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Manuscript/Mixed Material Risālah fī mīzān yawm al-qiyāmah رسالة في ميزان يوم القيامة / Mīzān yawm al-qiyāmah

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Title

  • Risālah fī mīzān yawm al-qiyāmah

Other Title

  • رسالة في ميزان يوم القيامة
  • Mīzān yawm al-qiyāmah

Summary

  • Brief treatise on the Islamic doctrine of the resurrection.

Names

  • Ṣayrāfī, Aḥmad ibn Ṣadaqah ibn Aḥmad, 1426-1500
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [17th century?]

Headings

  • -  Resurrection (Islam)
  • -  Islamic eschatology
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title from cover.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Place of writing not determined.
  • -  Paper; thick, unpolished, dark cream color paper with vertical chain lines and watermark of three crescent moons in a row in descending order of size; black ink with rubrication, catchwords.
  • -  Naskh; 23 lines in written area 14.5 x 7.5 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-20a.
  • -  "18. III 1082 = 3.340."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 3-340.
  • -  Binding; black quarter leather with black grain sides; former owner's name in lower right corner of cover.
  • -  Incipit: البسملة. قال الشيخ الامام العالل القدوة المحقق شيخ الفقهاء والتدريس شهاب الدين ابو العباس احمد بن فتح الدين صدقة بن احمد بن حسن الصيرفي الشافعي ...
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: وختمت لاالصالحات اعماله فانه خير المسؤلين وخير المعطين وارحم الراحمين والحمد لله رب العالمين وصلاته وسلامه على خلقه محمد واله وصحبه وسلم وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل.

Medium

  • 20 leaves (23 lines), paper : bound ; 17 x 12 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP166.83 .S29 1600z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016496922

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:

Ṣayrāfī, Aḥmad Ibn Ṣadaqah Ibn Aḥmad, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Risālah Fī Mīzān Yawm Al-Qiyāmah. [17th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496922/.

APA citation style:

Ṣayrāfī, A. I. Ṣ. I. A., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. Risālah Fī Mīzān Yawm Al-Qiyāmah. [17th Century?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496922/.

MLA citation style:

Ṣayrāfī, Aḥmad Ibn Ṣadaqah Ibn Aḥmad, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Risālah Fī Mīzān Yawm Al-Qiyāmah. [17th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496922/>.