Item Summary

A polemic and apologetic treatise in which the author states seven reasons for his conversion from Judaism to Islam and seven differences between the two religions.

Descriptive Information

Title
رسالة وتسمى السبيعية بابطال الديانة اليهودية.
Transliterated Title
Risālah wa-tusammá al-sabīʻīyah bi-ibṭāl al-diyānah al-Yahūdīyah.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 977H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc6t053t52k
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1800-1899
Extent
10 leaves : paper ; 230 x 155 (165 x 70) mm bound to 232 x 156 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Previously owned by Robert Garrett (1875-1961), Princeton Class of 1897.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
Gift; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1541.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
Collation: Modern paper ; fol. 10 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 23 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
Description: Rubricated ; embossed "imitation" watermark bearing the text "athar jadīd ʻahd humāyūn" ; MS in good condition.
Origin: Probably from the XIXth century.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم حاشية اعلم ان الله سبحانه وتعالى عندما ساله سيدنا موسى ما اسمك فقال له الله ان اسمى اهيه اشيراهيه رسالة وتسمى السبيعيه ... اما بعد فهذه الرسالة لمسماة السبعية ...
Colophon: وان کان يغيب عنکم شيء اطلبوا الى الله تعالى ان يرشد کم ويأتيکم باليقين والحمد لله رب العالمين امين.م
Binding Note
Later type III (without flap) limp binding in marbled paper.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
28

Institutional Information

Collection
Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/0ec220c5-ab09-4855-a88a-809e1b33db30/manifest