Item Summary

An ode on the laws of inheritance.

Descriptive Information

Title
كتاب متن الرحبية.
Transliterated Title
Kitāb matn al-Raḥbīyah.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 271L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcfb494n64r
Publisher
[18th century?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1700-1799
Format
Manuscript
Extent
9 leaves : paper ; 205 x 150 (160 x 100) mm.
Provenance
Ownership signatures: Yūsuf; Muḥammad al-Sīyūfī "wa-qayyada bi-ismihi maʻa kutubihi" (fol. 1a); Aḥmad ibn Ṣāliḥ Sayf al-Dīn (fol. 9a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 2061.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. Inscriptions on title page (fol. 1a) and after the colophon (fol. 9b).
Collation: Paper ; fol. 9 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 13 lines per page in two columns.
Description: Rubricated ; vowel signs ; watermarks (crown-star-crescent) ; MS in fair condition.
Origin: Probably from XVIIIth century.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اول ما نستفتح المقالا * بذكر حمد ربنا تعالى
Colophon: تمت بحمد الله وعونه وحسن توفيقه اللهم ... وصلى الله علي سيدنا محمد وعلي اله وصحبه وسلم امين امين امين ...
Binding Note
Unbound.

Discovery Information

Subject
Inheritance and succession (Islamic law)—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Watermarks
Autographs

Physical Characteristics

File Count
18

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3e7b9770-332b-4c80-ad94-9f77fd8bf6eb/manifest