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كتاب الكافي / لابي جعفر محمد بن يعقوب الكليني.
Kitāb al-Kāfī / li-Abī Jaʻfar Muḥammad ibn Yaʻqūb al-Kulaynī.
1667
First and last volumes of a comprehensive work on the Shīʻite system of theology and jurisprudence. Volume 1 covers Kitāb al-ʻAql wa-al-jahl to Kitāb al-Janāyiz; volume 3 covers Kitāb al-Ṭalāq to Kitāb al-Rawḍah.
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- Publisher
- Shaʻbān 1077 [1667]
- People
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- Related Name
- شوشتري، محمد طاهر بن آقا جان، active 17th century
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 295Lq(a)
- Language
- Arabic
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from colophon of volume 3 (fol. 339a).
- A few marginal notes and glosses. Dutch note: "Geefrelijk werk Arabisch" and English pencilled note: "Arabic, Mohammed" at the end of volume 1 (fol. [i]b).
- Collation: Paper ; fol. ii + 443 + i (v. 1), ii + 339 + i (v. 3) ; foliation skips from 351 to 356 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 25 lines per page ; ruled.
- Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition.
- Origin: According to colophon of volume 3, copy completed Shaʻbān 1077 by Muḥammad Ṭāhir ibn Āqā Jān al-Shūshtarī (v. 3, fol. 339a).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله المحمود لنعمته المعبود لقدرته المطاع فى سلطنه المرهوب ... اما بعد فقد فهمت يا اخى ما شكوت من اصطلاح اهل دهرنا على الجهالة والتوازرهم وسعيهم فى عمارة طريقها ومبانيتهم العلم ...
- Colophon: تم کتاب الروضة من الکتاب الکافي لابي جعفر محمد بن يعقوب الکليني رحمه الله تعالى. الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة على خير خلقه محمد وآله اجمعين .على يد العبد المذنب المحتاج الى ربه الغني محمد طاهر بن آقا جان الشوشتري غفر الله له ولوالديه بحق محمد وآل محمد في تاريخ شهر شعبان المعظم سنة سبع وسبعين والف من الهجرة النبوية صلى الله عليه واله وسلم تسليما تم تم تم
- Binding Note
- Later? type II (with flap) binding in red leather. Gold-stamped mandorla with pendants and gold-tooled and gold-painted decorative edging on covers. Similar decoration on flap. Leather doublures. Endbands. Mandorla of volume 1 contains an image of a deer.
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Item Summary
First and last volumes of a comprehensive work on the Shīʻite system of theology and jurisprudence. Volume 1 covers Kitāb al-ʻAql wa-al-jahl to Kitāb al-Janāyiz; volume 3 covers Kitāb al-Ṭalāq to Kitāb al-Rawḍah.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- كتاب الكافي / لابي جعفر محمد بن يعقوب الكليني.
- Transliterated Title
- Kitāb al-Kāfī / li-Abī Jaʻfar Muḥammad ibn Yaʻqūb al-Kulaynī.
- Call Number
- Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 295Lq(a)
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcm613n992s
- Publisher
- Shaʻbān 1077 [1667]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1667
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 2 volumes (443, 339 leaves) : paper ; 297 x 173 (207 x 103) mm bound to 297 x 185 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1608.
- Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 1855.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from colophon of volume 3 (fol. 339a).
- A few marginal notes and glosses. Dutch note: "Geefrelijk werk Arabisch" and English pencilled note: "Arabic, Mohammed" at the end of volume 1 (fol. [i]b).
- Collation: Paper ; fol. ii + 443 + i (v. 1), ii + 339 + i (v. 3) ; foliation skips from 351 to 356 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 25 lines per page ; ruled.
- Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition.
- Origin: According to colophon of volume 3, copy completed Shaʻbān 1077 by Muḥammad Ṭāhir ibn Āqā Jān al-Shūshtarī (v. 3, fol. 339a).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله المحمود لنعمته المعبود لقدرته المطاع فى سلطنه المرهوب ... اما بعد فقد فهمت يا اخى ما شكوت من اصطلاح اهل دهرنا على الجهالة والتوازرهم وسعيهم فى عمارة طريقها ومبانيتهم العلم ...
- Colophon: تم کتاب الروضة من الکتاب الکافي لابي جعفر محمد بن يعقوب الکليني رحمه الله تعالى. الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة على خير خلقه محمد وآله اجمعين .على يد العبد المذنب المحتاج الى ربه الغني محمد طاهر بن آقا جان الشوشتري غفر الله له ولوالديه بحق محمد وآل محمد في تاريخ شهر شعبان المعظم سنة سبع وسبعين والف من الهجرة النبوية صلى الله عليه واله وسلم تسليما تم تم تم
- Binding Note
- Later? type II (with flap) binding in red leather. Gold-stamped mandorla with pendants and gold-tooled and gold-painted decorative edging on covers. Similar decoration on flap. Leather doublures. Endbands. Mandorla of volume 1 contains an image of a deer.
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- 2
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- 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/d5ca7429-345c-4872-a66b-c8b74d7dd67d/manifest