كتاب المختار

Kitāb al-Mukhtār.

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Uniform title
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
1083 [1672 or 1673]
Description
125 leaves: paper ; 183 x 130 (115 x 85) mm. bound to 183 x 140 mm.

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    Summary note
    Acephalous and defective copy of a compendium of Hanafite law and jurisprudence. First full chapter is Bāb al-Zakāh
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title from inscription mentioning a price on the pastedown of the lower cover.
    • Preliminary leaf covered with overlapping inscriptions.
    • Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 125 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
    • Layout: 9 lines per page.
    • Description: Rubricated ; MS in fair condition; light staining.
    • Origin: According to colophon, copy completed in 1083 H. (fol. 125a).
    • Explicit: ولا مولى الموالى الّا عند عدمهم وان كان له موالى اعتقوه فهى باطلة تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهّاب
    • Beginning as extant: ولا يجوز اداؤها الا بنية مقارنة لعزل الواجب او الاداء ومن تصدق بجميع ما له سقطت ... باب الزكوة السوايم السايمة التى تكتفى بالرعي
    Binding note
    Half-bound type III (without flap) binding in brown leather and paper over paper pasteboards. Covers in poor condition.
    Provenance
    Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
    Source acquisition
    Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
    References
    Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1709.
    Other format(s)
    • Also available in an electronic version.
    • Microfilm negative available for reproduction.
    Other title(s)
    مختار في الفروع
    Title in Hitti, P. Garrett coll
    • Mukhtār fī al-furūʻ
    OCLC
    180867427
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