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[Commentary on Mishkāt al-maṣābīḥ].
Persian commentary on the hadith collection Mishkāt al-maṣābīḥ. Incomplete at beginning and ending with internal gaps. Bound with a short, unidentified treatise on Arabic grammar on leaves 213a-215b.
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- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 384L
- Language
- Persian
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Item Summary
Persian commentary on the hadith collection Mishkāt al-maṣābīḥ. Incomplete at beginning and ending with internal gaps. Bound with a short, unidentified treatise on Arabic grammar on leaves 213a-215b.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [Commentary on Mishkāt al-maṣābīḥ].
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 384L
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc41687w98p
- Language
- Persian
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 296 leaves : paper ; 242 x 175 (178-194 x 115-121) mm bound to 250 x 178 mm.
- Provenance
- 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
- Notes
- Ms. composite codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Label on upper cover: "345 KE". Folios 223-224 bound upside-down.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. i (later paper) + 296 + i (later paper) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 25 lines per page.
- Description: Written in different hands; MS in good condition.
- Binding Note
- Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in dark brown leather and dark paper. Endbands.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 552
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/810394ef-5d19-4c78-9787-e8d8cd89714c/manifest