Item Summary

Commentary on Kanz al-daqāʼiq, a treatise on Islamic law according to the Ḥanafī school by ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Nasafī (d. 710/1310).

Descriptive Information

Title
شرح منلا مسكين على متن كنز الدقائق رحمه الله آمين
Transliterated Title
Sharḥ Munlā Miskīn ʻalá matn Kanz al-daqāʼiq raḥimahu Allāh āmīn.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 3382Y
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/d791sj799
Publisher
[1864]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1864
Format
Manuscript
Extent
i, 386, i leaves: paper ; 202 x 152 (150 x 85) mm. bound to 205 x 165 mm.
Provenance
From the books of ʻAbd al-Majīd al-Bāqī(?) (fol. 1a). Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Mach, R. Yahuda, 1069
Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 196 (1/III.Cmt 6) ; SII
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
Physical description: 23 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink, with use of red ink for commented text. European paper with watermark ("FF. Palazzuoli").
Collation: Paper, fol. i, 386, i ; i (free endpaper) 1-38¹⁰ 39⁶ i (free endpaper) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.
Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "150/140". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "1527".
Origin: According to colophon, copy completed on Thursday 17 Jumādá al-Thānī 1281 [Nov. 17, 1864] (fol. 384b).
Incipit: الحمد هو الوصف بالجميل الاختياري سواء تعلق بالفضايل او بالفواضل
Explicit: بقى سهمان للام وسهم للعم فينقسم باقى المال بينهما اثلاثا والله تعالى اعلم تم الكتاب بعون الوهاب وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل نعم المولى ونعم النصير ولا حول ولا قوة الا بالله العلى العظيم وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد خاتم الانبيا والمرسلين وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين والحمد لله رب العالمين امين
Binding Note
Quarter bound with flap, in marbled paper and red leather.

Discovery Information

Subject
Nasafī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad -1310—Kanz al-daqāʼiq
Islamic law—15th century
Hanafites—15th century
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
394

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3f79a589-8666-47f1-b016-078f98887397/manifest