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A commentary on al-Farāʼiḍ al-Sirājīyah, a compendium of the Muslim law of inheritance by Sirāj al-Dīn al-Sajāwandī.
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- Author
- Jurjānī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, al-Sayyid al-Sharīf, 1340-1413
- جرجاني، علي بن محمد، السيد الشريف، 1340-1413
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 272L
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A commentary on al-Farāʼiḍ al-Sirājīyah, a compendium of the Muslim law of inheritance by Sirāj al-Dīn al-Sajāwandī.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [شرح الفرائض السراجية].
- Transliterated Title
- [Sharḥ al-Farāʼiḍ al-Sirājīyah].
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 272L
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcx920g909h
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1600-1799
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 157 leaves : paper ; 195 x 134 (147 x 80) mm bound to 200 x 140 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1873.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Marginal notes. The first fourteen folios are by a later hand. Illegible title on lower edge of text block. Label on spine: "Sayyid Sharīf". Contains a few diagrams.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 157 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 17 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (replacement folios 1-14, 27-28: coat-of-arms with horn, roman-alphabet lettering "Smith & Meynier, Fiume"; original folios: hills with bird on top; three crescents) ; MS in fair condition; stained with dampness.
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين ... قال المولى الشيخ الامام سراج الملة والدين محمد بن عبد الرشيد السجاوندي نور الله مرقده ...
- Colophon: والله اعلم تم وكمل بعون الله وحسن توفيقه
- Binding Note
- Later type III (without flap) binding in red leather. Blind-tooled double frame. Brown marbled paper pastedowns. Multi-colored endbands.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 322
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/fb975bd6-3447-40ae-b400-12da35de0f9b/manifest