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The first volume of a commentary on Rawḍ al-ṭālib. This in turn is an abridgment by Sharaf al-Din Ismāʻīl ibn al-Muqrī al-Yamanī, 837 [1433/4] of Rawḍat al-ṭālibīn.
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- Publisher
- 2 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 915 [February 21, 1510]
- People
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- Author
- Anṣārī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1423-approximately 1520
- انصاري، زكريا بن محمد، approximately 1423-approximately 1520
- Related Name
- منوفي، قاسم بن محمد، active 16th century
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 894Hq
- Language
- Arabic
- Subject
- Ibn al-Muqrī, Ismāʻīl ibn Abī Bakr 1354-1433 or 1434—Rawḍ al-ṭālib
- Nawawī 1233-1277—Rawḍat al-ṭālibīn wa-ʻumdat al-muftīn
- Rāfiʻī, ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Muḥammad 1162-1226—Fatḥ al-ʻAzīz fī sharḥ al-Wajīz
- Ghazzālī 1058-1111—Wajīz
- Islamic law—Interpretation and construction—Early works to 1800
- Shafiites—Early works to 1800
- Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
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Item Summary
The first volume of a commentary on Rawḍ al-ṭālib. This in turn is an abridgment by Sharaf al-Din Ismāʻīl ibn al-Muqrī al-Yamanī, 837 [1433/4] of Rawḍat al-ṭālibīn.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- الجزء الاول من شرح الروض.
- Transliterated Title
- al-Juzʼ al-awwal min Sharḥ al-Rawḍ.
- Call Number
- Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 894Hq
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcgh93hb54v
- Publisher
- 2 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 915 [February 21, 1510]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1510
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 405 leaves : paper ; 270 x 187 (200 x 125) mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A. D. 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1808.
- Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), III, p. 490.
- Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, III, p. 192.
- Catalogue des manuscrits arabes de la Bibliothèque Nationale, 993.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (fol. 1a).
- Marginal notes and glosses.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 405 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 29 lines per page.
- Description: Text in red and commentary in black ; MS in good condition; staining affecting legibility of last few folios.
- Origin: According to colophon copy completed 2 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 915 by Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn Qāsim al-Manūfī al-Shāfiʻī (fol. 405b).
- Incipit: قال سيدنا وشيخنا الامام ... ابو يحيى زکريا الانصاري ... بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد ... الحمد لله الذي اظهر لنا ثمر الروض من كماله واسبغ علينا بغضله ملابس انعامه ...
- Colophon: تم الربع الاول من شرح الروض بحمد الله تعالى وعونه وحسن توفيقه وصلى الله وسلم على اشرف الخلق سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه تسليما ابدًا وحسبنا الله ونعم الوکيل نعم المولى ونعم النصير بتاريخ ثاني ذي القعدة الحرام سنة خمسة عشرة وتسعمائة على يد الفقير الى الله تعالى الراجي عفو ربه قاسم بن محمد بن قاسم المنوفي الشافعي غفر الله له ولوالديه ولمشايخه والمسلمين امين امين امين تم
- Binding Note
- Unbound.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Ibn al-Muqrī, Ismāʻīl ibn Abī Bakr 1354-1433 or 1434—Rawḍ al-ṭālib
- Nawawī 1233-1277—Rawḍat al-ṭālibīn wa-ʻumdat al-muftīn
- Rāfiʻī, ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Muḥammad 1162-1226—Fatḥ al-ʻAzīz fī sharḥ al-Wajīz
- Ghazzālī 1058-1111—Wajīz
- Islamic law—Interpretation and construction—Early works to 1800
- Shafiites—Early works to 1800
- Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 814
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/bb9bd67a-2d18-4141-acc1-6e65d989157f/manifest