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Treatise on Hanafite law. According to Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn, this work was also known under the titles al-ʻUmdah, al-Nuqāyah al-ṣughrá, al-Nuqāyah fī ʻilm al-hidāyah, and Nuqāyat Qāḍī Khān.
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- Publisher
- [15th-16th century]
- People
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- Author
- Ṣadr al-Shahīd, ʻUmar ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz, 1090 or 1091-1141
- صدر الشهيد، عمر بن عبد العزيز، 1090 or 1091-1141
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 4179Y
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
Treatise on Hanafite law. According to Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn, this work was also known under the titles al-ʻUmdah, al-Nuqāyah al-ṣughrá, al-Nuqāyah fī ʻilm al-hidāyah, and Nuqāyat Qāḍī Khān.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [عمدة المفتي والمستفتي].
- Transliterated Title
- [ʻUmdat al-muftī wa-al-mustaftī].
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 4179Y
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcff365m14z
- Publisher
- [15th-16th century]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1400-1599
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 68 leaves : paper ; 173 x 130 (115 x 65) mm bound to 179 x 130 mm.
- Provenance
- Ownership signatures and seal impression (fol. 1a). Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Mach, R. Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts (Yahuda Section), 1001.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Marginal notes. Inscriptions and magic square (fol. ia-1a). Fawāʼid (fol. 67b-68b). Bookdealer's insert.
- Collation: Arabic paper ; fol. ii + 68 ; catchwords ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 15 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; vowel signs ; a few pages tinted yellow ; MS in good condition, a few repairs.
- Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in red, blue, gold and green with white basmallah (fol. 1b). Opening spread frame-ruled in gold, blue and black (fol. 1b-2a).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين ... باب ما يجوز به الوضوء وما لا يجوز الماء الجارى يجوز الاغتسال والوضوء ...
- Colophon: ... حتى يهتدى اليه
- Binding Note
- Later type III (without flap) binding in red leather. Blind-tooled mandorla with pendants and decorative edging. Pink paper pastedowns. Likely to be a type III binding with the flap removed.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 144
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3db7fc94-cc23-4b0f-89ba-c34a630813f7/manifest