Item Summary

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

Descriptive Information

Title
الحدود لابواب الفقه.
Transliterated Title
al-Ḥudūd li-abwāb al-fiqh.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 944H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dczw12zh82t
Publisher
[18th century?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1700-1799
Format
Manuscript
Extent
8 leaves : paper ; 208 x 153 (165 x 95) mm.
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.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
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.

Discovery Information

Subject
Islamic law—Terminology—Early works to 1800
Hanafites—Early works to 1800
Caliphs—Poetry—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Autographs
Watermarks

Physical Characteristics

File Count
20

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/2b64acd9-edff-4358-9c84-7eb2076cd6cb/manifest