Details

Subject(s)

• Islamic law—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. 918H [Browse]

Summary note

A fragment of a book on jurisprudence. Incomplete at the beginning and end. First full chapter is "Bāb khidmat al-rajul fī ahlih" and ends partway through "Bāb mā bi-jawz min al-istiqrāḍ".

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from print catalog.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 60 ; catchwords ; quires signed: 17-22 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 20 lines per page.
• Description: Rubricated ; vowel signs ; MS in good condition.
• Origin: Probably from the XlVth century.
• Incipit: على علي لکان قد تقدم ... باب خدمة الرجل في اهله
• Ending: لا يجوز استثنا القليل من الکثير وحکي انه بمذهب البصريين

Binding note

Unbound.

Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1658.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Other title(s)

جزء من كتاب في الفقه

Title supplied by print catalog

Juzʼ min kitāb fī al-fiqh

OCLC

1389420271

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