Author
Samarqandī, ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, d. 1144?
Author Original
Samarqandī, ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, d. 1144?, سمرقندي، علاء الدين محمد بن احمد
Publication Date
1227
Publication Place
-
[1227]
Subject
Islamic law—Interpretation and construction—History—12th century—Sources, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9951878763506421
Record ID
jw827f290
Library Location
HSVM Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 403B, HSVM Electronic Resource, ELF1 Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 403B, ELF1 Electronic Resource
Date
1227-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1227
Notes
Treatise on uṣūl al-fiqh. | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 1a)., Incipit: Praise be to God, Possessor of Glory, and [---] and mercy and favor and blessings be upon His Messenger... Sheikh Imam Ala al-[---] al-Nazr Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Samarqandi, may God grant him the benefit of his knowledge, said that [---] and jurisprudence and rulings are a branch of the science of the principles of speech, 21 lines per page. Written in medium large naskh in black ink faded to brown, with some use of red. Thick cream paper with laid and chain lines visible. Quinions. Marginal annotations by several hands. Two spine labels with inscriptions reading respectively "Kitāb Mīzān al-uṣūl fī natāʼij al-ʻuqūl" in Arabic script and "10[3]" in Western and Arabic numerals. The first two leaves are damaged with loss of text. Ink faded with some loss of text due to humidity damage up to fol. 69 and on last folios., Collection: Paper, fol. i, 209, i ; i (later added free endpaper), 1¹⁰ (-1, before fol. 1) 2-21¹⁰, i (later added free endpaper) ; the quires are numbered using Arabic ordinals in the form “thānī” (see fol. 10a); signs to mark the middle of the quire (see fol. 15a); foliation in black ink using Arabic numerals (note the characteristic 5)., Copy completed on Yawm al-Khamīs middle of Dhū al-Qaʻdah 624 [Oct. 26, 1227] by ʻAbd al-Qāhir ibn Aḥmad [ibn] Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ṭabīb al-Ḥanafī (colophon, fol. 209a). The text has been collated on a copy in the hand of Raḍī al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsānī(?) al-...(?), known as al-Muḥīṭ, in the first ten days of Dhū al-Ḥijjah 624 [Nov. 1227] (collation statement on the margin of the colophon, fol. 209a). | Brown leather over paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers, fore-edge flap and envelope flap. Yellow paper pasted on covers and envelope-flap. The fore-edge flap has a border consisting of fillets and impressions of a eight petals flower pattern stamp. Rebacked. paper pastedowns and free endpaper. | Several ownership statements and seal in red ink reading "British Museum" on fol. 1a and 209b. Acquired from Mūrad Bey Bārūdī, Beirut, 1925. | Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 1626
Alternatif
Kitāb al-Uṣūl fī natāʼij al-ʻuqūl
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Digital content
Koleksiyonlar
Robert Garrett, Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts, Collections Donated to Princeton University Library
