مفاتيح الشرائع.

Mafātīḥ al-sharāʼiʻ.

Author
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
  • Dāmghān, [1697]
  • دامغان، [1697]
Description
246 leaves : paper ; 234 x 179 (173 x 120) mm bound to 234 x 186 mm

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    Summary note
    Treatise on Shiʻite law.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title from leaf 2b, line 20.
    • Physical description: 21 lines per page; written in neat naskh on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords; marginal notes. Damp staining, mainly marginal; a few repairs.
    • Origin: Work completed 1042 H [1632 or 1633]; this copy, 16 Rabīʻ II 1109 H [1 November 1697] in Dāmghān, by Ibn Ḥājjī Muḥammad Riḍā Muḥammad Ṣādiq al-Dāmghānī (leaf 246b).
    • Incipit: الحمد لله الذي هدانا لدين الاسلام و سن لنا الشرايع والاحكام
    Binding note
    Full brown leather with blind-stamped central mandorla and pendants and blind-tooled fillets; yellow paper doublures.
    Language note
    Arabic.
    Provenance
    Owner's stamps and notes on leaves 1a, 1b; one note is dated 1 Jumādá II 1339 H [10 February 1921] by Muḥammad Bāqir al-Ḥusaynī Baḥr al-ʻUlūm.
    References
    • Mach, R. & Ormsby, E.L. Handlist of Arabic manuscripts (New Series), no. 615
    • Brockelmann, C. GAL, SII, 584 (no. 3)
    Other format(s)
    Also available in an electronic version.
    OCLC
    857230433
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