Item Summary

Collection of ḥadīths addressing legal matters; text is preceded by extracts (mainly in Persian), verses, and notes on leaves 2a-10a.

Descriptive Information

Title
كتاب من لا يحضره الفقيه / تصنيف الشيخ ابي جعفر محمد بن علي الحسين بن بابويه القمي.
Transliterated Title
Kitāb Man lā yaḥḍuruhu al-faqīh / taṣnīf al-Shaykh Abī Jaʻfar Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn Bābawayh al-Qummī.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 849
Identifier
ark:/88435/cc08hj224
Publisher
[1675]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1675
Extent
410 leaves : paper ; 249 x 186 (172 x 121) mm bound to 252 x 186 mm
Provenance
Owner's stamp dated 1115 H [1703 or 1704] on leaf 10a. Two stamps on leaf 411b.
References
Mach, R. & Ormsby, E.L. Handlist of Arabic manuscripts (New Series), no. 542
Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 200 (no. 4); SI, 321
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from colophon on leaf 411b.
Manuscript erroneously foliated beginning on the front flyleaf. Record follows erroneous foliation.
Physical description: 22-25 lines per page; written in small to medium naskh in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords; interlinear and marginal notes. Marginal damp-staining, ragged edges, and a few repairs. Front cover and leaves 1-56 detached.
Origin: 18 Jumādá II 1086 H [9 September 1675], by ʻAbd al-Bāqī ibn ʻAbd al-Khāliq.
Incipit: اللهم اني احمدك واشكرك
Binding Note
Full brown leather with flap; blind-stamped central mandorla and pendants, outlined with gold; gold-painted fillets; aqua pastedowns and flyleaves.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
417

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

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