Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Third Series no. 639

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DS ID:

DS29559

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Third Series no. 639

Title:

Kitāb Lubb al-asās / / كتاب لب الاساس /

Author:

Muʼayyad Billāh, Muḥammad ibn Ismāʻīl, 1634 or 1635-1686 / مؤيد بالله، محمد بن اسماعيل، 1634 or 1635-1686

Muḥammad ibn Ismāʻīl Muʼayyad Billāh WIKIDATA

Date:

1697

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: ii, 24, ii leaves : paper ; 207 x 152 (153 x 88) mm. bound to 215 x 166 mm.

Former Owner(s):

Zabārah, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1883-1961 / زبارة، محمد بن محمد، 1883-1961

Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Zabārah WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from fol. 24a.
Ms. was possibly previously bound with Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 640, Hidāyat al-akyās ilá ʻirfān asrār Lubb al-asās, as suggested by the paper and the water stains. Additionally, according to the owner's statement on fol. 1a: "Ṣārat hādhihi al-nuskhah min Lubb al-asās wa-mā qablahu wa-mā baʻdahu fī yad ... Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyá Zabārah ... fī Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1359." A...
Physical description: 19-20 lines per page; written in indifferent naskh script in black on beige glazed, laid European paper. Catchwords; a few marginal notes. Headings in larger script. Some damp staining in inner margin.
Origin: Copy completed on 10 Rajab 1108 AH (2 February 1697) (fol. 24a).
Two owners' statements: one dated 1214 H. [1799 or 1800]; the second by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyá Zabārah (d. 1961) dated Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1359 H. [April 1940] (fol. 1a).

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic

Seventeenth century

Zaydīyah--Doctrines

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9951667463506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/dd552a79-0a5e-4a3a-a777-d558060c095d/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University