Item Summary

A brief commentary on Ṣughrá al-ṣughrá, the authorʼs own work on the principles of theology and philosophy.

Descriptive Information

Title
هذا شرح الصغرى الصغرى / للشيخ السنوسي.
Transliterated Title
Hādhā Sharḥ al-Ṣughrá al-ṣughrá / lil-Shaykh al-Sanūsī.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 994H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dctm70n6727
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1701
Extent
36 leaves : paper ; 213 x 153 (140 x 90) mm bound to 215 x 160 mm.
Provenance
Ownership signature: Sulaymān ibn Muṣṭafá al-Rajī al-Ḥanafī (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1500.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
Two short fāʼidah on title page.
Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 36 + i ; 4 quires ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 23 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; vowel signs ; watermarks (paper wrapper: coat-of-arms with an animal; text: three crescents, crown-star-crescent) ; MS in fair condition, worm-eaten and mended. Rare.
Origin: According to colophon copy completed Sunday last day of Rajab 1112 (fol. 36a).
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين قال الشيخ ... السنوسى ... الحمد لله الذي انعم علينا بالايمان والاسلام وهدانا بنبينا ومولانا محمد ... اما بعد فقد وضعت جملة مختسرة فيما يجب على المكلف اعتقاده ...
Colophon: وکان الفراغ من تعليق هذا الشرح يوم الاحد سلخ رجب من شهور الف ومائة واثني عشرمن الهجرة النبوية على صاحبها افضل الصلاة والسلام
Binding Note
Later type II (with flap) binding in brown leather and marbled paper. Not sewn. Quires wrapped in paper inside the binding.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
88

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e2a4e2c2-92da-4af7-a30c-418662243d59/manifest