Description of Columbia University. MS Or 366: Kitāb fī masāʼil fiqhīyah.

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Summary of points of Islamic law, dealing with acts of worship (ʻibādāt) including ablution, prayer, and fasting; the copy is missing both the beginning and the end. Pages are fragile, the copy is quite worm damaged and damp stained. Invocation in a different hand added at the end (f. 68v-69r).

Arabic Kitāb fī masāʼil fiqhīyah. [كتاب في مسائل فقهية] former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 1r [Kitāb fī masāʼil fiqhīyah]. 68v [Invocation]

paper

69 leaves : 188 x 127 (152 x 80) mm, bound to 210 x 132 mm 15 long lines; border-ruled. Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.

Bound in quarter covers of red paper over pulpboard decorated with red and white flower patterns; red leather spine; fore-edge and bottom edge are cut raggedly.

Item is undated, but likely copied in the mid-18th to mid-19th century.

between 1750 and 1850? Turkey? Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Islam--Customs and practices Islamic law Manuscripts, Arabic--New York (State)--New York Codices (bound manuscripts) Manuscripts (documents)