Princeton University, Islamic manuscripts Garrett no. 43B

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DS ID:

DS28153

Shelfmark:

Islamic manuscripts Garrett no. 43B

Title:

Kitāb al-Milal wa-al-niḥal / كتاب الملل والنحل

Milal wa-al-niḥal

Author:

Shahrastānī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm, 1086?-1153 / شهرستاني، محمد بن عبد الكريم

Al-Shahrastani WIKIDATA

Place:

Jerusalem

Jerusalem TGN

Date:

1734

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: i, 148, i leaves: paper ; 202 x 135 (150 x 80) mm. bound to 140 x 210 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title and name of author supplied by cataloger.
Physical description: 25 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red for headings. European paper with watermark. According to the foliation in Arabic numerals and to the catchwords, several fol. missing between fol. 2 and 3. Worm-eaten. Fol. 25-42 extremely fragile (worm-eaten and dampness damaged).
Two spine labels (vertical), reading respectively: "Anwāʻ al-diyānāt wa-falsafah" (in Arabic script), and "43" (in Arabic and Western numerals).
Origin: Copy completed in the Masjid al-Aqsá on Saturday 10 Muḥarram 1147 [June 12, 1734] by ʻAbd al-Muʻṭī ibn Muḥyī al-Dīn al-Khalīlī, khādim niʻāl al-ʻulamāʼ in Bayt al-Muqaddas (colophon, fol. 147b).
Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, 1925, from the books of Murād Bey al-Bārūdī (Beirut).

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic

Middle East--Jerusalem

Eighteenth century

Masjid al-Aqṣá (Jerusalem)

New Jersey--Princeton

Philosophy, Arab

Eleventh century

Islamic sects

Early works

Religions

Twelfth century

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9952741803506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7866cd9d-ea61-47a5-9e5a-71e4afff3d84/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University