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 of Rawḍat al-ṭālibīn.

Descriptive Information

Title
الربع الاول من الروض
Transliterated Title
al-Rubʻ al-awwal min al-Rawḍ
Call Number
Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 895Hq
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dczp38wr69g
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1500-1599
Extent
263 leaves : paper ; 279 x 187 (210 x 135) mm bound to 278 x 193 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A. D. 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1809.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from caption (fol. 1a).
Marginal notes and glosses. Incomplete at the beginning.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 263 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 31 lines per page.
Description: Text in red and commentary in black ; MS in good condition.
Origin: Probably from the XVIth century.
Beginning: ان شا الله قم مع بلا لظالق عليه ...
Colophon: تم الربع الاول من الروض تاليف سيدنا ومولانا وشيخنا وقدوتنا الى الله تعالي زين الدين ابي يحيى زكريا الانصاري الشافعي ... والاخرة بحمد اله وصحبه وسلم تسليما كثيرا دايما ابدا الي يوم الدين والحمد لله رب العالمين م م م
Binding Note
Later type II (with flap) binding in red leather and violet paper. Not sewn.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
538

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/24761334-1a30-4328-bac5-a5885ab75b66/manifest