Item Summary

First volume of a treatise on Shiʻite law, through Kitāb al-waṣāyā.

Descriptive Information

Title
[الجزء الاول من كتاب قواعد الاحكام في معرفة الحلال والحرام].
Transliterated Title
[al-Juzʼ al-awwal min Kitāb Qawāʻid al-aḥkām fī maʻrifat al-ḥalāl wa-al-ḥarām].
Call Number
Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 693q
Identifier
ark:/88435/h702q900f
Publisher
[15--?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1500
Format
Manuscript
Extent
226 leaves : paper ; 272 x 177 (183 x 117) mm bound to 272 x 182 mm
Provenance
On leaf 1a: Note of sale dated 1334 H [1915 or 1916]. Owner's note dated Jumādá I 1350 H [1931].
References
Mach, R. & Ormsby, E.L. Handlist of Arabic manuscripts (New Series), no. 894
Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 211 (no. 4); SII, 207
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Manuscript erroneously foliated beginning on front flyleaf. Record follows erroneous foliation.
Title from colphon on leaf 227b.
Physical description: 22 lines per page; written in naskh in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords; extensive marginal and interlinear notes. Numerous repairs and a few replacement leaves; pasted inserts of notes. Some staining and mild insect damage.
Origin: 16th century?
Incipit: الحمد لله على سوابغ النعماء وترادف الالاء المتفضل بارسال الانبياء ... اما بعد فهذا كتاب قواعد الاحكام في معرفة الحلال والحرام لخصت فيه لب الفتاوى خاصته وبينت فيه قواعد احكام الخاصة
Binding Note
Quarter leather with paper over boards; spine repaired.

Discovery Information

Subject
Islamic law—Interpretation and construction—Early works to 1800
Shīʻah—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
270

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/8554dad8-20a0-42f8-8e86-51fb8036065b/manifest