Details

Subject(s)

• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Marghīnānī, ʻAlī ibn Abī Bakr -1196 or 1197—Hidāyah [Browse]
• Purity, Ritual—Islam—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Islamic law—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Hanafites—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 841H [Browse]

Rare books genre

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

Summary note

A treatise on ceremonial cleanliness. This is a commentary on the opening chapter of al-Hidāyah.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (fol. 1a).
• Marginal notes and glosses; marginal summaries. It is stated in the colophon that the work was composed 1066/1656.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 16 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 21 lines per page.
• Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (three crescents?) ; MS in good condition.
• Origin: Probably from the latter part of the XVIIth century.
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله الذي اكمل الدين الحنفي بكمال عنايته ... اما بعد فان احسن الحديث کتاب الله وخير الهدي هدي محمد بن عبد الله ...
• Colophon: هذا آخرما انتهى بنا الکلام والحمد لله على الدوام وعلى نبيه افضل الصلاة والسلام وعلى آله واصحابه الکرام ما يکى الغمام ابتسم زهر الکمال حرر ذلك في مستهل ذي القعدة الحرام سنة 1066 على يد محرره الشريف احمد بن محمد الحنفي الحموي غفرالله ذنوبه وسترعيوبه امين ومن خطه الشريف نقلت تم

Binding note

Unbound.

Provenance

Ownership signature Ḥasan al-Jabartī al-Ḥanafī with his seal impression (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1701.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1340422442

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