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Subject(s)

• Sanūsī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf approximately 1427-approximately 1490—Umm al-barāhīn fī ʻilm al-kalām [Browse]
• Islam—Doctrines—Terminology—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 995H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Watermarks (Paper) [Browse]

Summary note

An exposition of theological and scholastic terms used in the authorʼs own minor treatise on Muslim theology entitled al-Sanūsīyah or Umm al-barāhīn.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (fol. 1a).
• A marginal note on folio eight.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 14 + ii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 11 lines per page
• Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (face-in-the-moon, sun, roman-alphabet letters "EGA") ; MS in good condition.
• Origin: Probably from the XVIIIth century.
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم حقيقة الحمد هو الثناء بالکلام على المحمود بجميل صفاته سوا كانت منه باب الاحسان ...
• Colophon: اللهم انّا نسألك العصمة من ذلك امين والحمد لله رب العالمين. تم متن الحقائق للشيخ السنوسي رحمه الله

Binding note

Unbound.

Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

• Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1499.
• Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 2022.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Other title(s)

• Ḥaqāyiq al-Sanūsīyah Umm al-barāhīn
• حقايق السنوسية ام البراهين

OCLC

1340425808

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