ms. 47840 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)
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Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Wiqāyat al-riwāyah fī masāʾil al-hidāyah by Burhān al-Sharīʻah, Maḥmūd ibn ʻUbayd Allāh, d. 1274 or 5
Abridgement of al-Marghīnānī's al-Hidāyah fī sharḥ al-bidāyah. Covered with marginal and interlinear glosses
Incipit: حمد من جعل العلم اجل المواهب الهنية واسناها واعلى المراتب السنية واسماها ... وبعد فان الولد الاعز عبيد الله صرف الله ايامه ... لما فرغ من حفظ الكتب الادبية وتحقيق لطايف الفضل ونكت العربية احببت ... ان يحفظ فى علم الاحكام كتابا رايعا
Colophon: خضر بن علی...النکبساری...عند هجرته خمیس خامس عشر ربیع الاخر سنه ثمان و خمسین وسبع مایه
Language(s): Arabic
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 154 f.
Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 12 cm.
Dimensions (written): 12 × 7.5 cm.
Layout
Hand(s)
Cursive naskhi hand
History
Origin: 758 AH; 1357 CE
Record Sources
"Manuscript description based on Adam Gacek : Catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1981".
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
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