The author's commentary on his own work on Hanafite jurisprudcence entitled Bidāyat al-mubtadī. The first four folios are missing. The text begins with Kitāb al-Ṭaharāt and ends with Kitāb al-waqf.
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. Label on upper cover: "KE 270".
Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 226 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 17 lines per page.
Description: MS in fair condition; stained with dampness.
Origin: According to colophon copy completed end of Rabīʻ al-Awwal 788 (fol. 226a).
Beginning: كله ثم سالنى بعض اخوانى ان املى عليهم المجموع الثانى فافتحته مستعينا بالله ... كتاب الطهارات ...
Colophon: حرر العبد الضعيف المحتاح الى رحمه الله تعالى سلمان بن محمد الداصانى؟ ... عفر الله له ولوالديه ... فى الاخر ربيع الاول سنه ثمان وثمانين وسبعمايه
Binding note
Later type III (without flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla and cornerpieces with gold outlining and blind-tooled edging on lower cover. Upper cover covered with dark paper. Leather doublures; lower doublure is missing.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1699.
Other format(s)
Also available in an electronic version.
OCLC
1340422662
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