Kitāb al-khilāfīyāt

Name: Kitāb al-khilāfīyāt
Author: Nasafī, ʻUmar ibn Muḥammad, 1068?-1142

Title	Kitāb al-khilāfīyāt
Author	Nasafī, ʻUmar ibn Muḥammad, 1068?-1142
Author Original	نسفي، عمر بن محمد طاهر بن عثمان
Publication Date:	1335
Subject	Islamic law -- Interpretation and construction -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	131 leaves : paper ; 180 x 125 (150 x 80) mm. bound to 180 x 135 mm
Library:	University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID	1194718680
Record ID	990068052740106381
Library Location	UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date	1335
Notes	Ms. codex., Title from opening on fol.4b., Incipit: “In the name of God, Lord of every servant, and praise be to God, the benefactor of praise, then greetings without number to the chosen Prophet Muhammad, and after Abu Hafs Omar has said...”, Explicit: “The Gardens of Eden and soft palaces”, Colophon: “Scribal,” rectangular, reads: “I completed it, with God’s help and good success, on Saturday, at noon time, on the first day of Dhul-Qa’dah in the year five And seven hundred and two-thirds at the hands of the weak servant in need of God Almighty’s mercy and forgiveness. Tahir [Kamil?] bin Uthman. May God forgive whoever reads and prays for forgiveness for his writer.”, Collation: 2 VI (24), 2 V (44), 8 IV (108), 2 III (120), 5 I (130), 1 (131); catchwords lacking; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (referenced in cataloguing)., Layout: Written in two columns of 11 lines., Script: Naskh; clear eastern hand; Essentially sans serif, kāf mashkūlah favored over kāf mabsūṭah; fully pointed and rarely vocalized; colophon in sans serif taʻlīq., Decoration: Text rubricated with section headings in red., Support: non-European (likely Arab) laid paper; laid lines running vertically and spaced approximately 8 laid lines per cm; chain lines running horizontally faintly visible grouped in twos or possibly threes; groups spaced approximately 60 mm. apart., Binding: Pasteboard covered in dark brown leather; Type III binding (without flap); upper and lower cover carry vestiges of a polylobed central medallion (compare W 80-81) and border designs with gold-tooled dots and blind-tooled lines in a geometric pattern (compare BNF Arabe 2898); doubles of striped cloth in blue, brown and white; Much repaired, but in poor condition., Former shelfmark: From inner front cover and pasted label on spine, "IL 370a" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip)., Accompanying materials: a. Inventory catalog slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas. b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda. --c. two slips of European paper with excerpts and comments (between fol.14-15 and fol.170-171)., Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.130a, copied by Ṭāhir [Kāmil ?] ibn ʻUthmān. Copying completed ("atmamtuhu bi-ʻawn Allāh...") in the early morning of Saturday, 1st of Dhū al-Qaʻdah 735 [ca. 23 June 1335]., Several notes in different hands at head and end of text seem to be reading notes (citing texts referring to Imām al-Shāfiʻī, etc.) rather than ownership statements; The text is thoroughly glossed; Occasional marginal corrections., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 588
Sample Text	Versified treatise on the debated points of law. Description provided by Alison Vacca.
Katkıda Bulunanlar	Ṭāhir ibn ʻUthmān, active 1335, scribe.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi	20251211
Biçim	Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda	Yahuda Collection.
Referanslar	Brockelmann, C. GAL, I 428 ; SI 758, Ḥājjī Khalīfah. Kashf al-ẓunūn, vi 195, no.13203
Elde Ediliş	Acquired in 1926 from the bookseller Isaac Benjamin S.E. Yahuda via purchase transacted on his behalf by Abraham Shalom Yahuda (1877-1951), his younger brother.

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Kitāb al-khilāfīyāt

Author Nasafī, ʻUmar ibn Muḥammad, 1068?-1142

Author Original نسفي، عمر بن محمد طاهر بن عثمان

Publication Date 1335

Subject Islamic law -- Interpretation and construction -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 131 leaves : paper ; 180 x 125 (150 x 80) mm. bound to 180 x 135 mm

Library University of Michigan Library

Library Asset ID 1194718680

Record ID 990068052740106381

Library Location UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library

Date 1335

Notes Ms. codex., Title from opening on fol.4b., Incipit: “In the name of God, Lord of every servant, and praise be to God, the benefactor of praise, then greetings without number to the chosen Prophet Muhammad, and after Abu Hafs Omar has said...”, Explicit: “The Gardens of Eden and soft palaces”, Colophon: “Scribal,” rectangular, reads: “I completed it, with God’s help and good success, on Saturday, at noon time, on the first day of Dhul-Qa’dah in the year five And seven hundred and two-thirds at the hands of the weak servant in need of God Almighty’s mercy and forgiveness. Tahir [Kamil?] bin Uthman. May God forgive whoever reads and prays for forgiveness for his writer.”, Collation: 2 VI (24), 2 V (44), 8 IV (108), 2 III (120), 5 I (130), 1 (131); catchwords lacking; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (referenced in cataloguing)., Layout: Written in two columns of 11 lines., Script: Naskh; clear eastern hand; Essentially sans serif, kāf mashkūlah favored over kāf mabsūṭah; fully pointed and rarely vocalized; colophon in sans serif taʻlīq., Decoration: Text rubricated with section headings in red., Support: non-European (likely Arab) laid paper; laid lines running vertically and spaced approximately 8 laid lines per cm; chain lines running horizontally faintly visible grouped in twos or possibly threes; groups spaced approximately 60 mm. apart., Binding: Pasteboard covered in dark brown leather; Type III binding (without flap); upper and lower cover carry vestiges of a polylobed central medallion (compare W 80-81) and border designs with gold-tooled dots and blind-tooled lines in a geometric pattern (compare BNF Arabe 2898); doubles of striped cloth in blue, brown and white; Much repaired, but in poor condition., Former shelfmark: From inner front cover and pasted label on spine, "IL 370a" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip)., Accompanying materials: a. Inventory catalog slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas. b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda. --c. two slips of European paper with excerpts and comments (between fol.14-15 and fol.170-171)., Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.130a, copied by Ṭāhir [Kāmil ?] ibn ʻUthmān. Copying completed ("atmamtuhu bi-ʻawn Allāh...") in the early morning of Saturday, 1st of Dhū al-Qaʻdah 735 [ca. 23 June 1335]., Several notes in different hands at head and end of text seem to be reading notes (citing texts referring to Imām al-Shāfiʻī, etc.) rather than ownership statements; The text is thoroughly glossed; Occasional marginal corrections., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 588

Sample Text Versified treatise on the debated points of law. Description provided by Alison Vacca.

Katkıda Bulunanlar Ṭāhir ibn ʻUthmān, active 1335, scribe.

Son Dizinleme Tarihi 20251211

Biçim Book, Manuscript, Available Online

Koleksiyonda Yahuda Collection.

Referanslar Brockelmann, C. GAL, I 428 ; SI 758, Ḥājjī Khalīfah. Kashf al-ẓunūn, vi 195, no.13203

Elde Ediliş Acquired in 1926 from the bookseller Isaac Benjamin S.E. Yahuda via purchase transacted on his behalf by Abraham Shalom Yahuda (1877-1951), his younger brother.