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A lengthy work in two volumes that serves as a guide for the performance of right doing according to Muslim law, and abounds with warnings against innovations. The work is otherwise known as Madkhal al-sharʻ al-sharīf.
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- Related Name
- غالبي، ابو الحسن بن عبد الفتاح، active 19th century
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 968H
- Language
- Arabic
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from label on case.
- A few marginal notes and glosses
- Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 388, 2 + 376 + ii ; quires signed: 2-39 and 2-38 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 23 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
- Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (vol. 1: shield with a face-in-the-moon and roman-alphabet letters "AG"; vol. 2: double-headed eagle and roman-alphabet letters "DVC", shield with a face-in-the-moon with the letter "A", shield with a face-in-the-moon and roman-alphabet letters "AG") ; MS in good condition.
- Decoration: Illuminated headpiece of red, blue, green, yellow and black with frame of green, blue and red. Edge of frame decorated with semi-circles in similar colors. The first page of volume two frame-ruled in yellow and red with red and green decoration around the edges.
- Origin: According to colophon, volume 1 copy completed Thursday 22 Rabīʻ al-Thānī 1279 by Abū al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Ghālibī (vol. 1, fol. 388a) -- According to colophon, volume 2 copy completed Wednesday 25 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1279 by Abū al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Ghālibī (vol. 2, fol. 376a).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد ... الحمد لله المنفرد بالدوام الباقي بعد فناء الايام ... وبعد فاني كنت كثيرا ما اسمع سيدي الشيخ ...
- Colophon: ووافق الفراغ من نسخ هذا الکتاب في يوم الاربعاء الموافق لخمس وعشرين مضت من شهرذي القعده الحرام سنة تسع وسبعين بعد المائتين والالف من الهجرة النبوية على صاحبها افضل الصلاة واتم السلام على يد کاتبه الفقير الى الله تعالى ابي الحسن بن عبدالفتاح الغالبي غفرالله له ولوالديه ولمشايخه ولاخوانه في الله تعالى احياء. امواتا وکافة المسلمين امين يا رب العالمين . تم تم تم
- Binding Note
- Contemporaneous type II (with flap) binding in red leather. Blind-tooled frame and edging on covers and flap. Marbled paper pastedowns. Not sewn. In cases (240 x 172 mm.) with fabric pull strap.
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Item Summary
A lengthy work in two volumes that serves as a guide for the performance of right doing according to Muslim law, and abounds with warnings against innovations. The work is otherwise known as Madkhal al-sharʻ al-sharīf.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- كتاب المدخل / لابن الحاج.
- Transliterated Title
- Kitāb al-Madkhal / li-Ibn al-Ḥājj.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 968H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc08613106c
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1862-1863
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 2 volumes (388, 376 leaves) : paper ; 231 x 166 (1790 x 96) mm bound to 234-237 x 168-172 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1517.
- Ibn Ḥajar al-ʻAsqlānī, Durar (1326 AH), IV, p. 237.
- Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), V, p. 474.
- Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 3519.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from label on case.
- A few marginal notes and glosses
- Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 388, 2 + 376 + ii ; quires signed: 2-39 and 2-38 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 23 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
- Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (vol. 1: shield with a face-in-the-moon and roman-alphabet letters "AG"; vol. 2: double-headed eagle and roman-alphabet letters "DVC", shield with a face-in-the-moon with the letter "A", shield with a face-in-the-moon and roman-alphabet letters "AG") ; MS in good condition.
- Decoration: Illuminated headpiece of red, blue, green, yellow and black with frame of green, blue and red. Edge of frame decorated with semi-circles in similar colors. The first page of volume two frame-ruled in yellow and red with red and green decoration around the edges.
- Origin: According to colophon, volume 1 copy completed Thursday 22 Rabīʻ al-Thānī 1279 by Abū al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Ghālibī (vol. 1, fol. 388a) -- According to colophon, volume 2 copy completed Wednesday 25 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1279 by Abū al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Ghālibī (vol. 2, fol. 376a).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد ... الحمد لله المنفرد بالدوام الباقي بعد فناء الايام ... وبعد فاني كنت كثيرا ما اسمع سيدي الشيخ ...
- Colophon: ووافق الفراغ من نسخ هذا الکتاب في يوم الاربعاء الموافق لخمس وعشرين مضت من شهرذي القعده الحرام سنة تسع وسبعين بعد المائتين والالف من الهجرة النبوية على صاحبها افضل الصلاة واتم السلام على يد کاتبه الفقير الى الله تعالى ابي الحسن بن عبدالفتاح الغالبي غفرالله له ولوالديه ولمشايخه ولاخوانه في الله تعالى احياء. امواتا وکافة المسلمين امين يا رب العالمين . تم تم تم
- Binding Note
- Contemporaneous type II (with flap) binding in red leather. Blind-tooled frame and edging on covers and flap. Marbled paper pastedowns. Not sewn. In cases (240 x 172 mm.) with fabric pull strap.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
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/92515158-807e-4e55-ba2b-b16dba1c0e7f/manifest