Item Summary

A redaction of al-Jāmiʻ al-ṣaghīr, a corpus of Hanafite law by Abū ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī.

Descriptive Information

Title
كتاب شرح الجامع الصغير.
Transliterated Title
Kitāb Sharḥ al-Jāmiʻ al-ṣaghīr.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 831H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcpz50h742z
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1405
Extent
159 leaves : paper ; 278 x 170 (182 x 100) mm bound to 274 x 180 mm.
Provenance
Ownership signatures: ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm dated 1042; Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ʻĀrifī dated 1085; Ibrāhīm al-Mudarris (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1673.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title written across top of title page (folio 1a).
Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. On the title page is a table of contents.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 159 ; catchwords ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 17 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; overlining in red ; MS in good condition, mended; the first and last folios are defective.
Origin: According to colophon copy completed Rabīʻ al-Awwal 808 by Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan (fol. 159b).
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على خير خلقه محمد ... اما بعد فان مشايخنا رحمه الله كانوا يعظمون هذا الكتاب تعظيما ويقدمونه علي ساير الكتب تقديما حتى قالوا لا ينبغى لاحد ان يتقلد القضاء ...
Colophon: وقع الفراغ من تحرير هذا الكتاب في الشهر المبارك ربيع الاول على يد الفقير الحقير المذنب المحتاج الي رحمه ... محمد بن مولانا حسن عفر الله له ولوالديه واحسن اليها واليه في تاريخ سنة ثمانية وثمان مأية
Binding Note
Later type II (with flap) binding in dark brown leather. Blind-tooled circular design with pendants and decorative edging on covers and flap. Flap lined with leather. Endbands.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
330

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/6e381809-1292-4fd4-840b-b07350abd61b/manifest