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RSPA 88
- Record Id:
- 032-003474552
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003474552
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100096307469.0x000003
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RSPA 88
- Title:
- Fatāwā ʿĀlamgīrī, vol 2
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003474552", "parent" : "#", "text" : "RSPA 88: Fatāwā ʿĀlamgīrī, vol 2" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003474552
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003474552
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- ff. i+572+ii
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1792
- Date Range:
- 1700-1792
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Abū al-Fatḥ Muḥammad Akram al-Dīn
Ḥāfiẓ Masʿūd Khān - Subjects:
- Islamic law
- TEI:
-
India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
RSPA 88
Fatāwā ʿĀlamgīrī, vol 2
Contents
1 copy of Fatāwā ʿĀlamgīrī
Language(s): Arabic
ff. 6v-572rTitle: Fatāwā ʿĀlamgīrīTitle: فتاوى عالم كيريIncipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. كتاب النكاح وفيه احد عشر باب. الباب الأول في تفسيره شرعا وصفته وركنه وشرطه وحكمه.Explicit: وفيه نفع ولا ضر فيه لأحد له ذلك ويحوز كذا في الحماديةColophon: تم الربع الثاني من فتاوى عالم كيريThe second volume of an important collection of judicial decisions made by order of Aurangzeb.
The manuscript bears several seal impressions, including three on f1r made by Ḥāfiẓ Masʿūd Khān 1153 (1740), with a note saying he purchased the MS in 1162. This stamp was also found in MS87, which is the first volume of the Fatāwā, but is written in a completely different hand and bound in a different way. On f6r, there is also a stamp which appears to say " Abū al-Fatḥ Muḥammad Akram al-Dīn" dated 1107, regnal year 39 (1695) also found on MS RSPA 89 and 90.
On f6v, there is a beautiful gold illuminated headpiece depicting a gold cupola with illuminated flowers in various colours inside a multicoloured rectangle. Below, there is a gold rectangle in which William Jones has written "W. Jones".
Next to the headpiece, Jones has written "Fetāwīi 'Alamgirī Vol II".
Author:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Text written on light cream coloured woven paper.Extent: ff. i+572+iiDimensions (leaf): 305 × 200 mm.Dimensions (written): 200 × 110 mm.Foliation:European numerals in pencil. Above this, and starting at [European] f6r, there is also pagination in black ink in Perso-Arabic numerals.
Condition
Whilst the MS pages are in relatively good condition, being largely repaired from their (extensive) worm damage, the binding is almost completely broken. The MS as it stands is in three main parts, where the binding has completely ripped apart. Further, f362 and f507 have come loose from the binding. The Royal Society sticker has also come loose from the binding.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 23
Uniform layout of one column per side consisting of 23 lines per column. Colums are bordered by thin-line blue and red textboxes.
Hand(s)
Neat black-ink naskh with rubrications and red-ink indexing.
Decoration
Additions:There are no marginal comments except for the scribe's own addition of missed words or corrections of spelling errors.
Catchwords are present on every page.
Binding
Brown leather European style Indian binding with gilt border and floral decoration down the spine. Broken in three places entirely; several pages are loose. The endbands are also almost entirely broken.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1700-1792Provenance and Acquisition
RSPA 1-118 were presented to the Royal Society in January 1792 by Sir William and Lady Jones. According to Wilkins, the MSS of Fatāwā ʿĀlamgīrīwere presented to the Royal Society by Lady Jones.
The Royal Society's collection of 280 Persian and Arabic, and 86 Sanskrit manuscripts were transferred to the India Office Library in 1876.
1876
India Office Library
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on E. Denison Ross and E. G. Browne, Catalogue of two collections of Persian and Arabic manuscripts preserved in the India Office Library (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1902), p. 63 no. LXXXVIIIAvailability
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