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A commentary on al-Mawāqif fī ʻilm al-kaIām, a work on scholastic theology by ʻAḍud al-Dīn al-Ījī.
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- Publisher
- [15th century?]
- People
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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. 990H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A commentary on al-Mawāqif fī ʻilm al-kaIām, a work on scholastic theology by ʻAḍud al-Dīn al-Ījī.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- شرح مواقف.
- Transliterated Title
- Sharḥ Mawāqif.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 990H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dckd17d539z
- Publisher
- [15th century?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1400-1499
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 286 leaves : paper ; 275 x 185 (215 x 130) mm bound to 273 x 190 mm.
- Provenance
- Ownership signature dated 981 (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1492.
- Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), VI, p. 236.
- Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, II, p. 29.
- Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 1801.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from folio [ii]a.
- Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. On the folio before the first is a table of contents. The work was completed in 807 [1405] and was dedicated to Sultān Ghiyāth al-Dīn Pīr Muḥammad (son of Jahāngīr and grandson of Tīmūr), dethroned 809 [1406/7]. Title also appears on lower edge of text block.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. ii + 286 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 31 lines per page.
- Description: Text commented upon overlined in red ; MS in good condition.
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الاعتصام بكرمه الغميم الحمد لله رب العالمين ... ضمن خطبة کتابه الاشارة الى مقاصد علم الكلام ...
- Colophon: وقع الفراغ من تاليفه يوم السبت قريب العصر من اوائل شوال سنة سبع وثمانمائة بمحروسة سمرقند صينت عن الآفات وحسبنا الله ونعم الوکيل نعم المولى ونعم النصير وصلى الله على سيدنا الانام والکرام وصحبه العظام وسلم تسليما کثيرا کثيراً. تمت
- Binding Note
- Later type II (with flap) binding in brown leather and marbled paper. Marbled paper pastedowns and flyleaves. Multi-colored endbands.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 587
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/1fee0253-01b5-4879-9280-f30fdcbc68ce/manifest