Fetava-yı Ali Efendi. - Ali Efendi, Çatalcalı, 1631 or 1632-1692.; Yānyawī, Fayḍ Allāh
Collection of the author's fetvas; preceded by a table of contents (fol. iib-iib), fetvas by various shaykhs (iiib-iva, via-vib), and a short treatise in Arabic on adjudicating claims by Fayḍ Allāh al-Yānyawī (fol. va-via). Inserts are shelved separately and include a 12-leaf booklet of prayers.
Ms. codex.
Title from upper edge.
Physical description: 29 lines per page; written in small nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords; extensive marginal notes in Turkish and Arabic. Foliated in Arabic script. Mild damp staining; edges somewhat ragged. In excellent condition.
Published numerous times.
Ottoman Turkish and Arabic.
Numerous ownership stamps on fol. ib.
Keywords: Fatwas -- Early works to 1800.; Islamic law -- Early works to 1800.; Hanafites -- Early works to 1800.; Islam -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800.; Manuscripts, Turkish -- New Jersey -- Princeton; Manuscripts, Arabic -- New Jersey -- Princeton; Manuscripts, Turkish -- 18th century; Manuscripts, Arabic -- 18th century