Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 270L

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DS ID:

DS27372

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 270L

Title:

Collection of Arabic texts

Arabic texts

Date:

1500-1599

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Note:

Fols. 78; 17.5 x 13 cm.; written surface 12-15 x 9-10.5 cm.; 15-17 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; with catchwords; entries in red.
A collection containing:
1. A fragment of Euclidʼs geometry. The fragment is probably from XVIth century.
2. [al-Kifāyah fī al-farāʼiḍ], a work on the law of inheritance by Ibn al-Faḍl ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ʻAlī ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz [al-Ushnūhī], fl. ca. A.H. 505 [A.D. 1111]. Cf. ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), IV, p. 397; Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 4689. Probably from XVIth century.
3. A fragmentary work on the law of inheritance. Probably from the XVIIth century.
Marginal notes. MS in fair condition; Arabic leather binding.
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1904.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic

Sixteenth century

Inheritance and succession (Islamic law)

Early works

Geometry

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963585053506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/142e7f26-5d2b-4175-a2db-1f133a62aaec/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University