Item Summary

A commentary on al-Muqaddimah fī al-ṣalāh, a work on prayer and the other religious performances that go with it by Abū al-Layth al-Samarqandī.

Descriptive Information

Title
شرح المقدمة / للامام المحقق القرماني.
Transliterated Title
Sharḥ al-Muqaddimah / lil-Imām al-Muḥaqqiq al-Qaramānī.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1099H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcw3763k457
Publisher
[16th century?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1500-1599
Format
Manuscript
Extent
92 leaves : paper ; 168 x 127 (130-135 x 95) mm bound to 164 x 127 mm.
Provenance
Obscured ownership signatures on title page (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, AD. 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1944.
Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), VI, pp. 71/2.
Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, III, pp. 30, 74.
Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 3509.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
Marginal notes and glosses. Inscriptions immediately after colophon and on its verso (fol. 92a-92b)
Collation: Paper ; fol. 92 (lower pastedown labeled "93") ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 17 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; some vowel signs ; MS in good condition, mended.
Origin: Probably from the XVIth century.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وصلي الله علي سيدنا محمد وسلم ... قوله الحمد لله انما افتتح کتابه بالحمد لله
Colophon: وتمت [تم] شرح المقدمة ابو [لابي] اللىث بمحمد الله تعالى وحسن توفىقه على ىد العبد الفقىر الى رحمة الله تعالى کتبه علي الدىن بن محمد الحنفي وصلى الله على سىدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم نفع الله به کاتبه وقارئه ومستمعه بمنه وکرمه
Binding Note
Later type III (without flap) limp binding in dark brown leather. Pastedowns of re-used manuscript pages.

Discovery Information

Subject
Abū al-Layth al-Samarqandī, Naṣr ibn Muḥammad -983?—Muqaddimah fī al-ṣalāh
Islamic law—Early works to 1800
Prayer—Islam—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Autographs

Physical Characteristics

File Count
192

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7258e635-78b8-418e-8367-f4ba90eb3277/manifest