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Treatise on Ḥanafī furūʻ.
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- Publisher
- [between 1600 and 1683?]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 494L
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
Treatise on Ḥanafī furūʻ.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- بداءة المبتدي.
- Transliterated Title
- Bidāʼat al-mubtadī.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 494L
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcb85161885
- Publisher
- [between 1600 and 1683?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1600-1683
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 423 leaves : paper ; 234 x 152 (158 x 84) mm bound to 234 x 152 mm
- Provenance
- On leaf 3a are a number of stamps and notes: Note of sale with stamp of ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Mukhtār in Tūnis, dated 1094 H. Note of sale with stamp of Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad in al-Jazāʼir, dated 1113 H. Owner's note of al-Ḥājj Muṣṭafá, dated 1143 H. Undated notes of Jaʻfar and Aḥmad ibn ... Ex libris of Robert Garrett on inner front cover. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904, from the books of Amīn ibn Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).
- Source Acquisition
- Gift; Robert Garrett (Class of 1897), 1942.
- References
- Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 376 (24/I)
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from text on leaf 4b; also on lower edge.
- Table of contents in Arabic on leaf 1a, and table of contents in French beginning with leaf 269 on leaves ia-ib and insert. Leaves 258-267 are bound incorrectly and belong after leaf 247. Several small inserts have been bound with the manuscript.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. iv + 423 + ii ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals, numbering skips 251.
- Layout: 11 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition, mild insect damage, some repairs.
- Incipit: الحمد لله الذي هدانا الى بالغ حکمه واولانا سابغ نعمه
- Binding Note
- Later type III (without flap) binding in black leather with maroon leather spine. Blind-stamped mandorla and blind-tooled decorative edging. Maroon leather doublures.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 876
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/f07f2b28-ff3f-4b4c-ba73-16646dbe6ae8/manifest