Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 240

Metadata

DS ID:

DS13555

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 240

Title:

Aḥkām al-aʻwām

Author:

Bukhārī, ʻAlī Shāh ibn Muḥammad, active 13th century / بخارى، على شاه بن محمد، active 13th century

ʻAlī Shāh ibn Muḥammad Bukhārī WIKIDATA

Place:

India

India TGN

Date:

16--?

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 216 leaves : paper ; 246 x 127 (190 x 75) mm. bound to 247 x 132 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from fol. 4b.
On front cover: Label reading "209" in Arabic script.
On spine: Label reading "Aḥkām al-aʻwām 190" in Arabic script.
Physical description: 15 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Headings in red; catchwords. Some insect damage and paper repairs, particularly at beginning and end of text block. Marginal damp staining toward end of text block. Fol. 1b-2b, 199-200, 202-210, 213-216 blank; these pages appear to be replacements for the original leaves. Lacunae in text...
Origin: No colophon, but ms. appears to have been copied in India in the 17th century.
Owner's statements on fol. 3a dated 10 Muḥarram 1124 H. [18 February 1712], Shawwāl 1124 H. [November 1712], and Rabī II 1305 H. [December 1887].

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Persian

Astrology, Arab

Astronomy, Arab

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9965809153506421

Holding Institution:

Princeton University