Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 71

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DS ID:

DS27833

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 71

Title:

al-Zahrah al-bāriqah li-maʻrifat aḥwāl al-majāz wa-al-ḥaqīqah / الزهرة البارقة لمعرفة احوال المجاز والحقيقة

Texts on Islamic law

Author:

Aṣfahānī, Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Taqī, 1761 or 1762-1844 / اصفهاني، محمد باقر بن محمد تقي، 1761 or 1762-1844

Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Taqī Aṣfahānī WIKIDATA

Date:

between 1800 and 1840

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 133 leaves : paper ; 222 x 160 (146 x 84) mm bound to 222 x 162 mm

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from leaf 1b, line 9.
Physical description: 15 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq with elements of shikastah in black on glazed, laid European paper. Some of the paper is dyed blue or orange-yellow. Rubrication and catchwords. Leaves 130b-133b are blank. Some staining; edges are roughly cut.
Origin: Likely 19th century, before 1840.
Owner's stamps on leaves 1a, 1b. On leaf 1a, note dated 1256 H [1840 or 1841].

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic

Nineteenth century

Islamic law--Interpretation and construction

New Jersey--Princeton

Shīʻah

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9961244203506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/cd71b94d-a575-4cbd-8112-704b3b10eacf/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University