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1. Fetāvā-yı ʻAbdürraḥīm Efendi and فتاواي عبد الرحيم
- Creator:
- Menteşzâde, Abdürrahim, -1716
منتشزاده عبد الرحيم - Published / Created:
- 1700-1799.
- Call Number:
- Turkish MSS suppl. 255
- Image Count:
- 670
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Illuminated manuscript on paper of Fetāvā-yı ‘Abdürraḥīm Efendi by Menteşzāde ‘Abdürraḥīm Efendi, a collection of fetvās (legal opinions). Includes a table of contents (ff. 1a-11a). Extensive marginal commentary throughout including responses to legal questions
- Alternative Title:
- Fetāvā-yı Yaḥyā Efendi, Fetāvā-yı Minḳārīzāde, and Fetāvā-yı ‘Aṭā’ullāh
- Description:
- In Ottoman Turkish with some Arabic., Title assigned by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Single column of 33 lines. Catchword on each verso., Script: Nasta‘līq., Binding: Brown leather over paper pasteboards, gold-tooled and painted, with central mandorla and pendants covered in embossed paper, now damaged., Decoration: Illuminated text frames throughout, rubrication., Pagination added by a later hand to folios bearing text, with f. 12a numbered p. 1, f. 13a numbered p. 2, and so on., Contemporary manuscript notes on related legal opinions tipped in (ff. 47-48, 181-182)., Contemporary manuscript annotations in at least three hands, including notes on Fetāvā-yı ʻAbdürraḥīm Efendi (front pastedown, recto front flyleaf) and on legal matters (recto front and rear flyleaves). Protective charm against bookworms: Yā Kebīkec (يا كبكج) (ff. 1a, 12a)., and Accompanied by notes on legal questions (2 leaves).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Turkey, Connecticut, and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Fatwas, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish, Islamic law, and Manuscripts, Turkish
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fetāvā-yı ʻAbdürraḥīm Efendi, فتاواي عبد الرحيم
2. Hāz̲ā Kitāb-ı Üstüvānī. and ههذا كتاب اوستواني
- Creator:
- Ustuvani Mehmet Efendi, -1662
اوستواني محمد أفندي - Published / Created:
- 1700-1799.
- Call Number:
- Turkish MSS suppl. 253
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on paper, of Ustuvani Mehmet Efendi, a treatise on Islamic jurisprudence which also discusses principles of faith, worship, and prayer
- Description:
- In Ottoman Turkish and Arabic., Title from text heading (f. 1b)., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Single column of 11 lines. Catchword on each verso., Script: Naskh., Binding: Flap binding, blind-tooled leather, repaired and rebacked. Covers with blind-tooled central mandorla and other decoration; spine in six compartments with blind-tooled flowers., Decoration: Text frames throughout, rubrication., Mathematical calculations in contemporary hand on front pastedown. Pen trials on rear pastedown., and Some loss of text due to repairs.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Islamic jurisprudence and Manuscripts, Turkish
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hāz̲ā Kitāb-ı Üstüvānī., ههذا كتاب اوستواني
3. Islamic prayers, invocations and decorations : manuscript
- Published / Created:
- 18th century.
- Call Number:
- Arabic MSS suppl. 584
- Image Count:
- 10
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- A collection of Islamic prayers, invocations and decorations, as follows: 1. Part of an invocation in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic (folio 1a). The first leaf seems to be missing. 2. Asmāʼ Allāh al-ḥusná (The 99 most beautiful names of God), written within gold squares (folio 1b-3a). 3. The name of the Prophet Muḥammad (folio 3a-4b). 4. Duʻāʼ istighfār kabīr (A prayer for seeking God's forgiveness) (folios 4b-5a). 5. Sharḥ muhr kabīr sharīf (An explanation of the noble seal of God) (folio 5b). 6. The seal itself written in large thulth script (folio 6a). 7. The word "Allāh, jalla jalāluh", written within a crescent moon surrounded by a decorative rectangle in gold and blue (folio 6b). 8. The word "Muḥammad, ʻalyhi al-salām" written in a similar fashion (folio 7a). 9. The name of "Adam" written within a circle surrounded by a decorative rectangle in gold and blue (folio 7b). 10. The names of Noah, Muḥammad, Abū Bakr, ʻUmar, ʻUthmān, ʻAlī, Ḥasan, Ḥusayn in a similar fashion (folios 8a-12a). 11. The names of the famous companions of the Prophet Muḥammad, written within decorative circles: Abū Bakr, ʻUmar, ʻUthmān, ʻAlī, Ṭalḥah, Zubayr, ʻAbd Allāh, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, Ibn ʻAwf, Saʻd, Saʻīd, Abū ʻUbaydah, Ḥasan, Ḥusayn (folios 12b-19a). 12. The names of "Ahl al-Kahf" (Seven sleepers of Ephesus): Yamlīkhā, Makshalīnā, Mithlīnā, Marnūsh, Bardanūsh, Shādhanūsh,Kafshaṭṭayyūsh and their dog "Qaṭmīr" (folios 19b-23a). 13. A prayer in the form of cypress trees (folios 23b-32a). 14. Invocation seals "muhrs": "Yā Ḥannān", "Yā Mannān" (Oh Merciful, Oh Generous), "Wa-huwa ʻalá kull shayʼ qadīr (He is able to do anything), Unity of God, Shifāʼ al-Qurʼān (Quranic medicine), seal of a prayer for getting well, seal for the great prayer of getting well, the seal of the Prophet, the seal of Sulaymān (Solomon), explanation of the seal of Jaʻfar al-Ṣādiq (the sixth Shiʻī Imām, died 765), the seal of the Almighty, all written within decorative circles (folios 32b-38a). 14. Drawings of: "Hand of Faṭimah", "Dhū al-Fiqār" (ʻAlī's sword), foot of the Prophet Muḥammad, the Prophet's shoes, "Tawakkalū ʻalá Allāh" (Rely upon God), the staff of Moses, an ax, a rose, the banner of gratitude, the cloak of the Prophet Muḥammad, his rosary, his ewer and his basin, all drawn in gold (folios 39b-43a). 15. Decorative sketches of Mecca and Medina in gold and other colors (folios 43b-44a). 16. A prayer for attaining "al-Maqām al-Maḥmūd" (the Glorious Station "a place in Heaven") (folios 44b-45a). 17. Various Islamic flags drawn in gold (folios 45b-47a). 18. Various prayers for variety of occasions (folios 47b-69a). 19. Various talismanic numerology squares (folios 69b-72b). Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century
- Description:
- In Arabic and Ottoman Turkish., Title supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: The first leaf seems to be missing., Secundo folio: al-rāfiʻ al-muʻizz al-mudhill., 12 x 19 cm; written surface: 6 x 10 cm; lines per page vary., Binding: In brown leather binding with flap; covers richly gilt with central medallion on both sides and corners decorations; edges slightly rubbed., In large and beautiful naskh or thulth scripts, in black ink on thin white paper; with headings in white ink on gold background; catchwords., and Colophon: Last page seems to be missing; ends with a magic square and the katchword "barkamsah".
- Subject (Topic):
- Islamic decorative arts, Prayer, and Islam
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Islamic prayers, invocations and decorations : manuscript
4. Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār : manuscript and كشف الأسرار عن حكم الزهور والأطيار : مخطوطة
- Creator:
- Ibn Ghānim, ʻIzz al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Salām ibn Aḥmad, -1279?
ابن غانم، عزّ الدين عبد السلام بن أحمد، -1279? - Published / Created:
- 1657.
- Call Number:
- Hartford Seminary Arabic MSS 224
- Image Count:
- 108
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- A collection of two treatises: 1. Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-ṭuyūr wa-al-azhār "Unveiling of secrets on the sagacity of birds and flowers" (folios 1a-47a), a treatise on sufism, in the form of "maqāmah" genre, by ʻIzz al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Salām ibn Ghānim al-Maqdisī (died 1279? in Cairo), a ṣūfī author, preacher and poet. Copied in the middle of Jumādá al-ākhir (31 March, 1657). Name of copyist and place of copying not mentioned. 2. Naẓm "Muthallath Quṭrub" (folios 47b-52b), by Ibrāhīm ibn Sulaymān al-Azʹharī al-Ḥanafī, active 1688, a little known author (See Brockelmann: G II, 215; Suppl. I, 161: "al-Manẓūmah al-sannīyah fī bayān al-asmāʼ al-lughawīyah" [Illustrious poem presenting the linguistic nouns]). The treatise is a versification of "al-Muthallath" of Quṭrub (Muḥammad ibn al-Mustanīr, died 821 or 822, a well-known grammarian and philologist, from Baṣrah, Iraq), enumerating the trilateral homonyms in Arabic which have different meanings according to the three Arabic vowels (fatḥah, ḍammah, kasrah). Quṭrub was the first author to write on the "Muthallath" genre. The author added to the materials of "Muthallāth Quṭrub" words which he selected from extensive dictionaries, such as "Ṣiḥāḥ al-Jawharī". Copied by Ḥusayn ibn Munlā Yūsuf al-Naqshabandī (?). Place and date of copying not mentioned
- Alternative Title:
- Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-ṭuyūr wa-al-azhār 880-02, Kashf al-asrār fī ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār, Kitāb al-Mukhtār li-kashf al-asrār fī munāqashat al-ṭuyūr wa-al-azʹhār, Mukhtār li-kashf al-asrār fī munāqashat al-ṭuyūr wa-al-azʹhār, كشف الأسرار عن حكم الطيور والأزهار 240-02/r, كشف الأسرار في حكم الزهور والأطيار, كتاب المختار لكشف الأسرار في مناقشة الطيور والأزهار, and مختار لكشف الأسرار في مناقشة الطيور والأزهار
- Description:
- In Arabic., Title of Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār from folio 3a., Title of Naẓm Muthallath Quṭrub supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit of Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm wa-bi-hi nastaʻīn. Qāla al-Shaykh al-Imām al-ʻālim al-ʻallāmah lisān al-fuṣaḥāʼ wa-al-mutakallimīn ʻIzz al-Dīn Ghānim ibn ʻAbd al-Salām al-Maqdisī, raḍiya Allāh ʻanhu wa-arḍāh wa-jaʻala al-Jannah mathwāh: al-Ḥamdu lillāh al-baʻīd fī qurbih al-qarīb fī buʻdih, al-mutaʻālī fī rafīʻ majdih ʻan al-shayʼ wa-ḍiddih, alladhī awjada bi-qudratihi al-wujūd baʻda an kāna ʻadaman, wa-awjada kull mawjūd ḥukman, wa-jaʻala al-ʻaql baynahumā ḥakaman ...", Secundo folio of Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār: wa-mā yukābiduhu min wijdān., Incipit of Naẓm Muthallath Quṭrub: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. Yā Rabbī yassir yā karīm. al-Ḥamdu lillāhi alladhī hadānā // li-millati al-Islām wa-ijtabānā ... Wa-baʻda taslīmī ʻalá khayri nabī // naẓamtu min Muthallathāt Quṭrubi. Urjūzatan ladhīdhatan fī al-mashrabi // wa-zidtuhā min kutubin ṭiwāli ...", Secundo folio of Naẓm Muthallath Quṭrub: "Taḥīyat al-nāsi hiya al-salāmu., 15 x 20 cm; written surface: 8 x 14.5 cm; 13 lines per page., Binding: In reddish blue cardboard binding., In fair naskh script, in black ink, on white paper; with headings and markings in red and green; catchwords., On front cover a statement in Arabic and English by Duncan Black Macdonald, 1863-1943, professor of Semitic languages at Hartford Theological Seminary, as follows: "Kashf al-asrār fī ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār li-ʻIzz al-Dīn al-Maqdisī. Bought at Damascus, Aug. 1908. D.B. Macdonald. Hartford.", On folio 1a: "Ḥasbiya Allāh. Kitāb al-Mukhtār li-kashf al-asrār fī munāqashat al-ṭuyūr wa-al-azʹhār lil-shaykh al-Imām al-ʻālim al-ʻallāmah ʻIzz al-Dīn Ghānim ibn ʻAbd al-Salām, raḍiya Allāh ʻanhu, wa-ʻafá ʻanhumā.", On folio 3a: "... wa-sammaytuhu: Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār ...", Colophon of Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār: "Tammat nuskhat hādhā al-kitāb bi-ʻawn al-Malik al-Wahhāb fī awāsiṭ shahr Jumādá al-Ākhir, sanat sabʻ wa-sittīn wa-alf.", Translation of the colophon of Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār: "The copy of this book was completed by the help of the Benevolent King, in the middle of the month of Jumādá al-Ākhir, 1067 [31 March, 1657].", Colophon of Naẓm Muthallath Quṭrub: " Tammat wa-bi-al-khayr ʻammat ʻalá yad al-faqīr al-ḥaqīr, al-muʻtarif bi-al-ʻajz wa-al-taqṣīr Ḥusayn ibn Munlā Yūsuf al-Naqshabandī [?], ʻufiya ʻanhumā. Balagha al-muqābalah ḥasba al-ṭāqah wa-al-imkān. Wa-ḥasbunā Allāh wa-niʻma al-wakīl. Tamm.", and Translation of the colophon of Naẓm Muthallath Quṭrub: "It is completed. May it be wide-spread with goodness, by the hand of the poor and despised, who confesses his inability and shortcoming, Ḥusayn ibn Munlā Yūsuf al-Naqshabandī [?], may they both be pardoned. It was collated to the best of [my] ability, as far as possible. God suffices us. He is the best advocate. It is completed."
- Subject (Name):
- Azʹharī, Ibrāhīm ibn Sulaymān, active 1688., Ibn Ghānim, ʻIzz al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Salām ibn Aḥmad, -1279?, Jawharī, Ismāʻīl ibn Ḥammād, -1003?, and Quṭrub, Muḥammad ibn al-Mustanīr, -821 or 822.
- Subject (Topic):
- Arabic language, Homonyms, Maqamah, and Sufism
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār : manuscript, كشف الأسرار عن حكم الزهور والأطيار : مخطوطة
5. Kitāb al-Shudhūr al-dhahabīyah fī al-lughah al-Turkīyah wa-al-ʻArabīyah. -- 1731 and كتاب الشذور الذهبية في اللغة التركية والعربية. -- 1731
- Call Number:
- Arabic MSS 557
- Image Count:
- 150
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Vocabularies, Arabic-Turkish-Italian (in Arabic letters); apparently based upon al-Shudhūr al-dhahabīyah wa-al-qiṭaʻ al-Aḥmadīyah fī al-lughah al-Turkīyah of Ibn Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ., Followed by 1 leaf of notes, and Copied in A.H. 1143 (A.D. 1731).
- Alternative Title:
- Shudhūr al-dhahabīyah fī al-lughah al-Turkīyah wa-al-ʻArabīyah and شذور الذهبية في اللغة التركية والعربية
- Description:
- Available on microfilm, In Arabic, Turkish, and Italian (in Arabic letters)., For Ibn Muḥammad Ṣālih's work see also British Museum, Turkish Mss., pp. 150-51; and Munich catalog 768, which agrees with the British Museum copy., The incipit is the same as in Ibn Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ's work, but the latter is divided into 4 rukns, not faṣls, and has an extensive introduction, etc., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. Kitāb al-Shudhūr al-dhahabīyah fī al-lughah al-Turkīyah wa-al-ʻArabīyah. al-Ḥamdu lillāh alladhī sharrafa al-insān wa-zayyanahu bi-al-nuṭq wa-al-lisān ...", Fair naskhī, in red and black., Islamic binding, in brown., Colophon: "Wa-kāna al-farāgh minhu yawm al-khāmis ʻashar min shahr Kānūn al-Thānī, min shuhūr sanat wāḥid wa-thalāthīn wa-sabʻimiʼah wa-alf, al-muwāfiq li-niṣf Rajab, sanat 1143.", and Translation of the colophon: "Completed on 15 January, 1731, corresponding to the middle of Rajab, 1143 [of the Hijrah]."
- Subject (Name):
- Mawlānā ibn Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ.
- Subject (Topic):
- Arabic language, Italian language, and Turkish language
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Kitāb al-Shudhūr al-dhahabīyah fī al-lughah al-Turkīyah wa-al-ʻArabīyah. -- 1731, كتاب الشذور الذهبية في اللغة التركية والعربية. -- 1731
6. Kitāb taʼrīkh al-khulafāʼ / 1615 and كتاب تأريخ الخلفاء / 1615
- Creator:
- Suyūṭī, 1445-1505
سيوطي، 1445-1505 - Call Number:
- Arabic MSS 293
- Image Count:
- 342
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- History of the caliphs, Preceded by 3 leaves of notes, and Copied in Sanʻa, Yemen, in A.H. 1024 (A.D. 1615).
- Alternative Title:
- Tārīkh al-khulafāʼ 880-02, Taʼrīkh al-khulafāʼ, تاريخ الخلفاء 240-02/r, and تأريخ الخلفاء
- Description:
- Available on microfilm, Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān. Ammā baʻd ḥamd Allāh alladhī waʻada fa-wafá wa-awʻada fa-ʻafā ...", Good Yemenite naskhī, in red and black; ʻunwān in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso., Occasional marginalia., Islamic binding, in brown, with flap., No. 1 of 3 titles bound together., Colophon: "Wāfaqa al-farāgh min raqm hādhā al-taʼrīkh ... yawm al-Jumʻah, ghurrat shahr Ramaḍān ... ʻām arbaʻ wa-ʻishrīn baʻda al-alf ... bi-maḥrūs madīnat Ṣanʻāʼ al-Yaman ... bi-rasm ... Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Khazrajī ... bi-yad ... Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī ibn ʻUfayr [?] ...", and Translation of the colophon: "This history book was completed ... on Friday, the beginning of the month of Ramaḍan ... of the year 1024 [of the Hijrah = 31 January 1615] ... in the protected city of Ṣanʻāʼ of Yemen ... for ... Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Khazrajī ... by the hand of ... Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī ibn ʻUfayr [?] ..."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Islamic Empire
- Subject (Name):
- Suyūṭī, 1445-1505.
- Subject (Topic):
- Caliphs, History, and Kings and rulers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Kitāb taʼrīkh al-khulafāʼ / 1615, كتاب تأريخ الخلفاء / 1615
7. Mawāʻiẓ / [17--?]. and مواعظ / [17--؟].
- Creator:
- Mārūnī, Anṭūniyūs ibn Mubārak, active 18th century
ماروني، أنطونيوس بن مبارك، ناشط قرن 18. - Call Number:
- Arabic MSS 351
- Image Count:
- 778
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Forty-six sermons, composed at Rome, in 1720 and Preceded by 2 leaves of notes
- Description:
- Author's colophon at end gives his name, place and date of composition., Graf, III, 436, composed in 1976, is presumably another collection of sermons., Of the two manuscripts referred to by Graf, the first (ʻAyn warqah), composed in 1716, contains only 16 sermons; the other contains sermons also by other authors, and the number of Antonius' sermons and the date of composition are not given., Incipit: "al-ʻIẓah al-ūlá: Fī fāʼidat al-waʻẓ wa-sharafihi wa-fī istimāʻ kalām Allāh wa-ẓarūrīyatih [wa-ḍarūrīyatih] ...", Fair modern (18th century) Karshūnī/Garshūnī (Arabic in Syriac script), in red and black., Islamic binding, in black., Author's colophon: "Ḥurrira bi-Rūmiyah al-Kubrá, fī Madrasat al-Mawārinah, fī al-yawm al-thāminʻashar min shahr Kānūn al-Awwal, sanat sabʻimiʼah wa-ʻishrīn baʻda al-alf lil-tajassud al-Ilāhī. Anṭūniyūs ibn Mubārak al-Mārūnī.", and Translation of the author's colophon: "Written in Great Rome, at the School of the Maronites, on 18 Kānūn al-Awwal [December], the year 1720 after the Divine Incarnation. Anṭūniyūs ibn Mubārak al-Mārūnī."
- Subject (Name):
- Mārūnī, Anṭūniyūs ibn Mubārak, active 18th century.
- Subject (Topic):
- Christian literature and Sermons, Arabic
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mawāʻiẓ / [17--?]., مواعظ / [17--؟].
8. Mecmū'a. and مجموعه
- Published / Created:
- 1600-1799.
- Call Number:
- Turkish MSS suppl. 258
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on paper, of a mec'mua containing prayers and mystical poems: (1) unidentified Sufi theological text, ff. 1b-20b; (2) Münācāt-ı der tevhīd-i yā Rabbī teālā 'azze ve celle (مناجات در توهيد يارى تعالي عز و جل), ff. 21b-30b; (3) 'İbtidā-i Ġazeliyāt-ı fī ḥarf-i elif (ابتدائي غزليات في حرف الألف), ff. 31a-70a; (4) unidentified poem, ff. 71b-76a
- Alternative Title:
- Ṭariḳat-ı Bektāşiyye'den Divān-ı Ṣāfī and طريقات بكتاشيهدن ديوان صافي
- Description:
- In Ottoman Turkish and Arabic., Title assigned by cataloger. Variant title from contemporary manuscript annotation at head of text., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Single column of 15 lines (ff. 1b-20b). Double columns of 15 lines (ff. 21b-76a). Catchword on each verso., Script: Nasta'liq., Binding: Modern three-quarter binding in light brown leather with marbled paper over paper pasteboards., Decoration: Rubrication., and Manuscript annotations in a later hand include a prayer (f. 90b) and a petition (f. 91b). Protective charm against bookworms: Yā Kebīkec (يا كبكج) (f. 1b).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Turkish, Sufi poetry, Turkish, and Sufism
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mecmū'a., مجموعه
9. Mīzān al-muddaʻīyīn fī iqāmat al-bayyinatayn, [16--] and ميزان المدعيين في إقامة البينتين، [16--]
- Creator:
- Jawī Zādah, Muḥammad ibn Ilyās, -1547 or 1548
جوي زادة، محمد بن إلياس، ت. 1547 أو 8. - Call Number:
- Arabic MSS suppl. 715
- Image Count:
- 39
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on Islamic law dealing with how to establish evidence when two or more claiments are asking for shares in someone's inheritance by Muḥyī al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ilyās Jawī Zādah (d. 1547 or 8), a prolific Ḥanafī scholar, muftī and qāḍī of Turkish origin. Copied by Muḥammad Rashīd ibn Fayḍ Allāh, probably in the 17th century, in Turkey
- Alternative Title:
- Mīzān al-muddaʻīn fī iqāmat al-bayyinatayn, Kitāb Mīzān al-muddaʻīyīn, Mīzān al-muddaʻīyīn, ميزان المدعين في إقامة البينتين, كتاب ميزان المدعيين, and ميزان المدعيين
- Description:
- In Arabic., Incipit: "... Iʻlam anna al-rajulayn idhā iddaʻayā ʻaynan wa-barhanā fa-lā yakhlū immā an iddaʻá kilāhumā mulkan muṭlaqan aw iddaʻá kilāhumā mulkan bi-sabab wāḥid bi-an iddaʻayā irthan aw shirāʼan min ithnayn aw min wāḥd aw iddaʻá aḥaduhumā mulkan muṭlaqan wa-al-ākhar natājan aw iddaʻá kilāhumā natājan aw iddaʻá kilāhumā mulkan bi-sababayn mukhtalifayn min wāḥid aw bi-sababayn mukhtalifīn min ithnayn ...", 15.5 x 21.5 cm; written surface: 7.5 x 15 cm, different lines per page., Modern binding., In clear unified naskhī script; in black ink, on yellowish paper; with headings, keywords and markings in red; catchwords., Preceded by an introduction in Ottoman Turkish (folio 1b-3a) and a table of contents (folios 3b-6b)., Folios 1a and 28b-34b contain advices, proverbs, prayers, poems, invocations, etc. in Arabic, Ottoman Turkish and Persian., Several dates are found in the manuscript; the earliest are: [1]101 H [1689 or 1690] (folio 29a) and [11]57 H [1744 or 1755] (folio 31 b)., Ample notes on the margins., and Colophon: "Tamma al-kalām bi-ʻawn Allāh al-Malik al-ʻAllām min taḥrīrāt al-fāḍil zubdat al-anām al-marḥūm al-maʻrūf bi-Jawīʹzādah bayna al-khawāṣṣ wa-al-ʻawām ... Tammat hādhihi al-risālah al-sharīfah ʻan al-ḥaqīr al-faqīr ilá Allāh al-qadīr Muḥammad Rashīd ibn Fayḍ Allāh ..."
- Subject (Name):
- Jawī Zādah, Muḥammad ibn Ilyās, -1547 or 1548.
- Subject (Topic):
- Evidence (Islamic law), Hanafites, Inheritance and succession (Islamic law), and Islamic law
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mīzān al-muddaʻīyīn fī iqāmat al-bayyinatayn, [16--], ميزان المدعيين في إقامة البينتين، [16--]