ; MS in good condition.
• Origin: According to the colophon copied by Muḥammad al-Makkī (fol. 5a). Probably from the XVIIIth century.
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله القوي وما سواه ضعيف الذي خلق الخلق وجعل منهم الوضيع والشريف ... اما بعد فيقول العبد الفقير الراجي من مولاه الفنى .. محمد ابن علي قاسم الشافعي البلتاجي ...
• Colophon: تم الشرح المبا[رك] بحمد الله وعونه على يد الفقير محمد المکي غفر الله له ولوالديه ولمشايخه ولجميع المسلمين امين امين امين

Binding note

Unbound.

Provenance

Signature of Muḥammad al-Makkī al-Ḥanafī with obliterated seal impression (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1475.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1340424655

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