Item Summary

Volume 1 of a gloss on al-Shahīd al-Thānī's commentary on al-Lumʻah al-Dimashqīyah; breaks off in the middle of 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. 2077
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/fb494c019
Publisher
[between 1700 and 1750?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1700-1750
Format
Manuscript
Extent
345 leaves : paper ; 250 x 185 (187 x 99) mm bound to 250 x 194 mm
Provenance
Owner's note on front flyleaf. Owners' notes and stamps, one of which is dated 1197 H [1782 or 1783] on leaf 1a.
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, line 14.
Physical description: 25 lines per page; written in naskh (switches to nastaʻliq on leaf 329a) in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords; marginal notes. Marginal damp-staining, a few repairs, ragged edges. Many leaves are detached.
Origin: According to Āghā Buzurg, work was completed in 1075 H [1664 or 1665].
Incipit: الحمد لله الذي نور روضة الدين البهية الزاهرة
Binding Note
Cloth and leather over boards; front cover detached.

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
354

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b3a35ba7-1cc3-4646-b345-ddb74d19b461/manifest