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Collection of three texts on Shiʼite fiqh.
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Manuscripts of the Islamic World
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- Language
- Arabic
- Subject
- Islamic law—Early works to 1800
- Shīʻah—Early works to 1800
- Shīʻah—Rituals—Early works to 1800
- Shīʻah—Customs and practices—Early works to 1800
- Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
- Manuscripts, Arabic—Iran—Iṣfahān—19th century
- Blind tooled bindings
- illuminated manuscripts
- headpieces (layout features)
- Autographs
- Stamps
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Item Summary
Collection of three texts on Shiʼite fiqh.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- نهاية ... [الخ.].
- Transliterated Title
- Nihāyah ... [etc.].
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 1306
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/5d86p2812
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1817
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 203 leaves : paper ; 210 x 145 (149 x 89) mm bound to 217 x 150 mm
- Provenance
- On leaf 1a, owner's note dated Rabīʻ II 1367 H and owner's stamp. On leaf 185a, owner's note dated 14 Ṣafar 1348 H.
- References
- Mach, R. & Ormsby, E.L. Handlist of Arabic manuscripts (New Series), no. 843, 453, 349.
- Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 513 (no. 16); SI, 707 (no. 13); I, 513 (no. 16).
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Contents
- 1. leaves 1b-167b: Nihāyah. Compendium of Shiʻite law.
- 2. leaves 168b-184b: al-Jumal wa al-ʻuqūd. Treatise on Shiʻite rituals.
- 3. leaves 185b-203b: Kitāb al-Iqtiṣād al-hādī ilá ṭarīq al-ḥaqq wa-sabīl al-rashād. Treatise on Shiʻite rituals.
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from text 1.
- Layout: 24 lines per page.
- Description: Written in miniscule script in black on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Mild staining.
- Decoration: On leaf 1b, illuminated ʻunwān in gold, red, and blue; text framed in blue and gold with marginal gold border.
- Origin: Text 1, 5 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1232 H [16 October 1817] in Iṣfahān, by ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad Saʻīd al-Khuwānsārī (leaf 167b). Text 2, 1 Ṣafar 1233 H [11 December 1817] in Iṣfahān (leaf 184b), apparently by the same scribe. Text 3, 1233 H [1817 or 1818] (leaf 203b), apparently by the same scribe.
- Incipit: [نهاية] الحمد لله مستحق الحمد وموجبه -- [الحمل والعقود] الحمد لله حق حمده والصلوة على خير خلقه ... وبعد فاني مجيب الى ما سأل الشيخ الفاضل اطال الله بقآؤه من املآء مختصر يشتمل على ذكر عقود العبادات -- [كتاب الاقتصاد] الکلام في عبادات الشريعة عبادات الشرع خمس
- Binding Note
- Full golden-brown leather with blind-tooled fillets; violet paper doublures. Manuscript is almost completely detached from binding.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Islamic law—Early works to 1800
- Shīʻah—Early works to 1800
- Shīʻah—Rituals—Early works to 1800
- Shīʻah—Customs and practices—Early works to 1800
- Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
- Manuscripts, Arabic—Iran—Iṣfahān—19th century
- Blind tooled bindings
- illuminated manuscripts
- headpieces (layout features)
- Autographs
- Stamps
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 211
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
-
https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/2b0af584-e40d-4780-84e9-25012619a16e/manifest