Item Summary

A short risale by Șeyhülislâm Minkarizade Yahya on the question of the Islamic view of the followers of Abraham (millet-i Ibrahim).

Descriptive Information

Title
[رساله بيان ملت ابراهيم]
Transliterated Title
[Risale-yi beyan-i millet-i Ibrahim].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 400L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/0k225b11g
Publisher
[17--?]
Date Created
1700-1799
Extent
4 leaves : paper ; 204 x 147 (155 x 92) mm. bound to 212 x 147 mm.
Provenance
Ownership signature in the name of Hasan el-Hayretî [?] on fol. 1a.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by the cataloger.
24 lines per page. Written in a casual small naskh in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Glazed European paper. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Marginal annotation on fol. 2a.
Ms. additions: Sūrat al-Fātiḥah on front pastedown, written in an unskilled hand in black ink and dated 1274 (1857-58).
Incipit: ملت محمد عليه الصلاة والسلام اما بعد بو عبد فقير منقاري زاده اصلح الله سبحانه وتعالي معاده حالا بين الانام ملت ابراهيم عليه السلام خصوصنده دائر اولان سؤال جوابنده
Explicit: بو مقدار مقنعدر تفصيل مشبع مراد ايدن رساله مطوله مزده مراجعت ايلسون تمت
Binding Note
Brown marbled paper over pasteboard. Brown buckram on spine. Pastedowns in cream paper. Binding is damaged and all leaves are loose.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
12

Institutional Information

Collection
Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/4bc5f15f-4136-4208-bd77-e61c85c9de77/manifest