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A commentary on the authorʼs own poem on the principles of Islam according to the Hanafite school, entitled Kifāyat al-ghulām fī arkān al-Islām.
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- Publisher
- Jumādá al-Awwal 1[0]95 [May 1684]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 326L
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A commentary on the authorʼs own poem on the principles of Islam according to the Hanafite school, entitled Kifāyat al-ghulām fī arkān al-Islām.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- رشحات الاقلام شرح کفاية الغلام.
- Transliterated Title
- Rashaḥāt al-aqlām sharḥ Kifāyat al-ghulām.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 326L
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcnv935g358
- Publisher
- Jumādá al-Awwal 1[0]95 [May 1684]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1684
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 100 leaves : paper ; 165 x 105 (118 x 62) mm bound to 165 x 110 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1771.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from preface (fol. 2a).
- Marginal notes and glosses. Fawāʼid before and after the text (fol. 1a and 99b-100b).
- Collation: Paper ; fol. i (later paper) + 100 + i (later paper) ; quires signed: 2-10 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 16-18 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (roman-alphabet letters "GFA"; three hats; coat-of-arms) ; MS in good condition. MS is evidently unique.
- Origin: According to colophon copy completed Saturday end of Jumādá al-Awwal 1[0]95 by the author (fol. 99b).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله الذي جعل دار السلام مبنية على اركان الاسلام ... اما بعد فيقول العبد الفقير والعاجز الحقير عبد الغنى بن النابلسى الحنفى ... هذا شرح لطيف العباره ظريف الاشاره وضعته على منظومتى المختصرة الحامعة فى اركان الاسلام ...
- Colophon: وهذا اخر ما عرضنا ذکره على هذه المنظومة من الشرح نفع الله تعالى بها عباده وادام لهم التوفيق الافادة انه سميع مجيب نصير قريب وقد فرغنا منه يوم السبت اواخر جمادى الاول من شهور سنة 1095 من الهجرة على صاحبها افضل الصلاة والسلام والحمد لله رب العالمين امين
- Binding Note
- Later type II (with flap) binding in red leather. Blind-stamped mandorla with pendants and wide frame with cornerpieces and sidepieces on covers. Similar decoration on flap. Blue and red marbled paper pastedowns. Multi-colored endbands. In red leather slipcover with no top flap.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 220
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/6628bb43-e892-4d5b-8a99-9d4c123dc5cc/manifest