Item Summary

Aceph. copy of a Shīʻī Imāmī law treatise. The text starts at the beginning of Kitāb al-ṭahārah. Bāb 3 (ed. Qom, 1312 H., vol. 1, p. 213). The first extant bāb starts at fol. 5a: "Bāb man taraka al-ṭahārah mutaʻammidan aw nasīyan ...".

Descriptive Information

Title
كتاب النهاية في الفقه / لشيخ الطائفة ابي جعفر محمد بن الحسن الطوسي
Transliterated Title
Kitāb al-Nihāyah fī al-fiqh / li-Shaykh al-ṭāʼifah Abī Jaʻfar Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 2382Y
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcgx41mw339
Publisher
[1247]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1247
Format
Manuscript
Extent
331 leaves: paper ; 239 x 168 (182 x 114) mm. bound to 246 x 185 mm.
Provenance
From the Kitābkhānah-i Majd al-Dīn, no.1275. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Mach, R. Yahuda, 1557
Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 405 (2/11)
Brockelmann, C. GAL, SI, 707/11
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (later addition, fol. 1a).
17 lines per page. Written in medium large naskh in black ink with use of red for headings, re-inking and punctuation. Light cream glazed paper. Collation notes. Incomplete at the beginning (the Arabic foliation on the first original extant leaf reads "6"). According to the foliation using Arabic numerals and the catchwords, some leaves are missing (see between fol. 134 and fol. 136, between fol. 137 and 138). Entire quires seem also to be missing (see mention "al-sādis" on fol. 36a and "al-ʻāshir" on fol. 47a). Some leaves are damaged or repaired (see fol. 134-135, 142), sometimes with the original text re-written on the repair (see fol. 153-154). Some leaves are later replacements (see fol. 200-203). Catchword on the verso of each leaf. The quires are numbered using Arabic ordinals (in the form " al-sādis", see fol. 36a). Foliation in red ink using Arabic numerals. Foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Stamp from the library of Majd al-Dīn (no. 1275, see fol. 2a). Seal on fol. 331a.
Stamp from the library of Majd al-Dīn (no. 1275, see fol. 2a). Seal on fol. 331a. Stamp and inscriptions on fol. 331b. Stamp on fol. 1a with inscription "132" in Arabic script written in pencil above it (repeated on fol. 331b). Label with the inscription "36" in Arabic numerals pasted on upper cover.
Copied by al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī ibn Abī al-ʻAlā ibn Tamām ibn Mahdī al-ʻAskarī in the last decade of Ṣafar 645.
Incipit (as extant): او تغوط فيها لم يفسد ذلك المآ ولا يتغوط ايضا فى افنية الدور ولا تحت الاشجار
Explicit: وكان قد اظهره لم يكن عليه شي على حال
Binding Note
Cloth over paper pasteboards. Red leather spine. Modern paper pastedowns.

Discovery Information

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

Physical Characteristics

File Count
672

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b1acf688-114b-4939-9d28-65bfdd613dd8/manifest