Extent: 2 v. (217 + 230) leaves: paper ; 265 x 180 mm. bound to 270 x 190 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from vol. 1, fol. 3a (in the hand of Nūḥādī Zade, see provenance note). The same title appears on vol. 2, fol. 3a. Incipit: الحمد لله خالق الارواح والاجسام وجاعل النور والظلام ... قال الشيخ الامام الزاهد البارع فقيه الامة ظهير الشريعة محي السنة مقتدى الانام بقية الاسلاف كريم الاطراف افتخار الملة والدين ركن الاسلام فى العالمين طاهر بن احمد بن عبد الرشيد البخارى نوّر الله تربته واعلى فى الجنان رتبته قد عرفتم اخوانى ايّدكم الله تعالى ان العلوم كثيرة والاعمار قصيرة Explicit: قال رضى الله عنه كانه اخذ بقول ابى حنيفة ... فان اخضر فى تلك المدة قضى له والا ابطل شفقته والله تعالى اعلم بالصواب Physical description: vol. 1 is written in small naskh with elements of taʻlīq in black ink with use of red for headings, overlining and re-inking, 27 lines per page (205 x 125 mm.), on European(?) paper. Vol. 2 is written in medium small square naskh in black ink with use of red, 29 lines per page (200 x 120 mm.), on thick soft cream paper, with laid lines and pulp visible, frame-ruled... Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover of each volume, reading respectively: "Thānī 275" and "Thānī 276". Origin: Copy of vol. 2 completed on 2 Shaʻbān 86?7 [April 22, 1463] (colophon, vol. 2, fol. 229b). The fist vol. appears to be from a later date. From the books of Aḥmad Nūr al-Dīn, known as Nūḥādī Zade (ownership statement, vol. 1, fol. 3a ; vol. 2, fol. 3a). Ownership statement in the name of Qāsim al-ʻUlwānī on vol. 2, fol. 3a. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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