Fols. 143; 24 x 14.2 cm.; written surface 14 x 7 cm.; 9 lines to page; on glazed silky Arabic paper; in naskhi; with catchwords; entries in red.
An abridgment of Wiqāyat al-riwāyah fī masāʼil al-Hidāyah.
Beg.: بسم الله ... الحمد لله رافع اعلام الشرىعة الغراء
Colophon: وفىها مىتة هي اقل تحرر واکل في الاختبار تمت [تم] الکتاب بعون الملك الوهاب تم تم تم
A few marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. Title appears on edges as Wiqāyat al-riwāyah and again as Masāʼil al-Riwāyah, Fiqh. MS in good condition; Arabic binding. Title appears on sticker pasted on back of cover as Wiqāyat al-riwāyah fī masāʼil al-Hidāyah. MS probably from early part of XVIIIth century.
Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1900.
Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), VI, p. 460; Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 4562; A catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 234/5.
Printed in Qāzān, A.H. 1260, A.D. 1902; Petersburg, A.D. 1895.
OCLC
1340422516
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