Item Summary

Commentary on al-Alfīyah fī al-ṣalāh al-yawmīyah of al-Shahīd al-Awwal.

Descriptive Information

Title
المقاصد العلية في شرح الرسالة الالفية.
Transliterated Title
al-Maqāṣid al-ʻalīyah fī sharḥ al-Risālah al-Alfīyah.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 104
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/qv33s025g
Publisher
[17--?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1700
Extent
96 leaves : paper ; 200 x 150 (150 x 102) mm bound to 206 x 153 mm
Provenance
On leaf 2a, owner's notes dated 1222 H and 1344 H.
References
Mach, R. & Ormsby, E.L. Handlist of Arabic manuscripts (New Series), no. 671
Brockelmann, C. GAL, SII, 132 (no. 4, commentary d)
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from leaf 2b, line 9.
Manuscript erroneously foliated beginning on the first flyleaf. Record follows erroneous foliation.
Physical description: 22 lines per page; written in naskh with elements of nastaʻliq on glazed, laid European paper. Catchwords; occasional use of rubrication. Leaves 2-6, 47-55, 62, 92-93, 97 are replacements, likely early 19th century. Leaf 62 is blank and there is a lacuna after leaf 61. Most of text block is detached from binding. Damp-stained; numerous paper repairs.
Origin: Possibly 18th century. Copied by Muḥammad ʻAlī ibn al-Shaykh ʻAbbās al-Balāghī (leaf 97a).
Incipit: الحمد لله الذي شرع فرائض الصلوة
Binding Note
Full red leather.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
104

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b59dad44-be85-4a5a-9e75-81b37e69e205/manifest