Item Summary

Commentary on Ibn al-Shahīd al-Thānī's treatise on Islamic law, Maʻālim al-dīn wa-malādhdh al-mujtahidīn; missing leaves at end.

Descriptive Information

Title
[كتاب شرح معالم].
Transliterated Title
[Kitāb Sharḥ Maʻālim].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 1363
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/vh53wz35g
Publisher
[between 16--? and 17--?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1600-1799
Format
Manuscript
Extent
185 leaves : paper ; 215 x 122 (148 x 65) mm. bound to 213 x 127 mm.
Provenance
On fol. 1a, owner's note by Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Nūrī dated 1222 H [1807 or 8]. Owner's seal on fol. 1b.
References
Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 426 (2: no. 1, commentary g); SII, 450
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from fol. 1a by a later hand.
Physical description: 18 lines per page; written in neat naskh in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Extensive damp staining, but text still highly legible; first and last few leaves ragged. Fol. 185 is partially torn away. Incomplete at end.
Incipit: نحمدك اللهم ىا من خلقنا و لم نك شىئا مذکوراً
Binding Note
Limp brown leather.

Discovery Information

Subject
Ibn al-Shahīd al-Thānī, al-Ḥasan 1551 or 1552-1602 or 1603—Maʻālim al-dīn wa-malādhdh al-mujtahidīn
Islamic law—Interpretation and construction—Early works to 1800
Shīʻah—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
191

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5835e12a-45b8-427d-b6b8-a9cd894fcadd/manifest