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. 255L [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Watermarks [Browse]
• Autographs [Browse]

Summary note

A treatise on jurisprudence dealing with the judicial opinion that should be given in cases where the evidence is conflicting.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (fol. 1a).
• Marginal notes and glosses.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 39 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals ; folio 39b is labeled "40".
• Layout: 19 lines per page.
• Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (three crescents; crown-star-crescent; roman-alphabet countermark initials with trefoil) ; MS in good condition. Probably unique.
• Origin: According to colophon copy completed [1] Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1070 (fol. 39b).
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبحان من لا حجة اقوى من کلامه ... وبعد فيقول العبد الفقير الى الله الغنى غانم بن محمد البغدادى هذه رسالة فى تعارض البينات جمعتها لبعض اخوانى من القضاة ...
• Colophon: تم الکلام في هذا المقام في غرة شهر ذي القعدة الحرام من شهور سنة سبعين والف من هجرة سيدنا محمد عليه الصلاة والسلام

Binding note

Unbound.

Provenance

Obscured ownership signature dated 1123 (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1762.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Other title(s)

• Risālah fī taʻāruḍ al-bayyināt
• رسالة في تعارض البينات

OCLC

1340423966

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