Item Summary

A work on Mālikite law and jurisprudence.

Descriptive Information

Title
کتاب في الفقه.
Transliterated Title
Kitab fī al-fiqh.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 902H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc2r36v8611
Publisher
14 Ramaḍān 960 [September 3, 1553]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1553
Format
Manuscript
Extent
56 leaves : paper ; 162 x 112 (135 x 70) mm bound to 162 x 118 mm.
Provenance
Ownership statement of the scribe, Muḥammad Abū al-Yusr al-Mālikī, on folio 1a. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1840.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
A few marginal notes and glosses.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 56 + ii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 22 lines per page ; ruled.
Description: Rubricated ; a few folios lightly tinted red ; MS in good condition.
Origin: According to colophon copied 14 Ramaḍān 960 by Muḥammad Abū al-Yusr al-Mālikī (fol. 56b).
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وصلى الله علي من بعده الحمد لله الذي له الخلق والامر قال الفقيه ابو اسحق ابرهيم ابن عبد الصمد ...
Colophon: تم الکتاب بحمد الله وعونه من کتبه على يد کاتبه فقيرعفوالله محمد ابي اليسرالمالکي عفا الله عنه في رابع عشرشهر رمضان سنة ستين وتسعمائة وحسبنا الله ونعم الوکيل
Binding Note
Later type II (with flap) binding in red leather and red marbled paper. Endbands.

Discovery Information

Subject
Islamic law—Early works to 1800
Malikites—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Autographs
Headbands
Colored papers

Physical Characteristics

File Count
127

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

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