Details

Subject(s)

• Muṭarrizī, Nāṣir ibn ʻAbd al-Sayyid 1144-1213—Miṣbāḥ [Browse]
• Arabic language—Grammar—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Islamic ethics—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. 1171H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Watermarks (Paper) [Browse]

Contains

• Ghazzālī, 1058-1111. Amr bi-al-maʻrūf wa-al-nahy ʻan al-munkar. Selections. [Browse]
• غزالي، 1058-1111. امر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر. مختارات. [Browse]

Summary note

A commentary on al-Muṭarizzī's work on syntax, and a portion of al-Ghazzālī's Kitāb al-Amr bi-al-maʻrūf wa-al-nahy ʻan al-munkar.

Notes

• Ms. composite codex.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• Marginal and interlinear notes.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 57 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 10-13 lines per page.
• Description: Rubricated ; written in Fārisī and general scripts ; vowel signs ; watermarks (fol. 1-30: crown-star-crescent with countermark of roman-alphabet initials and trefoil) ; MS in fair condition.

Binding note

Unbound.

Language note

Arabic;

Script

Fārisī.

Contents

• 1. fol. 1a-38b: [Commentary on al-Miṣbāḥ]. Commentary on a work on syntax by al-Muṭarrizī. Incomplete at the beginning and the end with several parts also missing from the middle.
• 2. fol. 40a-57b: [Kitāb al-Amr bi-al-maʻrūf wa-al-nahy ʻan al-munkar]. Incomplete at beginning and end. Begins in bāb 2 and ends in bāb 4.

Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

• Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 2132.
• Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 6543.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Other title(s)

Commentary on al-Miṣbāḥ.

OCLC

1418815567

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