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رسالة وتسمى السبيعية بابطال الديانة اليهودية.
Risālah wa-tusammá al-sabīʻīyah bi-ibṭāl al-diyānah al-Yahūdīyah.
1800-1899
A polemic and apologetic treatise in which the author states seven reasons for his conversion from Judaism to Islam and seven differences between the two religions.
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- Publisher
- [19th century?]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 977H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A polemic and apologetic treatise in which the author states seven reasons for his conversion from Judaism to Islam and seven differences between the two religions.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- رسالة وتسمى السبيعية بابطال الديانة اليهودية.
- Transliterated Title
- Risālah wa-tusammá al-sabīʻīyah bi-ibṭāl al-diyānah al-Yahūdīyah.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 977H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc6t053t52k
- Publisher
- [19th century?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1800-1899
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 10 leaves : paper ; 230 x 155 (165 x 70) mm bound to 232 x 156 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Previously owned by Robert Garrett (1875-1961), Princeton Class of 1897.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- Gift; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1541.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (fol. 1a).
- Collation: Modern paper ; fol. 10 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 23 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
- Description: Rubricated ; embossed "imitation" watermark bearing the text "athar jadīd ʻahd humāyūn" ; MS in good condition.
- Origin: Probably from the XIXth century.
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم حاشية اعلم ان الله سبحانه وتعالى عندما ساله سيدنا موسى ما اسمك فقال له الله ان اسمى اهيه اشيراهيه رسالة وتسمى السبيعيه ... اما بعد فهذه الرسالة لمسماة السبعية ...
- Colophon: وان کان يغيب عنکم شيء اطلبوا الى الله تعالى ان يرشد کم ويأتيکم باليقين والحمد لله رب العالمين امين.م
- Binding Note
- Later type III (without flap) limp binding in marbled paper.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 28
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/0ec220c5-ab09-4855-a88a-809e1b33db30/manifest