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كشف المنار
Kashf al-Manār.
Author
Nasafī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad, -1310
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نسفي، عبد الله بن احمد
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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/Created
[1435]
Description
ii, 183, ii leaves: paper ; 264 x 180 (200 x 130) mm.
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Special Collections - Manuscripts
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 64Y
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Subject(s)
Nasafī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad -1310
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Manār al-anwār
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Islamic law
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Interpretation and construction
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Hanafites
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Manuscripts, Arabic
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New Jersey
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Princeton
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Summary note
Commentary by the author on his Manār al-anwār fī uṣūl al-fiqh. See note on the text on fol. 1a.
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from inscription on fol. 1a. The same title appears on the lower edge of the text block.
25 lines per page. Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals (omits a fol. between fol. 70 and 71).
Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "Uṣūl thānī 46". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "Ḥ 566".
Copy completed by Aḥmad ibn Zakaryā al-KRSfī(?) on Wednesday 1 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 838 (colophon, fol. 182b).
Collation: Paper, fol. ii, 183, ii ; i (marbled paper free endleaf), i (endleaf on glazed European paper with watermark) + 1¹⁰ (-1 before fol. 1?) 2-18¹⁰ 19⁴ + i (endleaf on glazed European paper with watermark), i (marbled paper free endleaf).
Incipit: احمد الله ذا الحجة الباهرة والعزة القاهرة على نعمه العظام ... قال مولانا ... ابو البركات عبد الله ابن احمد بن محمود النسفى ... لما رايت الهمم مايلة الى علم اصول الفقه
Explicit: ليس كذلك فهو مؤمن والجواب ان معناه انما الكاملو الايمان والله اعلم والحمد لله على التمام
Binding note
Upper and lower covers, fore-edge flap and envelope flap made of turquoise leather. Covers and envelope flap have a similar silver decoration. Marbled paper pastedowns and free endleaf.
Provenance
Ownership statement signed Nūḥādīʹzādah Aḥmad Nūr al-Dīn on fol. 1a. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
Source acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Mach, R. Yahuda, 896
Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 250/cmt. 1b
Brockelmann, C. GAL, SII, 263
Other format(s)
Microfilm negative available for reproduction.
Also available in an electronic version.
OCLC
77562993
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