Author
Ghaznawī, Aḥmad, -1196 or 1197, Ghaznawī, Ahmad, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Sibāʻī al-Ḥimṣī, active 1672, Ali bin Muhammad al-Siba’i al-Homsi,
Author Original
غزنوي، احمد علي بن محمد السباعي الحمصي،
Publication Date
1672
Subject
Islamic law -- Early works to 1800, Hanafites -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
242 leaves : paper ; 289 x 200 (209 x 123) mm. bound to 290 x 210 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194686301
Record ID
990064910630106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1672
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.7)., Incipit: "Praise be to God who guided us to the religion of Islam and called us to the abode of peace... and after the facilitation of the powerful Sunni donor, the liberation of Muhammad Al-Qunawi and his name as Al-Hawi because he contains the doctrine of Imam Abu Hanifa, may God Almighty be pleased with him, from the genre of a comprehensive book that combines the two fundamentals and branches... arranged into three sections: the foundations of religion, the foundations of jurisprudence, and the branches of rulings...", Explicit: “And this is the basis of a great analogy. With His knowledge, God opens the doors of salvation and raises those who see Him to exalted ranks. And God, Blessed and Most High, knows what is right, and to Him is the return and the return... The editing of Al-Hawi Al-Qudsi has been completed and completed, and his editor refused to go into length, so he summarized, and he has included, praise be to God, and from it are the issues of many groups in the two fundamentals... Praise and thanks as you like and are pleased, and praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds.”, Colophon: “Scribal,” rectangular, reads: “He attached it to himself and to whomsoever God wills after him, its poor writer, the preacher, Ali, the son of the late Sheikh Muhammad al-Siba’i, the Hanafi al-Homsi, the Hanafi country, the Qadiri school of thought, the method... The emptiness of his writing occurred on Thursday morning, which is the second day of the tenth of Dhu al-Hijjah, which is the end of the year one thousand and eighty-two of the Prophet’s migration. May the best prayers and peace be upon its owner.”, Collation: I (2), VI (14), 22 V (234), IV (242); chiefly quinions; final leaf left blank ; catchwords present; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, located just above the written area on the recto of each leaf from the 'title page' (p.7); pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts)., Layout: Written in 23 lines per page ; frame-ruled., Script: Naskh ; fine Syrian hand; Mainly sans serif though small head-serifs occasionally appear; slight effect of tilt to the left; pointing in distinct dots ; extended in the horizontal with some swooping descenders., Decoration: Keywords, section headings and many notabilia (side-heads) rubricated ; overlining and textual dividers in the form of inverted commas in red; textual dividers in the form of three inverted commas in black; written area surrounded by red rule-border., Support: European laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 30-32 mm. apart, and crown-star-crescent watermark (compare Heawood 1132); burnished but not very smooth., Binding: Pasteboards covered in deep red leather; Type II binding (with flap); board linings in dark blue/indigo laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry large blind-stamped mandorla (with floral vegetable composition, compare Déroche class. OAi 10) and frame of tooled fillets; envelope flap carries blind-stamped rosette; sewn in mainly red thread, though a few quires in yellow, two stations; endbands virtually gone with only traces of primaries remaining ; In poor condition with lower cover detaching, significant abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of leather, delamination of boards, etc. ; ill-fitting (small)., Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 60. Al-Hawi al-kudsi.", Accompanying materials: Several slips carrying notes (paginated pp.79-80, pp.101-102, pp.113-114, pp.269-270, pp.393-394)., Origin: As appears in colophon on p.490, copied for himself by ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Sibāʻī al-Ḥimṣī. Transcription finished (“wa-qad waqaʻa al-farāgh min kitābatih...”) 2 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1082 [ca. 31 March 1672]., Bookplate of British Museum, London on interior of upper cover,"British Museum, London. No. 60. Al-Hawi al-kudsi." ; circular seal impression with figure of goat/gazelle in purple ink as well as inscription "97" in Western numerals on verso of first leaf of added table of contents (p.1); ownership statement on 'title page' (p.7) in name of ʻAbd al-Salām ibn Naṣūḥ (Abdüsselam b. Nasuh), qāḍī / kadı in Taraklı (Taraqli) [?], reads “This book was owned by Abd al-Salam bin Nasuh, the judge in the city of Tarakli [?]... he pardoned them” (contributions to the cataloguing from Boris Liebrenz) ; Occasional marginal corrections, glosses and notabilia., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 92
Sample Text
Fine copy of the work of Ḥanafī law most commonly attributed to Jamāl al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Nūḥ al-Qābisī al-Ghaznawī. In this manuscript the author's name is given as al-Imām Muḥammad al-Qūnawī (compare the case cited in Ḥājjī Khalīfah of a manuscript naming the author as Muḥammad al-Ghaznawī). See Isl. Ms. 553 for another ms. copy.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Sibāʻī al-Ḥimṣī, active 1672, scribe.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Tiflis Collection.
Referanslar
Ḥājjī Khalīfah. Kashf al-ẓunūn, 2/627, Brockelmann, C. GAL, I 378 ; SI 649
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase along with Abdul Hamid Collection (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
