Item Summary

Treatise on Shiʻite law. Contains Kitāb al-ṭahārah through Kitāb al-ṣalāh and is incomplete at end; preceded by a fihrist on leaf 1b.

Descriptive Information

Title
ذكرى الشيعة في احكام الشريعة.
Transliterated Title
Dhikrá al-Shīʻah fī aḥkām al-sharīʻah.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 872
Identifier
ark:/88435/mg74qp733
Publisher
[15--?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1500
Format
Manuscript
Extent
444 leaves : paper ; 239 x 168 (161 x 81) mm bound to 239 x 168 mm
Provenance
Owner's note on leaf 1a.
References
Mach, R. & Ormsby, E.L. Handlist of Arabic manuscripts (New Series), no. 162
Brockelmann, C. GAL, SII, 132 (no. 2)
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from text on leaf 2b, line 10.
Physical description: 23 lines per page; written in small naskh in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Extensive marginal notes on some leaves. First few leaves stained and ragged; remainder of manuscript mildly stained.
Origin: 16th century?
Incipit: الحمد لله الذي شرع الاسلام وسهل شرايعه للواردين
Binding Note
Orange paper over boards; blue paper doublures.

Discovery Information

Subject
Islamic law—Early works to 1800
Shīʻah—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
458

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d2291f28-0dc5-49af-9007-7b19904b8458/manifest