Item Summary

A work discussing the important problems of jurisprudence according to the outstanding schools.

Descriptive Information

Title
كتاب عيون المذاهب في خلافاة الامصار / تأليف ابو طاهر السمرقندى.
Transliterated Title
Kitāb ʻUyūn al-madhāhib fī khilāfāt al-amṣār / taʼlīf Abū Ṭāhir al-Samarqandī.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 915H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcpc289w57j
Publisher
[13th century?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1200-1299
Format
Manuscript
Extent
149 leaves : paper ; 265 x 195 (175-185 x 133-140) mm bound to 266 x 188 mm.
Provenance
Ownership signature dated 764? (fol. 148). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1654.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from later title page (fol. 1a).
Marginal notes and glosses.
Collation: Paper fol. 149 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 26 lines per page.
Description: Heading in black and red ; text dividers in red ; paper tinted red ; MS in fair condition.
Origin: Probably from the Xlllth century.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم بالله اشهدى واباه نستعين ... الحمد لله الحميد ذي العرش المجيد الفعال ...
Colophon: تم الکتاب بمن الله وتوفيقه ولطفه وصلى الله على محمد واله خير آل والحمد لله على کل حال من الاحوال
Binding Note
Later type III (without flap) binding in striped fabric. Paper pastedown with silver block-pressed design. Upper cover missing.

Discovery Information

Subject
Islamic law—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Cloth bindings
Colored papers

Physical Characteristics

File Count
304

Institutional Information

Collection
Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f0ba986e-5c09-47de-91c7-d2613b70dcdb/manifest