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Manuscript/Mixed Material Fawāʼid al-fatāwá فوائد الفتاوى

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About this Item

Title

  • Fawāʼid al-fatāwá

Other Title

  • فوائد الفتاوى

Summary

  • Collection of fatwas compiled by and unknown author.

Names

  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Jumādá al-ākhir 1167 [April 1754]

Headings

  • -  Fatwas--Early works to 1800
  • -  Islamic law--Early works to 1800
  • -  Islam--Customs and practices--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title from fol. 1b.
  • -  Written by Ḥāfiẓ ʻAbduh ibn Muṣṭafá.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Place of writing not determined.
  • -  Paper; cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrication; catchwords.
  • -  Naskh; 23 lines in written area 15.5 x 6.5 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-132a.
  • -  "36. IV 2059 = 4.416."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 4-416.
  • -  Binding; black half leather with black grain sides; former owner's name at base of spine.
  • -  Incipit: البسملة. الحمد لله الغني التواب المنزه عا اللغو والالقاب الكاشف قلوب العاشقين
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: تمت الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب في اواخر جمادى الآخر المظفر من شهور سنة سبع وستين ومائة والف على يد الفقير المحتاج الى رحمة ربه حافظ عبده بن مصطفى ...

Medium

  • 132 leaves (23 lines), paper : bound ; 21.5 x 13.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KBP494.25 .F39 1754

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016496251

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Arabic Language Rare Materials Collection are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

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:

Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām, Former Owner, and Mansuri Collection. Fawāʼid Al-Fatāwá. [Jumādá al-ākhir 54, 1167] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496251/.

APA citation style:

Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. (1167) Fawāʼid Al-Fatāwá. [Jumādá al-ākhir 54] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496251/.

MLA citation style:

Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām, Former Owner, and Mansuri Collection. Fawāʼid Al-Fatāwá. [Jumādá al-ākhir 54, 1167] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496251/>.