Author
Taftāzānī, Masʻūd ibn ʻUmar, 1322-1389?, Taftāzānī, Masoud ibn Umar, 1322-1389?, Mehmet Yeğen Muftizade, active 1808, Muhammad Yakan Muftizadeh,
Author Original
تفتازاني، مسعود بن عمر محمد يكن مفتى زاده،
Publication Date
1808
Subject
Maḥbūbī, ʻUbayd Allāh ibn Masʻūd, -1346 or 1347. Tanqīḥ al-uṣūl, Islamic law -- Interpretation and construction -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
346 leaves : paper ; 240 x 178 (165 x 71) mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194678796
Record ID
990060801910106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1808
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from opening on pp.22-23., Incipit: “Praise be to God who ruled with His book, the noble principles of the Sharia... And after that, He taught the principles that combine the reasonable and the transmitted... Then I compiled this explanation marked by allusion to reveal the facts of the revision, including a statement of the rules of the art... His saying, Praiseworthy, is a state from the one who abstains...”, Explicit: “For following the path of guidance, He is the guardian of infallibility, and from Him is guidance to the straight path, and it was agreed one morning Monday, the twenty-ninth of Dhul-Qa'dah, the year seven hundred and fifty-eight. Empty statement... Praise be to God for the blessing of the bones and the bestowal of greatness and blessings upon His Prophet Muhammad, the eminent one... as long as the nights and days last.", Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads: "The emptiness of editing this book has occurred, with the help of God, King Wahhab, on today, Friday, the middle of the holy month of Ramadan, in the year two hundred and twenty-three, from the hand of the poor, the weakest servant of God, Mr. Sheikh Muhammad al-Mudarres. Corporal Bacon Muftizadeh, may God bless him... Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds.”, Collation: 34 V(340), III (346); entirely quinions with final ternion ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts)., Layout: Written in 23 lines per page ; frame-ruled., Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand ; Characteristically sans serif with effect of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, pointing (for two and three dots) in strokes rather than distinct dots., Decoration: Keywords, section headings, and occasional notabilia rubricated ; overlining and textual dividers in the form of circles (resembling letter hāʼ or numeral khamsah 5) in red., Support: European laid paper with 10 laid lines per cm. and chain lines spaced 24 mm. apart; watermarks include bird on pedestal with "C B" above and large lion passant; some sections more heavily burnished than others and having a yellow-green tint., Binding: Pasteboards now faced in marbled paper (blue, yellow, white, etc.) with spine, fore-edge flap, and edges/turn-ins dark brown leather (marbled paper faced, leather edged, framed binding) ; Type II binding (with flap); doublures and double hinges in brown leather; Evidence of stamped mandorla under marbled paper facing on upper and lower covers; decorative tooling on edges/turn-ins and fore-edge flap ; envelope flap in black leather with stamped and gold and red painted mandorla and cornerpieces, lined in marbled paper (blue, brown, yellow); sewn in yellow thread, two stations; chevron endbands in dark brown/black and cream, in good condition; Overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, etc. ; several repairs., Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 25. Commentary on Tankih al-usul.", Accompanying materials: a. Detailed table of contents on unsewn quinion of European wove paper tucked inside upper cover (paginated pp.1-20) -- b. Single bifolium with gloss/excerpt (paginated pp.299-302)., Origin: As appears in colophon p.714, copied by Muḥammad Yakan Muftīʻzādah (Mehmet Yeğen Muftizade). Transcription finished ("wa-qad waqaʻa al-farāgh ʻan taḥrīr hādhā al-kitāb...") mid-Ramaḍān 1223 [November 1808]., Bookplate of British Museum, London on interior of upper cover, "British Museum, London. No. 25. Commentary on Tankih al-usul." ; circular seal impression with figure of goat/gazelle in purple ink as well as inscription "28a" in Western numerals on opening leaf of added table of contents (p.1) and on 'title page' (p.21); extensively glossed through p.324; occasional marginal corrections; kabīkaj invocation "ya kabīkaj" on 'title page' (p.21)., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 75
Sample Text
Fine copy of al-Taftāzānī's commentary on al-Tawḍīḥ fī ḥall ghawāmiḍ al-Tanqīḥ, itself a commentary on Tanqīḥ al-uṣūl both by ʻUbayd Allāh ibn Masʻūd al-Maḥbūbī (d. 747/1346), on uṣūl al-fiqh.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Mehmet Yeğen Muftizade, active 1808, scribe.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Tiflis Collection.
Referanslar
Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 214 ; 216, no. 15., Ḥājjī Khalīfah. Kashf al-ẓunūn, ii, 444
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase along with Abdul Hamid Collection (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
