Descriptive Information

Title

السبع الشداد

Transliterated Title

al-Sabʻ al-shidād.

Call Number

Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 437

Identifier

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/rn301144h

Publisher

[between 17-- and 19--]

Language

Arabic

Date Created

1700-1799

Format

Manuscript

Extent

i, 29, i leaves : paper ; 218 x 165 (150 x 100) mm. bound to 224 x 170 mm.

References

Mach, R. and E. Ormsby. Handlist (New Series), 1297

Brockelmann, C. GAL, SII, 579 (4/4)

Rights Statement

No Known Copyright

Notes

Ms. codex.

Title from Mach and Ormsby's catalog.

23 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. Light cream thin paper with laid lines visible. Marginal notes. On fol. 2a: Table of contents of this "majmūʻah"(!). None of the 16 texts listed except the first appears in the ms. as extant. On fol. 3a: Ownership statement dated 1350 H. sh. and 1311 H. q. with seal. On fol. 3b: Seal. Foliation in pencil using Western numerals (counting the first fly leaf of the modern library binding as fol. 1).

Incipit: بسم ... والاستفاق من الله العزيز العليم و ... الحمد لله الملك المهيمن الحقّ المبين رافع سما العقل ... وبعد فاحوج المربوبين وافقر المفتاقين الى ربّه ... يقول يا آل الرّوع وحزب البصيرة

Explicit: من القوة الى الفعل خير من مجرّد العمل المتفرق فى الوجوُد عن اقران النّية وليكن هذا اخر ما رمنا من القول فى مقالات هذه الصحيفة والحمد لله

Binding Note

Modern library binding.

Discovery Information

Subject

Islamic law—17th century

Shīʻah—Doctrines—17th century

Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count

64

Institutional Information

Collection

Manuscripts of the Islamic World

IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/9a9f111f-2e48-4be0-9add-20c79243db31/manifest

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