Risālah fī al-farāʾiḍ - رسالة في الفرائض

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 13398/1
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1050
  • Language of Material
    • Arabic Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item 94 ff Material : Paper. Fol,ation : European, 6 ff (ff 1r-6r of the volume). Dimensions : 205 mm x 145 mm. Script : Talik.

Scope and Content

This section of the volume (ff 1r-6r) contains part of a tract in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic on the apportionment of inheritances, most likely according to the Hanafi mezhep. It contains an annotated table. This manuscript was copied in 1050 AH (1640-41 CE).

Access Information

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Unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Library from Osman Bey Mevlevi in March 1973.

Other Finding Aids

For a more detailed catalogue entry see Vassie, A classified handlist of Arabic manuscripts acquired since 1912. (v. 1: Islamic law; v. 2: Qur'anic sciences and Hadith). London, 1995: 272

Related Material

For other Ottoman Turkish works on feraiz (the division of inheritance), see Or 11110, Or 12776 text II, and Or 13218.