Item Summary

A section of the author's commentary on his own work on Hanafite jurisprudcence entitled Bidāyat al-mubtadī. The text covers Kitāb al-Nikāḥ to Kitāb al-Waqf.

Descriptive Information

Title
[هداية]
Transliterated Title
[Hidāyah]
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 290L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcz316qd88v
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1500-1899
Extent
515 leaves : paper ; 265 x 166 (125 x 65) mm bound to 265 x 170 mm.
Provenance
Obscured seal impression (fol. [iv]a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1866.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. First folio by a later hand. Label on upper cover: "MKE No. 26". Table of contents (fol. (1)b-(2)b).
Collation: Paper ; fol. iv + 515 ; catchwords ; foliation in red ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 9 lines per page ; fol. 1b-98b frame-ruled in red and blue with outer frame in red.
Description: Rubricated ; light brown paper ; MS in fair condition, many folios mended.
Incipit: کتاب النکاح قال النکاح ينعقد بالايجاب والقبول بلفظين يعبر بهما عن الماضى لان الصيغة وكانت للاخبار ...
Ending: والغني لا يحتاج الى صرف هذه الغلة لغناه. تم تم تم
Binding Note
Later type III (without flap) binding in red leather. Color-stamped mandorla with pendants and blind-tooled decorative border. Multi-colored endbands.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1044

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f8926f08-9274-4596-916f-57f2e3b6b5b0/manifest