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A revision of the Wiqāyat al-riwāyah fī masāʼil al-Hidāyah, together with a revision of the commentary by Ṣadr al-Sharīʻah al-Thānī on the same work. The revision of al-Wiqāyah is entitled al-Iṣlāḥ and the revision of the commentary is entitled al-Īḍāḥ.
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- Publisher
- [17th century]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 844H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A revision of the Wiqāyat al-riwāyah fī masāʼil al-Hidāyah, together with a revision of the commentary by Ṣadr al-Sharīʻah al-Thānī on the same work. The revision of al-Wiqāyah is entitled al-Iṣlāḥ and the revision of the commentary is entitled al-Īḍāḥ.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- هذا الكتاب ايضاح اصلاح.
- Transliterated Title
- Hādhā al-Kitāb Īḍāḥ iṣlāḥ.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 844H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dch989rf51n
- Publisher
- [17th century]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1600-1699
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 89 leaves : paper ; 210 x 136 (145 x 75) mm bound to 207 x 130 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1749.
- Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), I, pp. 329/30.
- Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, III, p. 9.
- Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium (1846), 212.
- Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 4559.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from caption (fol. 1b).
- A few marginal notes and glosses. The margins of several folios are trimmed. Some stray writing on upper pastedown and folio 1a.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 89 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 19 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; some pages cut to 85 mm wide ; watermarks (figure in a circle topped by a star; anchor) ; MS in good condition.
- Origin: Probably from the XVIIth century.
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين احمده في البداية والنهاية على الهداية والوقاية اشكره علي ما انعم علي من التوفيق والعناية علي من بلغ الغاية ...
- Ending: اي القليل بقدرالدرهم قال بعض المتأخرين اي المقدر لا القليل تمت
- Binding Note
- Later? type II (with flap) binding in red leather and marbled paper. Flap is missing.
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Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 186
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/eff1ba2e-6c93-4501-ab83-114d853cf18c/manifest