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Manuscript/Mixed Material al-Muntakhab al-Ḥusāmī المنتخب الحسامي /

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Title

  • al-Muntakhab al-Ḥusāmī

Other Title

  • المنتخب الحسامي /

Summary

  • al-Akhsīkathī's abridgement of his own work al-Husāmī.

Names

  • Akhsīkathī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, -1247
  • Ṭawīl, Muḥammad Aḥmad, scribe
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 25 Ramaḍān 1348 [3 July 1929]

Headings

  • -  Islamic law--Interpretation and construction--Early works to 1800
  • -  Hanafites--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title from fol. 1a.
  • -  Written by Mụhammad Aḥmad al-Ṭawīl.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, GI, p. 381
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Written in Egypt.
  • -  Paper; modern, light cream color commercial laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no visible watermarks; balck ink with rubrication; catchwords.
  • -  Naskh; 19 lines in written area 18.5 x 9.5 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-38b.
  • -  "H-0603 = 4.5."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 4-005.
  • -  Binding; black half leather with black grain sides and flap; envelope binding; text block not attached to binding.
  • -  ‏Incipit: البسملة. اما بعد حمد لله على نواله والصلاة على رسوله محمد وآله فان اصول الشرع ثلاثة الكتاب السنة واجماع الامة والاصول الرابع القياس ...
  • -  ‏Explicit/Colophon: وكان الفراغ من نسخ هذا الكتاب في يوم الاثنين الموفق خمسة وعشرين من شهر رمضان سنة الف وثلاثماية وثمانية واربعين الهجرة النبوية على صاحبها افضل الصلاة وازكى التحية على يد كاتبه راجي عفو الجليل محمد احمد الطويل. تم الكتاب وانقضى وفعلنا الذي وجب فغفر الله لمن قرأ ودعا للدي كتب وهذا الكتاب ملك العالم الفاضل الشيخ محمود الامام المنصوري احد علماء الازهر الشريف.

Medium

  • 38 leaves (19 lines), paper : bound ; 25.8 x 19.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KBP440.43.A39 A36 1929

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017481143

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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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:

Akhsīkathī, Muḥammad Ibn Muḥammad, -1247, Muḥammad Aḥmad Ṭawīl, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. al-Muntakhab al-Ḥusāmī. [25 Ramaḍān 3 July 1929, 1929] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017481143/.

APA citation style:

Akhsīkathī, M. I. M., Ṭawīl, M. A., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. (1929) al-Muntakhab al-Ḥusāmī. [25 Ramaḍān 3 July 1929] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017481143/.

MLA citation style:

Akhsīkathī, Muḥammad Ibn Muḥammad, -1247, et al. al-Muntakhab al-Ḥusāmī. [25 Ramaḍān 3 July 1929, 1929] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2017481143/>.