Author
Būlawī, Muṣṭafá ibn Ḥamzah, active 17th century
Author Original
Būlawī, Muṣṭafá ibn Ḥamzah, active 17th century, بولوي، مصطفى بن حمزة، active 17th century
Publication Place
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[17th century]
Subject
Muslim scholars—Biography—Early works to 1800, Islamic law—Early works to 1800, Hanafites—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Watermarks (Paper)
Type
Book
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
12
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9963581703506421
Record ID
dch989rf69z
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 936H
Date
01-01-1600 T00:00:00 AH/12-31-1699 T:Khas:Khasz — 1600-1699
Notes
A brief account of the lives of the four Imams together with a few problems of jurisprudence after the Hanafite school. The treatise was composed and prepared as a present for the governor of Cairo, Muṣṭafá Pāshā. | Ms. codex., Title from dedication (fol. 1a)., A few marginal notes. On the title page and after the colophon are verses of poetry., Collation: Paper ; fol. 12 ; catchwords; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 19 lines per page., Description: Rubricated ; some vowel signs ; watermarks (coat-of-arms? with countermark roman-alphabet initials with trefoil) ; MS in fair condition., Origin: Copy completed 24 Jumād Awwal [?] by ʻAlī al-Ḥusaynī al-Azʹharī (fol. 12b)., Incipit: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to God, who spread out the earth with His power and raised the heavens. He is the Mighty, the Wise. He rules what He wills and does what He pleases..., Colophon: And the completion of writing this was The twenty-fourth edition was devoid of inanimate objects at the hand of its writer, the weakest of the servants, Ali Al-Husseini Al-Azhari, may God pardon him, Amen | Unbound. | Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1773.