Item Summary

A commentary on Minhāj al-ṭālibīn.

Descriptive Information

Title
[شرح المنهاج].
Transliterated Title
[Sharḥ al-Minhāj].
Call Number
Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 877Hq
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dck3569h36x
Publisher
[16th century?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1500-1599
Format
Manuscript
Extent
274 leaves : paper ; 276 x 186 (210 x 127) mm bound to 274 x 186 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1794.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Marginal notes and glosses. Incomplete manuscript with folios disarranged.
Collation: Paper ; i (later paper) + 274 (f. 274 later paper) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 24 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; fol.1-59 tinted red ; MS in fair condition.
Origin: Probably from the XVIth century.
Beginning: کما امر وکان محتملا له وهو اهل او ادعي متولي الوقف صرف الغله في مصاريفها الشرعيه ...
Ending: فان جهل حکمها اخبره الحاکم بسقوط حقه والمختلف فيها شفعة الجوار
Binding Note
Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and blue-green marbled paper. Multi-colored endbands. Lower cover defective.

Discovery Information

Subject
Nawawī 1233-1277—Minhāj al-ṭālibīn
Islamic law—Early works to 1800
Shafiites—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Headbands
Colored papers

Physical Characteristics

File Count
558

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/5aa4fad2-0242-4eb6-88c7-f51ce30f8952/manifest