Item Summary

Autograph copy of a short treatise in three sections (faṣl) and a conclusion on beard trimming and the use of kohl, followed by another short text (fol. 4a-b).

Descriptive Information

Title
تضيح المقال في الرد على من انكر الاخذ من اللحية واكتحال
Transliterated Title
Tawḍīḥ al-maqāl fī al-radd ʻalá man ankara al-akhdh min al-liḥiyah wa-al-iktiḥāl.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1813Y
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/6m311p363
Publisher
[1704]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1704
Format
Manuscript
Extent
4 leaves : paper ; 210 x 150 (180 x 128) mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Mach, R. Yahuda, 2075
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from rubric (fol. 1a).
31 to 35 lines per page. Written in black ink with use of red. Glazed paper with chain and laid lines visible.
Autograph, dated 12 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1115 (fol. 4a).
Incipit: الحمد لله الذى ابدع الانسان وجمّله وخلقه فى احسن صورة وعدله ... اما بعد هذه رسالة لطيفة تعنمنت باورد فى التكحل وقصّ الشارب
Explicit: و يحفظنا من شرور انفسنا يلهمنا اسرار حكمته انه ولي الاجابة واليه الانابة امين
Binding Note
Unbound.

Discovery Information

Subject
Beards—Religious aspects—Islam—Early works to 1800
Islamic law—Early works to 1800
Islam—Customs and practices—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Autographs (manuscripts)—Islamic countires—18th century

Physical Characteristics

File Count
8

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/365bc223-3797-4b4c-bf5d-8987182c68e0/manifest