Details

Subject(s)

• Islamic law—History—13th century—Sources [Browse]
• Hanafites—History—13th century—Sources [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Treatise on Hanafite law and jurisprudence, in 40 chapters (faṣl). See table of contents in preamble of text, fol. 2b-7b. According to Kashf al-ẓunūn, it was started by the father of the author and completed by ʻAbd al-Raḥīm at the end of Shaʻbān 651 [1253] in Samarqand. The text is followed on fol. 346b by a note attributed to the author copied from a manuscript of this text.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from preamble (fol. 2b, l. 2).
• Physical description: 27 lines per page. Written in small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red. Thin light cream paper, glossy. Inscription in Ottoman Turkish on fol. (i)a. Foliation in black ink using Arabic numerals (starts with "1" on fol. 6a). Title on head of text block: "ʻImādī".
• Origin: Copy completed on 11 Shawwāl 874 [April 13, 1470] by ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd(?) ibn mawlānā Kafī(?) al-Ḥanafī(?) al-Bayḍāwī (colophon, fol. 346a).
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وباسمه يبدأ كل كتاب ويختم وينثر كل خطاب وينظم وبالصلوة على رسوله محمد ... وبعد فان العلم فخر يبقى على مرور الايام حقاب وذكر يتوارثه الاعقاب بعد الاعقاب
• Explicit: كان القول رب الارض كما اذا اختلف فى جريان ما الطاحونة وانقطاعه وقال القاضى الامام فخر الدين خان وينبغى ان يكون القول قول منك الشغل وتمامه فى اجارات فناواه تم الكتاب

Binding note

Quarter bound with flap, in brown leather and cream paper. Paper pastedowns. Leather doublure on fore-edge flap.

Provenance

Ownership statement on fol. 1a. Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, Leyden, 1925, from the books of Murād Bey al-Bārūdī (Beirut).

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

• Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 1707
• Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 382/45 ; SI

Other format(s)

• Microfilm negative available for reproduction.
• Also available in an electronic version.

Title on head of text block

• ʻImādī

OCLC

173619776

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