Title: Ash-Shifaa bi Ta’reef Huqooq Al-Mustafa | الشفا بتعريف حقوق المصطفى
Author: Al-Qaadhi ‘Iyaadh, Abul Fadhl ‘Iyaadh bin Musa Al-Yahsubi Al-Andalusi Al-Maaliki (D. 544H) | القاضي عياض أبو الفضل عياض بن موسى اليحسوبي الأندلسي المالكي
Scribe: ‘Ali Limiyalizada | علي لمييالي زاده
Date: 17th Safar 1164H | 15th Jan 1751 CE
Script: Nasta’liq
Size: 18 X 11 CM
Folios: [3] + 305ff.
Description: 17 lines/page | European laid paper with watermarks, most of which are not visible or partially visible due to paper-sizing. It appears to be an elaborate shield with the countermark ACH? or AGH? With spiral (cursive) writing | Matn is within a red border, the ruling lines from the Mistarah are visible on the first few folios that are void of text | rebacked full-leather Oriental binding with flap, with blind tooled ornamentation and a Gold-tooled Mendola on the front and back covers, along with the flap | Black ink with rubrication of the Abwaab and overlines. There are several glosses in Naskh script with the explanations of Mulla ‘Ali Qari (D. 1014H) and Shihab (Possibly Shihab-ud-deen Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Umar al-Khafaji (D. 1069H)) | The Fihris (table of contents) appears at the end of the Matn, there is a Tughra of “ما شاء الله” on the recto of the last folio | (Ta’qeebaat) Catchwords on Verso (bottom left)
Incipit: قال الإمام القاضي أبو الفضل
Explicit: حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل.
Provenance: There are two ownership seals that are effaced on the first folio and two more ownership seals that are effaced and difficult to read on the second folio.
Research Notes: There are many manuscripts of Shifaa- more research required
Accession #: Ms.010c