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Subject(s)

• Islamic law—Interpretation and construction—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Shafiites—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Ghazzālī 1058-1111—Wasīṭ [Browse]

Notes

• Copied A.H. 699 [A.D. 1300] by Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Muḥammad.
• Numb. fols. 143; 20 x 15.5 cm.; written surface 14 x 9 cm.; 17 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; with vowel signs; with catchwords; entries in red.
• A redaction of al-Wasīṭ al-muḥīṭ bi-aqṭār al-basīṭ, a work on the principles of Shāfiʻite jurisprudence by Abū ḥāmid al-Ghazzālī, A.H. 505 [A.D. 1111].
• Beg.: بسم الله ... الذي ابدع الخلق واعاد ورفع الحق
• Colophon:فرغ من تحرىره العبد الضعىف المحتاج [الى] رحمة ربه اللطىف محمد بن عبد الکرىم بن محمد اصلح الله شأنه وغفر ذنوبه ورحم لوالدىه ورزقه علم ما فىه لىلة السادس والعشرىن من شهر الله المعظم شعبان سنة تسع وتسعىن وستمائة متع الله بما فىه جمىع المستحقىن برحمتك ىا ارحم الراحمىن
• Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. On the title page and on two folios before is a table of contents. MS in good condition; Arabic binding with flap. In a case bearing title. MS is rare.
• Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.
• al-Subkī V, p. 59; Suyūṭī, Bughyat al-wuʻāh (1908), p. 286; ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), IV, p. 302; Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, III, p. 246; Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 4567/8.

OCLC

1340423013

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