Item Summary

Volume five of al-Shahīd al-Thānī's commentary on Sharāʼiʻ al-Islām, a well-known work on Shiite fiqh. Contains kitāb al-ʻitq - kitāb al-luqṭah; list of contents on fol. 1a.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Volume 5 of Masālik al-afhām fī sharḥ Sharāʼiʻ al-Islām].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 1215
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/6d570025j
Publisher
[1561]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1561
Extent
233 leaves : paper ; 254 x 190 (175 x 117) mm. bound to 256 x 195 mm.
Provenance
Effaced owner's stamps on fol. 1a, 1b, 233a; effaced note on fol. 1a. Owner's stamp on fol. 1b.
References
Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 515 (commentary a); SI, 711f.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
On fol. 1a: "Jild-i khāmis" and "Jild-i z̲akhīrah ... sharīf ..."
Physical description: 25 lines per page; written in small naskh in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords; a few marginal notes. Light staining and smudging; a few paper repairs. In excellent condition.
Origin: Copy completed on 2 Shawwāl 968 H [16 June 1561] by Aḥmad ibn Rafīʻ al-Ṭarafī (fol. 233a).
Incipit: كتاب العتق هو لغة الخلوص ومنه سمي البيت الشريف عتيقا والخيل الجياد عتاقا وشرعا خلوص المملوك الآدمي او بعضه من الرق بالنسبة الى مطلق العتق
Binding Note
Paper over pasted boards with leather spine and edges.

Discovery Information

Subject
Muḥaqqiq al-Ḥillī, Jaʻfar ibn al-Ḥasan 1205 or 1206-1277—Sharāʼiʻ al-Islām
محقق الحلي، جعفر بن الحسن، 1205 or 1206-1277—شرائع الاسلام
Islamic law—Interpretation and construction—Early works to 1800
Shīʻah—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
240

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1f03b889-82a2-4270-abe0-1c5513c04d91/manifest