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Manuscript/Mixed Material Sharḥ al-Sanūsī ʻalá matn al-Sanūsīyah, la-hu raḥmat Allāh شرح السنوسي على متن السنوسية، له رحمة الله

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Title

  • Sharḥ al-Sanūsī ʻalá matn al-Sanūsīyah, la-hu raḥmat Allāh

Other Title

  • شرح السنوسي على متن السنوسية، له رحمة الله

Summary

  • al-Sanūsī's commentary on his own work Umm al-barāhīn fī ʻilm al-kalām on the doctrines of Islam..

Names

  • Sanūsī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, approximately 1427-approximately 1490
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1149 [1736 or 1737]

Headings

  • -  Sanūsī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf,--approximately 1427-approximately 1490.--Umm al-barāhīn fī ʻilm al-kalām
  • -  Islam--Doctrines--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; lightly polished, cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and faint armorial watermark; text enclosed within ruled border of a single red line; black ink with minimal rubrication and overlining; catchwords.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, SII, p. 353
  • -  Naskh; 19 lines in written area 15.5 x 7.3 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-55b.
  • -  "H-03054 = 3.3."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 3-003.
  • -  Binding; black half leather with black grain sides and flap; envelope binding; text block not attached to binding.
  • -  ‏Incipit: البسملة. قال الشيخ الفقيه الصالح المولى ابو عبد الله محمدبن يوسف السنوسي الحسني المالكي ... الحمد لله الواسع الجود والعطا الذي شهد بوجوب وجوده وحددايته وعظيم جلاله وجوب افتقار الكاينات كلها اليه في الارض والسمآ ...
  • -  ‏Explicit/Colophon: تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب سنة 1149.

Medium

  • 55 leaves (19 lines), paper : bound ; 21 x 14 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP165.5.S33 S26 1736

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017498218

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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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:

Sanūsī, Muḥammad Ibn Yūsuf, Approximately Approximately 1490, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Sharḥ al-Sanūsī ʻalá matn al-Sanūsīyah, la-hu raḥmat Allāh. [1736 or 1737, 1736] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017498218/.

APA citation style:

Sanūsī, M. I. Y., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. (1736) Sharḥ al-Sanūsī ʻalá matn al-Sanūsīyah, la-hu raḥmat Allāh. [1736 or 1737] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017498218/.

MLA citation style:

Sanūsī, Muḥammad Ibn Yūsuf, Approximately Approximately 1490, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Sharḥ al-Sanūsī ʻalá matn al-Sanūsīyah, la-hu raḥmat Allāh. [1736 or 1737, 1736] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2017498218/>.