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RSPA 93
- Record Id:
- 032-003474593
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003474593
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100096307469.0x00000a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RSPA 93
- Title:
- Miscellany of Muhammadan Law
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003474593", "parent" : "#", "text" : "RSPA 93: Miscellany of Muhammadan Law" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-003474593
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003474593
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- ff. iv+106+iv
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=RSPA_93 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1792
- Date Range:
- 1700-1792
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
RSPA 93
Miscellany of Muhammadan Law
Contents
Compilation of Ḥanafī legal opinions and judgements taken from many sources.
Language(s): Arabic
ff. 1v-106rIncipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. باب الكفالة وفيه خمسة فصول. الفصل الأول في معناها وركنها وبعض شرائطهت وكونها نوعين.Explicit: وعن ابن مبارك قال يعجبني إذا سأل سائل لوجه الله أن لا يعطي كذا في التاتارخانية والله تعالى أعلم بالصواب.The hand is the same as MSS RSPA 82, 83 and 92, this being al-Ḥajj ʿAbd Allāh al-Makkī, who was in Jones's employ. Dennison Ross and Browne suggest that Jones himself may have selected the extracts, although there is no manuscript evidence for this. The manuscript operates like an abridged text book for Ḥanafī law and legal opinion.
Abū Ḥanīfah is consistently written by the scribe as one word.
The material for the compilation comes from a variety of sources, including the Fatāwā ʿĀlamgīrī, the Mukhtaṣar of al-Qudūrīand the Kitab al-Farāʾiḍ al-Sirājiyyah.
Whilst the MS is composed out of a mixture of contents and has many blank folios between chapters, it does operate as one complete manuscript, rather than two MSS bound together. The contents are as follows:
ff.1v-26r Bāb al-Kafālah(on deposits).
ff.27v-32r Bāb al-Qirḍ wa-l-Dayn(on loans and debts).
ff. 36v-44r Bāb al-Ḥawālah(on debt transference).
ff. 45v-52r Bāb al-ʿĀriyah(on the 'free' loan).
ff. 53v-65v Bāb al-Wadīʿah(on trusts).
ff. 67v-82r Bāb al-Rahn(on mortgaging and pledging).
ff. 83v-106r Bāb al-Hibbah(on gifts).
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Large, thick European paper with GR watermark found throughout.Extent: ff. iv+106+ivDimensions (leaf): 400 × 255 mm.Dimensions (written): 270 × 160 mm.Foliation:European numerals in pencil.
Condition
Excellent condition. Very little wear and tear.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 13
Layout of thirteen lines in one column per page.
Hand(s)
Clear, stylised black-ink naskh with rubrications.
Decoration
Additions:Catchwords are present on every page.
Binding
Standard India Office half-leather brown binding.
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' Catalogue, this MS was 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. 64 no. XCIIIAvailability
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=RSPA_93 (digital images currently unavailable)
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