Top of page

Notice
Monday, January 26, 2026: Due to inclement weather, all Library of Congress buildings are closed to the public.

Manuscript/Mixed Material Minhāj al-wuṣūl ilá maqāṣid al-uṣūl منهج الوصول الى مقاصد الاصول / Title on fol. 1a: Mukhtaṣar sharḥ Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī ʻalá Jamʻ al-jawāmiʻ

View 58 images in sequence.

About this Item

Title

  • Minhāj al-wuṣūl ilá maqāṣid al-uṣūl

Other Title

  • منهج الوصول الى مقاصد الاصول
  • Title on fol. 1a: Mukhtaṣar sharḥ Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī ʻalá Jamʻ al-jawāmiʻ

Summary

  • Maḥallī's abridgement of his commentary on al-Subkī's Jamʻ al-jawāmiʻ on Shāfiʻī uṣūl al-fiqh.

Names

  • Maḥallī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1389-1459
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 4 Rabīʻ al-akhir 1287 [4 July 1870]

Headings

  • -  Maḥallī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad,--1389-1459.--Badr al-ṭāliʻ fī ḥall Jamʻ al-jawāmiʻ
  • -  Subkī, Tāj al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʻAlī,--approximately 1327-1370.--Jamʻ al-jawāmiʻ fī al-uṣūl
  • -  Islamic law--Interpretation and construction
  • -  Shafiites
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title from fol. 1b.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Place of writing not determined.
  • -  Paper; cream to light tan color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and watermark of a crescent moon with a human face in a lozenge shaped shield and the countermark "Andrea Galvani, Pordenone" in script; black ink with rubrication; catchwords.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, GII, p. 89; S II, p. 105.
  • -  Naskh; 25 lines in written area 18 x 11 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-26b.
  • -  "32. IV 1783 = 4.140."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 4-140.
  • -  Binding; black half leather with black grain sides and flap; envelope binding; text block not attached to binding.
  • -  Incipit: البسملة. الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلوة والتسليم على اشرف المرسلين محمد واله وصحبه اجمعين. وبعد فهذا كتاب لخعت فيه مقاصد شرح جمع الجوامع ... وسميته بمنهاج الوصول الي مقاصد الاصول ...
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: ... وليكن ذلك اخر الكتاب والحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه وسلم. تمت يوم السبت 4 من ربيع الاخر سنة 1287 من الهجرة النبوية.

Medium

  • 26 leaves (25 lines), paper : bound ; 23 x 16.7 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KBP440.62.S83 A3632 1870

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016496723

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

More about Copyright and other Restrictions

For guidance about compiling full citations consult Citing Primary Sources.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Maḥallī, Jalāl Al-Dīn Muḥammad Ibn Aḥmad, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Minhāj Al-Wuṣūl Ilá Maqāṣid Al-Uṣūl. [4 Rabīʻ al-akhir 4 July 1870, 1287] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496723/.

APA citation style:

Maḥallī, J. A. M. I. A., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. (1287) Minhāj Al-Wuṣūl Ilá Maqāṣid Al-Uṣūl. [4 Rabīʻ al-akhir 4 July 1870] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496723/.

MLA citation style:

Maḥallī, Jalāl Al-Dīn Muḥammad Ibn Aḥmad, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Minhāj Al-Wuṣūl Ilá Maqāṣid Al-Uṣūl. [4 Rabīʻ al-akhir 4 July 1870, 1287] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496723/>.