al-Juzʼ al-awwal min Sharḥ Tanwīr al-abṣār, [17th century?].

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Neat copy of the first volume of a commentary, attributed to al-Shaykh ʻAbd al-Razzāq, on al-Khaṭīb al-Timirtāshī's Tanwīr al-abṣār, a work of Ḥanafī fiqh; acephalous and end wanting. Description provided by Noah Gardiner.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 1033Origin: Lacks a dated colophon ; paper suggests a dating of 17th century.Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 182Binding: Pasteboards covered in two different brown leathers with spine and repairs in red leather ; Type II binding (with flap, though now lost) ; likely cobbled together from two distinct covers ; lower cover features a blind-stamped central mandorla (compare Déroche class. NSd 7) and incised frame ; upper board lining in white paper, lower board lining in pink-tinted paper ; sewn in red thread, four stations ; tailband is partially intact ; headband is entirely gone, along with the top edge of the spine.Support: European laid paper with vertical laid lines spaced roughly 7-8 laid lines per cm. and horizontal chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart ; watermark crescent above six-pointed star above crown (similar to Heawood 1132) appears through out ; fol.344 carries a tre lune watermark oriented parallel to the laid lines.Decoration: Text rubricated with keywords, sigla, overlining, etc. in red.Script: Naskh ; casual but quite readable with some Persianate characterisitics ; pointed but unvowelled ; mainly closed counters are closed ; fī appears with yāʼ mardūdah ; slight effect of words descending to baseline.Layout: Written in 24-29 lines per page.Collation: ii, 1+IV (9), 2 VI(33), 5 V(83), IV+1 (92), V(102), IV(110), I(112), 5 V(162), VI(174), 8 V(254), 2 IV(270), 7 V(340), 1+II (345), i ; chiefly quinions ; last two leaves left blank ; catchwords present ; foliation in Hindu-Arabic numerals begin at p.1 with ۲۴ and ending at my p.685 with ۳۶۶ ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: "افتى القاضي الامام صدر الدين السربلي رح ان هذا الوقف غير صحيح معللا بان هذا وقف قبل وجود الموقوف عليه وافتى غيره من اهل زمانه بصحة هذا الوقف وهو الصحيح فانه ذكر في النوازل رجل وقف ارضاء له على اولاد فلان"Incipit: "اليسير كما في هذه المسئلة انه لا يجوز لان المسح على ما ظهر من الخرق ليس بمسح على الخف حقيقة ولا حكما وتماما في البحر الرائق"Title from inscription on tail edge.Ms. codex.Brockelmann, C. GAL,Neat copy of the first volume of a commentary, attributed to al-Shaykh ʻAbd al-Razzāq, on al-Khaṭīb al-Timirtāshī's Tanwīr al-abṣār, a work of Ḥanafī fiqh; acephalous and end wanting. Description provided by Noah Gardiner.Mode of access: Internet.Purchased in Egypt by Mr. Sulaiman;Identity of the author is uncertain, though he may have been an instructor in al-Nāṣirīyah al-Jūwānīyah in Damascus.Numerous collation marks such as "بلغ" appear throughout ; on p.355 a note reads "بلغ هنا في الكتابة" ; sigla ش and م are used frequently througout (ش may represent التمرتاشي) ; marginal commentaries and corrections in hand of copyist