Item Summary

A commentary on Minhāj al-ṭālibīn.

Descriptive Information

Title
كتاب شرح المنهاج / تأليف جلال الدين المحلي الانصاري.
Transliterated Title
Kitāb Sharḥ al-Minhāj / taʼlīf Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī al-Anṣārī.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 262L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcdb78tr282
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1500-1599
Extent
160 leaves : paper ; 252 x 170 (205 x 130) mm bound to 250 x 170 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1792.
Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), VI, p. 205.
Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 4538.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
Marginal notes. Label on upper cover: "KE 313". Title also appears on lower edge of text block. MS incomplete at the end.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 160 + i ; catchwords ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 41 lines per page.
Description: Text in red and commentary in black ; headings in red and green ; MS in poor condition; stained with dampness, parts of text faded and blurry; several folios defective.
Origin: Probably from XVIth century.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله على انعامه ... هذا ما دعت اليه حاجة المتفهمين لمنهاج الفقه ... اما بعد اى بعد ما نقدم ...
Ending: ولو اشترى من يعتق على سيده صح والملك فيه للمکاتب
Binding Note
Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather leather and paper. Multi-colored endbands.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
332

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f36ceb31-caeb-44c8-b1a8-646b53038951/manifest