Details

Subject(s)

• Islamic law—Terminology—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Hanafites—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Caliphs—Poetry—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. 944H [Browse]

Rare books genre

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

Contains

• Suyūṭī, 1445-1505. Tuḥfat al-ẓurafāʼ bi-asmāʼ al-khulafāʼ. [Browse]
• سيوطي، 1445-1505. تحفة الظرفاء باسماء الخلفاء. [Browse]

Summary note

A list of the different chapters of a Hanafite book of jurisprudence together with the definition of each.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from preface (fol. 1b).
• At the end is an ode by al-Suyūṭī on the history of the caliphs from the time of the Prophet to that of the author (fol. 6a-8b). It is usually known as Tuḥfat al-ẓurafāʼ bi-asmāʼ al-khulafāʼ.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 6 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 23 lines per page.
• Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (three crescents) ; MS in good condition.
• Origin: Probably from the XVIIIth century. The copyist of both the work and the ode is Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan.
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وهو المعين الحمد لله رب العالمين ... وبعد فهذه الحدود لابواب الفقه على مذهب الامام الاعظم ابي حنيفة ...
• Colophon: وانما سمي حکم الله في عرف الفقهاء والمتکلمين بطريق المجاز. تم م

Binding note

Unbound.

Provenance

Ownership signature of Ḥasan al-Jabartī al-Ḥanafī (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1777.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1340422148

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