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A translation of Baḥr al-kalām, an expository treatise on some passages from the Qurʻān explaining various theological questions. The author of the original Arabic work is possibly al-Imām al-Humām Abū al-Muftī, who is mentioned in the introduction.
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- Publisher
- [1681 or 1682]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1184H
- Language
- Ottoman Turkish
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Item Summary
A translation of Baḥr al-kalām, an expository treatise on some passages from the Qurʻān explaining various theological questions. The author of the original Arabic work is possibly al-Imām al-Humām Abū al-Muftī, who is mentioned in the introduction.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- ترجمه بحر الکلام.
- Transliterated Title
- Tercüme-yi Bahr ül-kelam.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1184H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcww72bp80g
- Publisher
- [1681 or 1682]
- Language
- Ottoman Turkish
- Date Created
- 1681
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 60 leaves : paper ; 195 x 128 mm
- Provenance
- Seal impression of al-Sayyid Aḥmad Rifʻat (fol. 1a and 60a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900, from the books of Amīn ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).
- Source Acquisition
- Gift; Robert Garrett (Class of 1897), 1942.
- References
- Moghadam, M. et al. Garrett coll., 175
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (fol. 1a).
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 60 ; catchwords ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals beginning with number 37 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
- Description: Rubricated ; some headings in blue ; some paper tinted yellow, red, or blue.
- Decoration: Simple illuminated headpiece in gold and blue. Opening pages frame-ruled in gold and black (fols. 1b-2a).
- Origin: 1092 H [1681 or 1682], by Muṣtafá ibn Muḥammad.
- Incipit: الحمد لله الذى الهم حقايق المعانى فى خاطر الانسان و اقدره على تفسيرها
- Binding Note
- Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in brown leather and marbled paper. Endbands.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 128
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/9ce36945-d399-4ea3-a401-f2b6c06772ff/manifest