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Manuscript/Mixed Material al-Mustaqīm min al-milal al-Islāmīyah المستقيم من الملل الإسلامية

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Title

  • al-Mustaqīm min al-milal al-Islāmīyah

Other Title

  • المستقيم من الملل الإسلامية

Summary

  • Treatise on Islamic sects.

Names

  • Dawwānī, Muḥammad ibn Asʻad, 1426 or 1427-1512 or 1513
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [early 19th century?]

Headings

  • -  God (Islam)--Early works to 1800
  • -  Islamic sects--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title from fol. 1b.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Possibly written in Egypt.
  • -  Paper; heavy light cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no visible watermarks; black ink; catchwords.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, GII, p. 217
  • -  Fol. 14b-16b and 18a have extensive commentary by an unidentified author; fol. 17ab is blank.
  • -  Naskh; 17 lines in written area 16 x 8.5 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-14a.
  • -  "21. III 1246 = 3.506."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 3-506.
  • -  Binding; black half leather with black grain sides and flap; text block is not attached to binding.
  • -  Incipit: البسملة. الحمد لله رب العالمين والسلام على سيدنا محمد ولآله واصحابه الطاهرين. وبعد فان المستقيم من ملل الاسلامية والقويم من الشعب الايمانية مايشهد عليه صحيح النقل ...
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: والحمد لله الهادي للحتواتي[؟] زالحمدلله رب العامين والصلاه على مولانا محمد وآله وصحبه اجمعين، تم.

Medium

  • 18 leaves (17 lines), paper : bound ; 23.7 x 17 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP166.2 .D395 1800z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016496227

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Arabic Language Rare Materials Collection

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Chicago citation style:

Dawwānī, Muḥammad Ibn AsʻAd, 1426 Or Or 1513, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. al-Mustaqīm min al-milal al-Islāmīyah. [Early 19th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496227/.

APA citation style:

Dawwānī, M. I. A., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. al-Mustaqīm min al-milal al-Islāmīyah. [Early 19th Century?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496227/.

MLA citation style:

Dawwānī, Muḥammad Ibn AsʻAd, 1426 Or Or 1513, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. al-Mustaqīm min al-milal al-Islāmīyah. [Early 19th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496227/>.