Item Summary

Treatise on Shiʻite fiqh.

Descriptive Information

Title
اصلاح العمل / سيد مجاهد.
Transliterated Title
Iṣlāḥ al-ʻamal / Sayyid Mujāhid.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 763
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/7h149s474
Publisher
[between 1800 and 1825?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1800-1825
Format
Manuscript
Extent
345 leaves : paper ; 213 x 153 (155 x 94) mm bound to 213 x 155 mm
References
Mach, R. & Ormsby, E.L. Handlist of Arabic manuscripts (New Series), no. 373
Brockelmann, C. GAL, SII, 826 (10: no. 4)
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from leaf 1a.
Physical description: 23 lines per page; written in small naskh in black on glazed, laid European paper. Catchwords. Occasional staining. Leaves 324b-345b blank.
Origin: Likely early 19th century.
Incipit: الحمد لله الذي مهد لنا طريق اصلاح العمل ... فيقول ... هذا کتاب جمعت فيه مسائل الحلال و الحرام
Binding Note
Full black leather with marbled paper doublures; back cover missing.

Discovery Information

Subject
Islamic law
Shīʻah
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
350

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/4b91fa90-a522-4de3-9d01-76571d333f7d/manifest