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Manuscript/Mixed Material Abū al-Muntahá li-sharḥ al-ʻAqāyid ابو المنتهى لشرح العقايد / Sharḥ al-Fiqh al-akbar li-Abī Ḥanīfah

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Title

  • Abū al-Muntahá li-sharḥ al-ʻAqāyid

Other Title

  • ابو المنتهى لشرح العقايد
  • Sharḥ al-Fiqh al-akbar li-Abī Ḥanīfah

Summary

  • Commentary on Abū Ḥanīfah's Fiqh al-akbar.

Names

  • Maghnīsāwī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, -1591 or 1592
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [18th century?]

Headings

  • -  Abū Ḥanīfah,---767 or 768.--Fiqh al-akbar
  • -  Islamic law--Early works to 1800
  • -  Hanafites--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Caption title.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Place of writing not determined.
  • -  Paper; thin, cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and a watermark of indistinct initials forming the base of an anchor shaped design topped by a trefoil; black ink with rubrication; catchwords.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, GI, p. 170.I.5
  • -  Naskh; 21 lines in written area 14 x 6.7 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-31b; fol. 32b-34a has notes in various hands.
  • -  "1. III 937 = 3.195."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 3-195.
  • -  Binding; black quarter leather with black grain sides; former owner's name in lower right corner of cover.
  • -  Incipit: البسملة. الحمد لله الذي هدانا الى طريق السنة والجماعة بفضله العظيم، والصلوة والسلام على رسوله وحبيبه محمد الذي كان على خلق عظيم وعلى اله الراغبين الى صراط المستقيم.
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: قوله لا الاه الا الله تفسيره اعلموا انه واحد لا شريك له معناه اخصلوا صلوكم لوجه الله تعالى ما هو واحد لا سواه تعالى تمت المسائل.

Medium

  • 34 leaves (21 lines), paper : bound ; 20 x 15 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KBP300.A272 A3436 1700z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016496547

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

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:

Maghnīsāwī, Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad, -1591 Or 1592, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Abū al-Muntahá li-sharḥ al-ʻAqāyid. [18th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496547/.

APA citation style:

Maghnīsāwī, A. I. M., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. Abū al-Muntahá li-sharḥ al-ʻAqāyid. [18th Century?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496547/.

MLA citation style:

Maghnīsāwī, Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad, -1591 Or 1592, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Abū al-Muntahá li-sharḥ al-ʻAqāyid. [18th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496547/>.