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The authorʼs commentary on his own work on Ḥanafite jurisprudence entitled Bidāyat al-mubtadī. This MS contains the greater part of vol. I ending with Kitāb al-Iqrār.
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- Publisher
- 1138 [1725 or 1726]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 236Lq
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
The authorʼs commentary on his own work on Ḥanafite jurisprudence entitled Bidāyat al-mubtadī. This MS contains the greater part of vol. I ending with Kitāb al-Iqrār.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- الهداية في الفقه.
- Transliterated Title
- al-Hidāyah fī al-fiqh.
- Call Number
- Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 236Lq
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcd791sv43s
- Publisher
- 1138 [1725 or 1726]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1725
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 217 leaves : paper ; 321 x 225 (240 x 150) mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1698.
- Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), VI, p. 479.
- Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 4488/9.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from colophon (fol. 217b).
- Marginal notes. The first five folios are lacking. Label on folio 217b: "F.G 14".
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 217 ; catchwords ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 31 lines per page.
- Description: Watermarks (three crescents, roman-alphabet countermark initials "AG" with trefoil) ; MS in fair condition.
- Origin: According to colophon copy completed 1138 (fol. 217b).
- Incipit: بالتحريم لا بطريق الکرامة النجاسة بخلاف ...
- Colophon: تمت سنة الف ومائة وثمانية وثلاثين. 1138
- Binding Note
- Only remnant of binding is spine of brown leather.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 466
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/9733a0ea-9d57-429d-91aa-b47b7ce37979/manifest