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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0116 00001

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/873074

Country:

Indonesia

City (Province):

Padang (Sumatera Barat)

Name of collection:

Private Collection of Chairullah

Right to Left?:

Yes

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh)

Copyist:

Anonymous

Script:

Arabic

Writing support:

Wolf paper

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

Yes

Manuscript cover dimension:

20.9 x 14 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

20.9 x 14 cm

Text block dimension:

15 x 8 cm

Number of pages:

276 pages

Rubrication?:

Yes

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The text is about Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh). It is an explanation (sharḥ) of the Kitāb Taqrīb written by Sheikh Ahmad bin Husain bin Ahmad al-Asfihāni better known as Abu Shuja’. The text starts with a chapter on Ṭaharah.

Other notes:

Some words in the text are explained in interlinear glosses.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

فتح القريب

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Fath al-Qarīb al-Mujīb fī Sharḥ al-Faẓ al-Taqrīb

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Fath al-Qarīb

Item 1 - Author:

Abu ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad Ibn Qāsim Shāfi‘i

Item 1 - Language:

Arabic