Author
Abū al-Layth al-Samarqandī, Naṣr ibn Muḥammad, -983?
Author Original
Abū al-Layth al-Samarqandī, Naṣr ibn Muḥammad, -983?, ابو الليث السمرقندي، نصر بن محمد، -983؟
Publication Date
1516
Publication Place
-
Jumādá al-Ākhir 922 [July/August 1516]
Subject
Islamic law—Early works to 1800, Hanafites—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Blind tooled bindings
Type
Book
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
105
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9963580783506421
Record ID
dctq57p333p
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 832H
Date
1516-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1516
Notes
A compendium of Hanafite law. | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 2a)., Marginal notes and glosses. On the folio before title page is a table of contents (fol. 1b). On folio 1a, the title page, and following the colophon on folios 104a-b are extracts; short inscriptions on folio 105b., Collection: Paper ; fol. i + 105 ; catchwords; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 19 lines per page., Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (later endpaper only: eagle); MS in fair condition, worm-eaten., Origin: According to colophon copy completed Jumādá al-Ākhir 922 (fol. 104a)., Incipit: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and in Him we seek help. Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds, and blessings and peace be upon His Prophet Muhammad... Know that jurisprudence is a good science and it is superior to all other sciences, and it is the science of religion, Sharia, and the foundation of the laws..., Colophon: Done The book, with the help of God Al-Wahhab, in the month of Jumada Al-Akhir of the year nine hundred and twenty-two | Later type II (with flap) binding in paper. Blind-stamped mandorla under paper on upper cover. | Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1670., Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), III, 135/6., Pertsch, Die orientalischen handsschriften der Herzoglichen bibliothek zu Gotha, 991-3.