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Manuscript/Mixed Material Tabyīn al-maḥārim تبيين المحارم /

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About this Item

Title

  • Tabyīn al-maḥārim

Other Title

  • تبيين المحارم /

Summary

  • Treatise on sinful and prohibited acts in Islamic law.

Names

  • Amāsī, Yūsuf ibn ʻAbd Allāh, -1591 or 1592
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [18th century]

Headings

  • -  Islamic law--Early works to 1800
  • -  Hanafites--Early works to 1800
  • -  Sin--Islam--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title from spine.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Place of writing not determined.
  • -  Paper; polished, cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrication; final leaf in a different hand inserted.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, SII, p. 452
  • -  Naskh; 21 lines in written area 16 x 7 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-287a.
  • -  "35. IV 2006 = 4.362."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 4-362.
  • -  Binding; black quarter leather with black grain sides; former owner's name at base of spine.
  • -  Incipit: البسملة. الحمد لله الذي انزل علينا كتابا احمت اتاته ثم فصلت من لدنه تفصيلا ونور قلوبنا وشرح به صدورنا ...
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: ... عن الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم انه امر بذلك كذا فان فاضخان نقل من تبيين المحارم في باب البيع المذكور في اخره.

Medium

  • 287 leaves (21 lines), paper : bound ; 21 x 15.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KBP300.A53 A38 1700z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016496423

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:

Amāsī, Yūsuf Ibn ʻAbd Allāh, -1591 Or 1592, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Tabyīn Al-Maḥārim. [18th Century] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496423/.

APA citation style:

Amāsī, Y. I. ʻ. A., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. Tabyīn Al-Maḥārim. [18th Century] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496423/.

MLA citation style:

Amāsī, Yūsuf Ibn ʻAbd Allāh, -1591 Or 1592, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Tabyīn Al-Maḥārim. [18th Century] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496423/>.