C. 18 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: مفاتح الشرايع An Arabic treatise on Jurisprudence (fig) entitled Mafátibu'sh-Sharay by
Muḥammad ibn Murtadà, better known as Mullá Muḥsin-i-Fayd. This MS. would
appear to be an autograph, for the colophon (f. 199a) runs: هذا اتمام المفاتح وهو تاريخ اتمامها (۱۰۴۲) وفرغ منه مؤلّفه العبد الضعيف المسكين المستكين
محمد بن مرتضى المدعو بمُحْسِن احسن الله حاله وجعل الى الرفيق الاعلى ماله والحمد لله اولا واخرا In effect, the words Itmámu'l-Mafátiḥ give A.H. 1042 (A.D. 1632-3) as the date
of composition, which was also the date of transcription, and it seems clear that this
MS. is actually the autograph of the author, whose biography is given in the
Rawdátu'l-Jannát, pp. 542-549, and No. 76 in the Qişaşu'l- Ulamá Brockelmann's notice of him (11, 406) is very inadequate. It occupies only three lines and only one
of his works is mentioned. He died in
1091/1680, aged about 84, wrote numerous works both in Arabic and Persian, and
was the favourite pupil and son-in-law of the great philosopher Mullá Şadrá of
Shiraz. The present work, which is mentioned in the Rawdatu'l-Jannat (p. 545)
begins: الحمد لله الذي هدانا لدين الاسلام وسنّ لنا الشرايع والاحكام الخ
Muḥammad ibn Murtadà, better known as Mullá Muḥsin-i-Fayd. This MS. would
appear to be an autograph, for the colophon (f. 199a) runs: هذا اتمام المفاتح وهو تاريخ اتمامها (۱۰۴۲) وفرغ منه مؤلّفه العبد الضعيف المسكين المستكين
محمد بن مرتضى المدعو بمُحْسِن احسن الله حاله وجعل الى الرفيق الاعلى ماله والحمد لله اولا واخرا In effect, the words Itmámu'l-Mafátiḥ give A.H. 1042 (A.D. 1632-3) as the date
of composition, which was also the date of transcription, and it seems clear that this
MS. is actually the autograph of the author, whose biography is given in the
Rawdátu'l-Jannát, pp. 542-549, and No. 76 in the Qişaşu'l- Ulamá Brockelmann's notice of him (11, 406) is very inadequate. It occupies only three lines and only one
of his works is mentioned. He died in
1091/1680, aged about 84, wrote numerous works both in Arabic and Persian, and
was the favourite pupil and son-in-law of the great philosopher Mullá Şadrá of
Shiraz. The present work, which is mentioned in the Rawdatu'l-Jannat (p. 545)
begins: الحمد لله الذي هدانا لدين الاسلام وسنّ لنا الشرايع والاحكام الخ
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 199
Dimensions: 20.3 × 13.8 cm.
Layout
23 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a small and ungraceful but scholarly ta'liq with rubrications and numerous marginal notes and glosses.
History
Origin: 1042 AH; 1632-33 CE
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
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