Title: Manar al-Anwar fil Usul | متن منار الأنوار للنسفي في الأصول
Author: Abdullah bin Ahmed bin Mahmoud An-Nasafi, Abul Barakat, Hafidh-ud-deen (d. 710H)| عبد الله بن أحمد بن محمود النسفي، أبو البركات، حافظ الدين.
Biography: He was a scholar in Hanafi Fiqh and a Mufassir from the area of Iedhij by Isbahan. His ascription is to Nasaf, in Sindh between Jayhun and Samarqand (Adapted from Al I’laam of Az Zirkili)
Scribe: Unknown | مجهول
Script: Naskh Khafif
Date: ~ 11th H (1009 to 1112H) / 17th CE Century (1601 to 1700CE)
Size: 20 X 10.5 CM
Folios: 43ff.
Description: 15 Lines/Page | Brown Machine-Made (?) non-laid paper, thin and un-watermarked. Mistarah (ruling) lines are partly visible. | Unbound. Pages are trimmed at slightly different sizes- mostly height discrepancies. | black ink with red overlines. | There are marginalia (hawashi) with notes from the explanation of Ibn Malik | Excellent condition. Incomplete, missing folios |
From Surah Al Anbiya (verse 50 to 78) :
Incipit: الحمد لله الذي هدانا الى الصراط المستقيم والصلاة على من اختص بالخلق العظيم وعلى اله الذين قاموا بنصرة الدين القويم
Explicit: قد طوى فيه ذكر المشبه اصلا وجعل الكلام خلوا عنه ونقل
Provenance: N/A
Research Notes: There are several manuscripts of this work that are mostly a part of a collection of works in a single volume. There is a 17th century manuscript, dated 1094H/1683CE in the University of Tokyo that has a similar format. The book was published in 1316 Hijri / 1898 CE in the Ahmad Kaamil Publishers in Turkey under Sultan Beyazid. | We need to do more research on this specific type of paper
Accession #: Ms.036e