Item Summary

A commentary on al-Muṭarizzī's work on syntax, and a portion of al-Ghazzālī's Kitāb al-Amr bi-al-maʻrūf wa-al-nahy ʻan al-munkar.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Commentary on al-Miṣbāḥ] ... [etc.]
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1171H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc4x51hw788
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1400-1799
Extent
57 leaves : paper ; 172-202 x 127-134 (120-130 x 60-90) mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 2132.
Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 6543.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. fol. 1a-38b: [Commentary on al-Miṣbāḥ]. Commentary on a work on syntax by al-Muṭarrizī. Incomplete at the beginning and the end with several parts also missing from the middle.
2. fol. 40a-57b: [Kitāb al-Amr bi-al-maʻrūf wa-al-nahy ʻan al-munkar]. Incomplete at beginning and end. Begins in bāb 2 and ends in bāb 4.
Notes
Ms. composite codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Marginal and interlinear notes.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 57 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 10-13 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; written in Fārisī and general scripts ; vowel signs ; watermarks (fol. 1-30: crown-star-crescent with countermark of roman-alphabet initials and trefoil) ; MS in fair condition.
Binding Note
Unbound.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
118

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3c89d988-6735-4e41-b2cc-971f281adc8e/manifest