Item Summary

A collection of judicial opinions according to the Hanafite school.

Descriptive Information

Title
الفتاوي الخيرية لنفع البرية.
Transliterated Title
al-Fatāwá al-khayrīyah li-nafʻ al-barīyah.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 258L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcj3860m18h
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1714
Extent
325 leaves : paper ; 195 x 135 (155-160 x 80) mm bound to 200 x 140 mm.
Provenance
Seal impressions (fol. 1a). Ownership signature: al-Sayyid ʻAbd Allāh al-Barzanjī with his seal impression (fol. 325b). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1768.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from preface (fol. 1b).
Marginal notes and glosses. Label on upper cover: "KE 318". Table of contents (fol. 1a).
Collation: Paper ; fol. 325 + ii ; catchwords ; foliation in red ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 33 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (crown, other unidentified, roman-alphabet countermark initials with trefoil) ; MS in fair condition; stained with dampness, many folios repaired along edges.
Origin: According to colophon copy completed end of Rabīʻ al-Thānī 1126 by Muḥammad Nūr Allāh ibn ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq ibn Jamāʻah (fol. 325b).
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم رب يسر بالخير الحمد لله الذي وفق من اراد به الخير للتفقه في الدين ... وبعد فيقول العبد الفقير ابراهيم بن سليمان بن محمد بي عبد العزيز قد وجدت شيخنا العلامه الفهامه الشيخ محى الدين ...
Colophon: وقد وافق الفراغ من نسخ هذه النسخة الميمونه التى نسخها ... محمد نور الله بن عبد الحق ابن جماعه فى اواخر شهر ربيع الثانى من شهور سنة الف ومايه وستة وعشرين غفر الله لكاتبها امين م
Binding Note
Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in dark brown leather and dark paper. Endbands.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
664

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1f491b31-1c6e-4442-97fa-7948380414f5/manifest