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Manuscript/Mixed Material Kitāb Sharḥ al-Waraqāt lil-shaykh al-imām al-ʻālim al-ʻallāmah al-ʻumdah al fahhāmah waḥīd dahrihi wa-farīd ʻaṣrihi mawlānā Shaykh al-Islām wa-al-Muslimīn nafaʻa Allāh Taʻālá [erased] bi-ʻulūmih al-Muslimīn yā rabb al-ʻālamīn كتاب شرح الورقات للشيخ الامام العالم العلامة العمدة الفهامة وحيد يهره وفريد عصره مولانا شيخ الاسلام والمسلين نفع الله تعالى [___] بعمعةه المسلين يا رب العالمين

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Title

  • Kitāb Sharḥ al-Waraqāt lil-shaykh al-imām al-ʻālim al-ʻallāmah al-ʻumdah al fahhāmah waḥīd dahrihi wa-farīd ʻaṣrihi mawlānā Shaykh al-Islām wa-al-Muslimīn nafaʻa Allāh Taʻālá [erased] bi-ʻulūmih al-Muslimīn yā rabb al-ʻālamīn

Other Title

  • كتاب شرح الورقات للشيخ الامام العالم العلامة العمدة الفهامة وحيد يهره وفريد عصره مولانا شيخ الاسلام والمسلين نفع الله تعالى [___] بعمعةه المسلين يا رب العالمين

Summary

  • Unidentified commentary on al-Waraqāt of Imām al-Ḥaramayn al-Juwaynī.

Names

  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [17th century?]

Headings

  • -  Imām al-Ḥaramayn al-Juwaynī, ʻAbd al-Malik ibn ʻAbd Allāh,--1028-1085.--Waraqāt
  • -  Islamic law--Interpretation and construction--Early works to 1800
  • -  Shafiites--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; light tan laid paper with irregular horizontal chain lines and watermark of a circle with a bar in the center with three indistinct joined letters; black ink with rubrication; catchwords.
  • -  Naskh; 15 lines in written area 16 x 11.5 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-65a; 65b-66a notes.
  • -  "H-0625 = 4.85."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 4-085.
  • -  Binding; black half leather with black grain sides and flap; envelope binding; text block not attached to binding.
  • -  Incipit: البسملة. الحمد لله المعروف الاحسان الموصوف بكل لسان الموجود قبل جميع الاشيا بلا كيف ولا اين ولا زمان ... وبعد فهذه كلمات لطيفة على الورقات المنيفة في اصول الفقه للشيخ الامام البحر الهمام عبد الملك ابي المعالى امام الحرمسن ...
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: وهذا اخر ما تيسر ايراده على هذه المقدمة مع الاعتراف بالعجز بعدم الاهلية والتقصير والتعويل في جميع اموري على فضل اللطيف الخير العلى العظيم وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم تسليما كثيرا ولا حول ولا قوة الا بالله.

Medium

  • 66 leaves (15 lines), paper : bound ; 23.5 x 16.6 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KBP440.62.I43 A39348 1600z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018371887

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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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:

Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām, Former Owner, and Mansuri Collection. Kitāb Sharḥ al-Waraqāt lil-shaykh al-imām al-ʻālim al-ʻallāmah al-ʻumdah al fahhāmah waḥīd dahrihi wa-farīd ʻaṣrihi mawlānā Shaykh al-Islām wa-al-Muslimīn nafaʻa Allāh Taʻālá erased bi-ʻulūmih al-Muslimīn yā rabb al-ʻālamīn. [17th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018371887/.

APA citation style:

Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. Kitāb Sharḥ al-Waraqāt lil-shaykh al-imām al-ʻālim al-ʻallāmah al-ʻumdah al fahhāmah waḥīd dahrihi wa-farīd ʻaṣrihi mawlānā Shaykh al-Islām wa-al-Muslimīn nafaʻa Allāh Taʻālá erased bi-ʻulūmih al-Muslimīn yā rabb al-ʻālamīn. [17th Century?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018371887/.

MLA citation style:

Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām, Former Owner, and Mansuri Collection. Kitāb Sharḥ al-Waraqāt lil-shaykh al-imām al-ʻālim al-ʻallāmah al-ʻumdah al fahhāmah waḥīd dahrihi wa-farīd ʻaṣrihi mawlānā Shaykh al-Islām wa-al-Muslimīn nafaʻa Allāh Taʻālá erased bi-ʻulūmih al-Muslimīn yā rabb al-ʻālamīn. [17th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018371887/>.