Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 281L

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DS ID:

DS27386

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 281L

Title:

Collection of Arabic texts on Islamic inheritance law

Texts on Islamic law

Date:

1800-1899

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Note:

Copied in al-Baṣrah A.H. 1279 [A.D. 1862].
Fols. 29; 22.5 x 16 cm.; written surface 15.5-16 x 10-12.5 cm.; 11-18 lines to page; on glazed European paper; in naskhi; with catchwords.
A collection containing:
1. A work on the law of inheritance. It consists mostly of tables.
2. A commentary on a work on the same subject by Shihāb al-Dīn Abū ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Maḥmūd ibn ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, fl. before A.H. 974 [A.D. 1566/7]. See Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 4751.
3. Another short work on the same subject.
Marginal notes; MS in good condition; Arabic binding.
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic

Nineteenth century

Inheritance and succession (Islamic law)

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963585043506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7e48cf69-9d76-4bf5-9892-2a2cf4852cbd/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University