Item Summary

Volume 1 of a gloss on al-Shahīd al-Thānī's commentary on al-Lumʻah al-Dimashqīyah, through Kitāb al-ḥajj.

Descriptive Information

Title
الزهرات الذوية في الروضة البهية.
Transliterated Title
al-Zaharāt al-dhawīyah fī al-Rawḍah al-bahīyah.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 2071
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/nc580q26x
Publisher
[1663]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1663
Format
Manuscript
Extent
288 leaves : paper ; 246 x 161 (168 x 90) mm bound to 246 x 169 mm
References
Mach, R. & Ormsby, E.L. Handlist of Arabic manuscripts (New Series), no. 925
Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 131 (gloss a); SII, 132 (gloss b)
Āghā Buzurg. Dharīʻah (1936- ), XII, 67-68
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from leaf 2a, lines 10-11.
Physical description: 23 lines per page; written in small naskh in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords; marginal notes. Mild staining and a few repairs. Last leaf detached.
Origin: According to Āghā Buzurg, work was completed in 1075 H [1664 or 1665]. The first few kitāb must have been completed earlier, as this copy is dated 14 Rabīʻ I 1074 H [16 October 1663], by Muḥammad Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad (leaf 288b); next to the colophon is a note in the hand of the author.
Incipit: الحمد لله الذي نور روضة الدين البهية الزاهرة
Binding Note
Cloth over boards.

Discovery Information

Subject
Shahīd al-Thānī, Zayn al-Dīn ibn ʻAlī 1506-1559—Rawḍah al-bahīyah fī sharḥ al-Lumʻah al-Dimashqīyah
Shahīd al-Awwal, Muḥammad ibn Makkī 1333 or 1334-1384—Lumʻah al-Dimashqīyah
Islamic law—Early works to 1800
Shīʻah—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
293

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

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