Arabic MS 81 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
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A treatise on Maliki fiqh by Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī
Title: الرسالة في مذهب الامام مالكTitle: A Treatise on Maliki JurisprudenceIncipit: قال ابو محمد عبد الله بن ابي زيد القيرواني الحمد الله الذي ابتدا الانسان بنعمته وصوره في الارحام بحكمته ... اما بعد اعاننا الله واياك على رعاية ودايعه ... فانك سالتني ان اكتب لك جملة مختصرة من واجب امور الديانات ... على مذهب مالك بن انس رحمه الله وطريقتهExplicit: اسئل الله ان ينفعنا واياك بما علمنا ويعيننا واياك على القيام بحقه فيما كلفنا ولا حول ولا قوة الخLanguage(s): ArabicReferences
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 193 [81]Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: PaperExtent: 117 foliosDimensions (leaf): 195 × 148 mm.Layout
1 column, 13 written lines
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Naskh
History
Origin: circa 1570 AHProvenance and Acquisition
Formerly part of the collection of the Persian scholar Nathaniel Bland (1803-1865). Bland’s oriental manuscripts were sold through Bernard Quaritch in 1866 to Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford.
Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands in 1901 from James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, for the John Rylands Library.
Record Sources
Catalogue information compiled by Abdullah al-Rashidi from Alphonse Mingana, Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester University Press, 1934.Availability
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