Item Summary

Collection of fragmentary texts on various topics including grammar, the Prophet, ḥajj, ṭahārah, transactions, and Qurʼanic commentary.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Arabic miscellany].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 376L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dctq57p441k
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1600-1899
Format
Manuscript
Extent
175 leaves : paper ; 196 x 148 (135-165 x 62-107) mm bound to 203 x 151 mm.
Provenance
Seal impression (fol. 33b). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904, from the books of Amīn ibn Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. fol. 1a-3b: Sharḥ al-Mukhtaṣar al-manār / lil-Shaykh Qāsim al-Ḥanafī.
2. fol. 4a-13b: [Miscellaneous leaves]
3. fol. 14a-21b, 57a-70b, 92a-97b: [Commentary on the Qurʼan]. Pages are out of order.
4. fol. 22a-40b: [Miscellaneous leaves]
5. fol. 41a-48b: [Treatise on grammar]
6. fol. 49a-56b: [Miscellaneous leaves]
7. fol. 71a-91b: [Miscellaneous leaves]
8. fol. 98a-114b: [Miscellaneous leaves]
9. fol. 115a-120b: [Unidentified text]
10. fol. 121a-121b: [Unidentified leaf]
11. fol. 122a-136b: [Commentary on Ibn al-Ḥājib's Kafīyah]. On grammar and syntax.
12. fol. 137a-138b: [Unidentified leaves]
13. fol. 139a-155b: [Commentary on Ṣūrat al-Baqarah]. Fragment covers verses 17-30.
14. fol. 156a-161b: [Praise of the Prophet]
15. fol. 164a-175b: [Miscellaneous leaves]
Notes
Ms. composite codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Marginal notes. Label on upper cover: "KE 285[?]".
Collation: Paper ; fol. 175 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 15-31 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (three crescents; anchor; crown-star-crescent; hand; roman-alphabet lettering "Br..."; cross; coat-of-arms; grapes; other unidentified marks) ; MS in good to fair condition.
Origin: Leaf 7b dated end of Jumādá al-Awwal? 1021 [1612]; leaf 33b dated 7 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1187 [January 20, 1774]; leaf 72a dated [1] Jumādá al-Awwal 1234 [February 26,1819]; leaf 175a dated 15 Muḥarram 1215 [June 8, 1800]
Incipit: [شرح المختصر المنار] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الهم لا سهل الا ما جعله سهلا ... وبعد فان الفقير الى رحمة ربه الغني قاسم الحنفي ... -- [14أ] ... الموعظة وعن اعطاء السأيل وعن الاعمال الصالحة ... -- [41أ] ... من الرواة عن هو لا اليمة قالون ... -- [115أ] ... فما هالك امر عرف قدره ويقول لاهل النهى ... -- [122أ] ... مقدم لكان اى كان ما يتلفظ به الانسان مهملا ... -- [139أ] ... على احد الوجوه التي سبقت وانما قال بنورهم ولم يقل بنارهم ... -- [156أ] ... يتنعمون وبين اثار قدرته وعجايب عظمته يترددون وبالانقطاع اليه ...
Binding Note
Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in dark brown leather and dark paper. Multi-colored endbands.

Discovery Information

Subject
Muḥammad Prophet -632
Qurʼan—Commentaries
Ibn Ḥabīb, Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥasan approximately 1339-1405 or 1406—Mukhtaṣar al-Manār
Nasafī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad -1310—Manār al-anwār fī al-uṣūl
Ibn al-Ḥājib, ʻUthmān ibn ʻUmar 1175-1249—Kāfiyah
Islamic law—Interpretation and construction—Early works to 1800
Hanafites—Early works to 1800
Islam—Rituals
Arabic language—Grammar
Arabic language—Syntax
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Watermarks
Headbands
Stamps

Physical Characteristics

File Count
356

Institutional Information

Collection
Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/58f38ba7-3a8d-43b2-af60-cb862eb78363/manifest