glossary of islamic legal terminology, walters art museum ms. w.590
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This is a manuscript copy of al-Miṣbāḥ al-munīr fī gharīb al-Sharḥ al-Kabīr by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Muqrī al-Fayyūmī (d. ca. 770 AH / 1368 CE). It is a dictionary of Islamic legal terms that was originally written as a gloss on the commentary of ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Rāfiʿī (d. 623 AH / 1226 CE) on al-Wajīz fī al-furūʿ by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazzālī (d. 505 AH / 1111 CE), entitled Fatḥ al-ʿazīz ʿalá kitāb al-Wajīz. The manuscript was copied by the shi`ite scribe ʿAlī ibn Muḥibb ʿAlī in 1083 AH / 1673 CE in Iran. The text was later collated with three other manuscripts in Mecca in 1166 AH / 1752 CE by Muḥammad al-Aṭrābazundī. The light brown goatskin binding with gold-tooled oval central medallion, pendants, and cornerpieces is contemporary with the manuscript.TRANSCRIPT
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcodePublished 2009
The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles StreetBaltimore, Maryland
21201http://www.thewalters.org/
This document is a digital facsimile of a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum, inBaltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscripts that have beendigitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities,and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts atthe Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. Forfurther information about this book, and online resources for Walters manuscripts, please contactus through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message to be directed to the Departmentof Manuscripts.
NOTE: The pages in this book are ordered from right to left. This means that to view the pages inorder, you should go the last page of the document and read what would be from “back-to-front”for a Western manuscript.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcodePublished 2009
The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles StreetBaltimore, Maryland
21201http://www.thewalters.org/
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Decoration note: Headpiece; red double-line rulings
Decoration Upper board outside:Title: BindingForm: BindingLabel: This light brown goatskin binding with flapis contemporary with the manuscript and is decoratedwith gold-tooled oval central medallion, pendants, andcornerpieces.
fol. 1 b:Title: Alphabetical table of contentsForm: Text page; table of contentsText: Table of contentsLabel: This alphabetical table of contents precedes thetitle page. It is written in red ink for the chapters andblack ink for the folio numbers.
fol. 147a:Title: Colophon with later notationsForm: ColophonLabel: The colophon on this page gives the name of thescribe as ʿAlī ibn Muḥibb ʿAlī and the date of copyingas 1083 AH / 1673 CE. Later notations were written byMuḥammad al-Aṭrābazundī in Makkah (Mecca) in themonth of Shaʿbān in the year 1166 AH / 1752 CE.
Provenance Muḥammad Afandī Ṭarābizānī (fol. 2a)
Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Kādharūnī (fol. 2a)
Ismāʿīl al-Sayyid ʿAṭāʾ Allāh al-Mālikī al-Ḥusaynī, 1113AH / 1701 CE, plus seal (fol. 2a)
Binding The binding is not original.
Contemporary with manuscript; light brown goatskin (withflap); gold-tooled oval central medallion, pendants, andcornerpieces; pastedowns of colored paper
Bibliography Brockelmann, Carl. Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur(New York; Koln: E.J. Brill, 1996), 2:31; S2:20.
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Genre Legal
Language The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.
Colophon 147a:Transliteration: tamma al-kitāb al-mubārak bi-ḥamd Allāhtaʿalá /1/ wa-ʿawnih wa-ḥusn tawfīqih ʿalyad afqar ʿibādAllāh wa-aḥwajihim ilá maghfiratih ʿAlī Ibn Muḥibbʿalī /2/ghafara Allāh lahu wa-li-wālidayhi wa-mashāyikhih wa-jamīʿ al-muslimīn /3/ ghurrat shahr Dhī al-Qaʿdah sanat /4/tal<ā>th wa-thamānīn wa-alf aḥsana Allāh /5/ ʿāqibatahahābi-khayr bi-Muḥammad wa-<ā>alih amīn amīn /6/ yā Rabbal-ʿālamīn /7/Comment: Colophon gives the name of the scribe and thedate of copying
Support material Paper
Laid paper
Extent Foliation: i+148Earlier foliation in Hindu-Arabic numerals ending on fol.146
Collation Catchwords: Written obliquely on versos
Dimensions 16.0 cm wide by 28.0 cm high
Written surface 12.5 cm wide by 24.5 cm high
Layout Columns: 1Ruled lines: 39
Contents fols. 1b - 147b:Title: Al-Miṣbāḥ al-munīr fī gharīb al-Sharḥ al-KabīrIncipit:
Text note: Present copy was collated with threeother copies by Muḥammad al-Aṭrābazundī in Makkah(Mecca), mid Shaʿbān 1166 AH / 1752 CE (see fol.147a); title page is preceded by an alphabetical table ofcontents (fol. 1b)Hand note: Written in black and red naskh
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Shelf mark Walters Art Museum Ms. W.590
Descriptive Title Glossary of Islamic legal terminology
Text title Al-Miṣbāḥ al-munīr fī gharīb al-Sharḥ al-KabīrVernacular:
Note: Title appears on fol. 2b; originally written as a glosson the commentary of ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Rāfiʿī (d. 623 AH /1226 CE) on al-Wajīz fī al-furūʿ by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammadibn Muḥammad al-Ghazzālī (d. 505 AH / 1111 CE), entitledFatḥ al-ʿazīz ʿalá kitāb al-Wajīz
Author As-written name: Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Muqrīal-FayyūmīName, in vernacular:
Abstract This is a manuscript copy of al-Miṣbāḥ al-munīr fī gharībal-Sharḥ al-Kabīr by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Muqrī al-Fayyūmī (d. ca. 770 AH / 1368 CE). It is a dictionary ofIslamic legal terms that was originally written as a gloss onthe commentary of ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Rāfiʿī (d. 623 AH /1226 CE) on al-Wajīz fī al-furūʿ by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammadibn Muḥammad al-Ghazzālī (d. 505 AH / 1111 CE), entitledFatḥ al-ʿazīz ʿalá kitāb al-Wajīz. The manuscript was copiedby the shi`ite scribe ʿAlī ibn Muḥibb ʿAlī in 1083 AH /1673 CE in Iran. The text was later collated with three othermanuscripts in Mecca in 1166 AH / 1752 CE by Muḥammadal-Aṭrābazundī. The light brown goatskin binding with gold-tooled oval central medallion, pendants, and cornerpieces iscontemporary with the manuscript.
Date 1st Dhū al-Qaʿdah 1083 AH / 1673 CE
Origin Iran
Scribe As-written name: ʿAlī ibn Muḥibb ʿAlīName, in vernacular:
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This document is a digital facsimile of a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum, inBaltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscripts that have beendigitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities,and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts atthe Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. Forfurther information about this book, and online resources for Walters manuscripts, please contactus through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message to be directed to the Departmentof Manuscripts.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcodePublished 2011
A digital facsimile of Walters Ms. W.590, Glossary of Islamic legal terminologyTitle: Al-Miṣbāḥ al-munīr fī gharīb al-Sharḥ al-Kabīr
Published by: The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201
http://www.thewalters.org/