Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 765

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DS ID:

DS27838

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 765

Title:

Wasāʼil al-najāh / وسائل النجاة

Texts on Islamic law

Author:

Mujāhid, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī, 1766 or 1767-1826 or 1827 / مجاهد، محمد بن علي، 1766 or 1767-1826 or 1827

Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī Mujāhid WIKIDATA

Date:

1811

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 129 leaves : paper ; 218 x 166 (146 x 99) mm bound to 218 x 170 mm

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger, per Mach and Ormsby.
Physical description: 23 lines per page; written in cramped nastaʻliq with elements of shikastah in black on blue glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Marginal damp-staining. First two and last two leaves particularly ragged, torn, and stained.
Origin: Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1226 H [November-December 1811], by Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī Aṣghar (leaf 129a).
Two owners' stamps on leaf 129a.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic

Nineteenth century

Islamic law--Interpretation and construction

New Jersey--Princeton

Shīʻah

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9961243983506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e347e3cc-9ed6-4fed-a39d-110ef5829ed8/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University