Item Summary

Chapters I,II, V, VIII and IX of Jawāhir al-fiqh, a compendium on Hanafite law.

Descriptive Information

Title
[جواهر الفقه].
Transliterated Title
[Jawāhir al-fiqh].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 248L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcpr76fg72g
Publisher
[1] Muḥarram 946 [May 29, 1539]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1539
Format
Manuscript
Extent
56 leaves : paper ; 270 x 180 (190 x 115) mm bound to 277 x 190 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1727.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Marginal notes. Label on upper cover: "303[?] KE". First folio and several others in the middle are lacking. Insert.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 56 + i ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 21 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (hand with flower) ; MS in fair condition, stained.
Origin: According to colophon copy completed [1] Muḥarram 946 by ʻAlī ibn Ḥamzah al-Dawkī (fol. 56b).
Beginning: الباب الثانى فى الطهارة واسواك واحكام المياه الباب الثالث فى نوافض الوضوء ...
Colophon: تم بعون الله تعالى وحسن توفيقه على يد اضعف العباد ... على بن حمزة الدوكى ... فى غره محرم الحرام سنه ست واربعين وتسعماية مجرة النبويه
Binding Note
Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in dark brown leather and dark paper. Endbands.

Discovery Information

Subject
Islamic law—Early works to 1800
Hanafites—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Watermarks
Headbands

Physical Characteristics

File Count
124

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/749e54c8-4cc4-487c-bccf-cc32069c983a/manifest