Item Summary

Treatise on uṣūl al-fiqh; incomplete at beginning.

Descriptive Information

Title
[وسائل النجاة].
Transliterated Title
[Wasāʼil al-najāh].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 765
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/qr46r3448
Publisher
[1811]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1811
Format
Manuscript
Extent
129 leaves : paper ; 218 x 166 (146 x 99) mm bound to 218 x 170 mm
Provenance
Two owners' stamps on leaf 129a.
References
Mach, R. & Ormsby, E.L. Handlist of Arabic manuscripts (New Series), no. 1587
Brockelmann, C. GAL, SII, 826 (10: no. 5)
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger, per Mach and Ormsby.
Physical description: 23 lines per page; written in cramped nastaʻliq with elements of shikastah in black on blue glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Marginal damp-staining. First two and last two leaves particularly ragged, torn, and stained.
Origin: Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1226 H [November-December 1811], by Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī Aṣghar (leaf 129a).
Incipit (1a, line 9): وسيلة اعلم انه اختلف الاصوليون في استعمال المشترك في اکثر من معنى
Binding Note
Limp black leather.

Discovery Information

Subject
Islamic law—Interpretation and construction
Shīʻah
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
134

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e347e3cc-9ed6-4fed-a39d-110ef5829ed8/manifest