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Manuscript/Mixed Material Matn al-Sirājīyah fī [a]l-mawārith متن السراجية في [ا]لموارث

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Title

  • Matn al-Sirājīyah fī [a]l-mawārith

Other Title

  • متن السراجية في [ا]لموارث

Summary

  • Treatise on Islamic inheritance law and the shares of an estate awarded to each of the inheritors.

Names

  • Sajāwandī, Sirāj al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, active 12th century
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1292 [1875 or 1876]

Headings

  • -  Inheritance and succession (Islamic law)--Early works to 1800
  • -  Distribution of decedents' estates (Islamic law)--Early works to 1800
  • -  Hanafites--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title from fol. 1a.
  • -  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 and overlining; 2 leaves of differnt paper in a different hand laid in at end of text ; catchwords.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, GI, p. 378.26.I
  • -  Naskh; 15 lines in written area 14 x 6.5 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-18a, 2 leaves laid in at end numbered (fol. 19-20).
  • -  "H-0728 = 4.441."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 4-441.
  • -  Binding; black half leather with black grain sides and flap; envelope binding; text block not attached to binding.
  • -  ‏Incipit: البسملة. الحمد لله حمد الشاكرين والصلوة والسلام على خير البرية محمد واله الطيبين الطاهرين. قال رسول الله ...
  • -  ‏Explicit/Colophon: تمت بعون اللع سنة 1292 الملك الوهاب.

Medium

  • 18, 2 leaves (15 lines), paper : bound ; 24.2 x 15.7 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KBP632.43.S245 A34 1875

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017481048

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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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:

Sajāwandī, Sirāj Al-Dīn Muḥammad Ibn Muḥammad, Active 12Th Century, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Matn al-Sirājīyah fī al-mawārith. [1875 or 1876, 1875] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017481048/.

APA citation style:

Sajāwandī, S. A. M. I. M., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. (1875) Matn al-Sirājīyah fī al-mawārith. [1875 or 1876] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017481048/.

MLA citation style:

Sajāwandī, Sirāj Al-Dīn Muḥammad Ibn Muḥammad, Active 12Th Century, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Matn al-Sirājīyah fī al-mawārith. [1875 or 1876, 1875] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2017481048/>.