Extent: 1 + iii, 59, ii + 1 leaves : paper ; 215 x 170 (150 x 120) mm. bound to 215 x 175 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from fol. 1a and 58a. Physical description: 18 lines per page. Written in thick round naskh(?) in black ink with use of red. Annotations on the margins and between the lines, and on slips of paper pasted between the original leaves. Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals (counts a slip of paper placed after fol. 44 as fol. 45). One of the slips with annotations is a re-used letter (originally between fol. 19 and 20, now shelved separately). See M. Kemper, Shikhsaidov, A., Tagirova, N. The Library of Imam Shamil, Princeton University Library Chronicle, vol. LXIV (2002), p. 139, n. 40. Note mentioning the birth of a son called Muḥammad for Mullā Muḥammad, "rāqim al-ḥurūf", on 19 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1188 [Jan. 21, 1775] (fol. 60a, margin). Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "ʻUlūm al-dīn(?) 11". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "302/2 Ḥāʼ". Origin: Text 1 copied for Mull[ā] Muḥammad al-ṬLQī in 1182 H. [1768 or 9] (long colophon, fol. 57b). Apparently from the same group as the manuscripts from the entourage of Imām Shamīl. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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