كتاب المقاصد في اصول الدين

Title:

كتاب المقاصد في اصول الدين

Alternative title:

Maqāṣid fī uṣūl al-dīn
Maqāṣid al-kalām fī ʻaqāʼid al-Islām

Creator:

Taftāzānī, Masʻūd ibn ʻUmar, 1322-1389?

Date:

1400-1599

Description:

Abstract: Treatise on uṣūl al-dīn in six parts (maqṣad).Binding note: Gold brown leather over pasteboards for upper and lower covers, fore-edge flap and envelope flap. The upper and lower covers are similarly decorated with a blind-tooled and gold painted central mandorla and an outer border consisting of gold painted fillets and blind-tooled running patterns. Gold circle in each inner corner. The envelope flap has a similar outer border with a small blind-tooled and gold painted stamp on its pointe. Gold fillets and small motifs on the envelope flap. Paper pastedowns.Ms. codex.Title from title page (fol. 1a).21 lines per page. Written in small naskh in black ink with use of red for headings. Light cream thick paper with laid and chain lines visible. Catchword on the verso of each leaf. Title on the lower edge of the text block (illegible). Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "ʻAqāʼid 26". Inscription in Arabic scricpt on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "Ḥāʼ 294".Incipit: حمدا لمن تفوح نفحات الامكان بوجوب وجودهExplicit: بنا على احتمال ان يفضل مع طول العهد وفساد الزمان ثواب المغضرة والايقان والطاعة والايمان ... ووفقنا لما يرضاه يوم الدين انه خير موفق معين وصلى الله ... واصحابه اجمعين

Language:

Arabic

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Islam—Doctrines—14th century

Provenance:

Several ownership statements on fol. 1a, one in the name of Aḥmad Najīb, dated 1284 H. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.

Extent:

i, 108, i leaves: paper ; 185 x 137 (118 x 90) mm. bound to 188 x 150 mm.

Publisher:

between 14--? and 15--?

Rights:

https://rbsc.princeton.edu/services/imaging-publication-services

Identifier:

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 867Y
Electronic Resource
"<a href='http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/tx31qm30s' alt='Identifier'>http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/tx31qm30s</a>"
p9w0331676
Replaces: pudl0112/4916601

Is part of:

Robert Garrett
Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts
Collections Donated to Princeton University Library

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