Item Summary

A commentary on al-Nawawī's Minhāj al-ṭālibīn, a work on jurisprudence.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Commentary on Minhāj al-ṭālibīn]
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 294L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc6m312256x
Publisher
[17th century?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1600-1699
Format
Manuscript
Extent
206 leaves : paper ; 212 x 154 (160 x 115) mm bound to 215 x 160 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1869.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Marginal notes and summaries. Label on upper cover: "KE 223". Incomplete copy beginning in Kitāb al-Bayʻ and ending in Kitāb al-Tadbīr.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 206 ; quires signed: 16-35 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 21 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (anchor) ; MS in fair condition; stained with dampness.
Origin: Probably from the XVIIth century.
Beginning: ... ان يشترط المبتاع مفهومه انه اذا لم ... باب اختلاف
Ending: فلم يحتج الى الحاکم ... ان کان في
Binding Note
Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in brown leather and dark paper.

Discovery Information

Subject
Nawawī 1233-1277—Minhāj al-ṭālibīn
Islamic law—Interpretation and construction—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Watermarks

Physical Characteristics

File Count
418

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/6b392956-02ed-46de-9da5-a80ac831ce31/manifest