Details

Subject(s)

• Islamic law—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Hanafites—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. 864H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Autographs [Browse]
• Stamps [Browse]

Summary note

A collection of judicial decisions according to Hanafite law and jurisprudence.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (fol. [i]a).
• A few marginal notes. On the verso of the title page is a table of contents. MS is incomplete at the end.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 207 ; catchwords ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 30 lines per page.
• Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition.
• Origin: Probably from the XVIIth century.
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين والعاقبة للمتقين والصلاة علي سيد المرسلين محمد واله اجمعين. كتاب الطهارة مسايل هذا الكتاب مشتملة علي سبعة فصول ...
• Ending: وما اريکم الا مبتدعين فما زال يذکرهم ذلك حتى احرجهم

Binding note

Currently unbound. Sewn with traces of binding extant.

Provenance

Ownership signature: Aḥmad Afandī, qāḍī Manfalūṭ with his seal impression dated 1137 (fol.[i]a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

• Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1761.
• Khulāṣat al-Athar IV, p. 76.
• Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, III, p. 88.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1340420581

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