Item Summary

A commentary on al-Maqṣūd of uncertain authorship. This MS attributed to Ibn ʻImād; Fihrist al-makhṭūṭāt (1961-63) II, 238 (Kitāb al-Shukrīyah) attributed to Aḥmad ibn Ḥammād.

Descriptive Information

Title
هذا شرح المقصود المسمى بالشكرية / لابن عماد.
Transliterated Title
Hādhā Sharḥ al-Maqṣūd al-musammá bi-al-Shukrīyah / li-Ibn ʻImād.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 84L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1800-1850
Extent
96 leaves : paper ; 225 x 152 (133 x 78) mm bound to 228 x 156 mm.
Provenance
Ownership signature: ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn Ibrāhīm al-Dūrī, khaṭīb at Jāmiʻ al-Wazīr; ʻAbd Allāh ibn [obscured] (fol. 95b). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 310.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from caption (fol. 1b).
A few marginal notes. Obscured inscription (fol. 1a). Label on upper cover "Z K 7".
Collation: Paper ; fol. 96 (fol. 95 is later paper) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 15 lines per page.
Description: Text in red and commentary in black ; watermarks (three crescents; roman-alphabet initials "CSC" with a crown, and "BA") ; MS in fair condition.
Origin: Probably from the early part of the XIXth century.
Colophon: والحمدلله رب العالمين تم
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. الحمد لمن شرف العلوم وروج بضاعتها واعز طالبها ... هذا الكتاب المسمى بالشكرية فاحفظ فانه بحث شريف لا يوجد بتمامه فى غيرها من المختصرات والمطولاة ...
Binding Note
Later quarter-bound type III binding in brown leather and dark olive paper. Multi-colored endbands.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
200

Institutional Information

Collection
Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/9346b747-cb18-43c6-a80c-881a432145b2/manifest