Title: Khaadim Ar-Rifa’ee wa Ar-Rawdah | خادم الرافعي والروضة
Author: Muhammad bin ‘Abdullah bin Bahadur Az-Zarkashi Ash-Shafi’ee (d. 794H) | محمد بن عبدالله بن بهادر الزركشي الشافعي
Biography: He was a Shaafi’ee scholar and Faqeeh, Turkish in origin and born and died in Egypt (Al-A’laam, 6/60)
Scribe: Unknown | مجهول
Date: ~9th/15th century (803H/1401 CE to 906H/1500CE)
Script: Naskh
Size: 26.5 X 18.5CM
Folios: 91ff.
Description: 31 Lines/ Page |Thick Arabic Laid Paper with chain lines grouped in threes. – No Watermarks. The space between each chain line in a grouping is 10mm. The space between groupings varies between 48mm and 65mm. Deroche (2006, pg 56) noted that this type of paper was used between the 5th/11th to 9th/15th century in the Muslim world, gaining promenance in the 8th/14th to 9th/15th century.
Incipit: الأول، فإن الطلاق والعتاق يقبلان صربح التعليق فأولى أن يقبلا تقدير التعليق وقد صرح ابن الصباغ والروياني هنا بأن الطلاق موقوف على إجازته في قول
Explicit: ورى المكره بأن قال: أردت بقولي: طلقت فاطمة غير زوجتي، أو نوى الطلاق من وثاق، أو قال في نفسه: إن شاء الله تعالى، لم يقع الطلاق
Provenance: N/A Private Family Collection
Research Notes: As Deroche (2006, pg 55/56) and Gacek (2002, pg 189-191) explained, this type of paper ranges from the 5th/11th century to the 9th/15th century. The type of paper, based on the description, matches a 9th/15th century manuscript at University of Michigan, Special Collections Library, Isl. Ms. 247. Given the death of the author in the 8th/14th century, it is more likely based on the style of the script and the paper that this manuscript dates to the 9th/15th century. | Several sections (ajza’) of this work have been studied, checked, and published as Master’s and Doctorate Theses by graduates at Umm al Qura University. The relevant section related to the content of this manuscript section was published by Dr. Muhammad bin Mahmoud bin Mubarak Al Utaybi as part of his Doctoral Thesis in 2015 covering the chapter of Khula’ to ar-Rukn ath-Thani (Al-Lafdh) from Kitab at-Talaq. He relied on the Istanbul Manuscript dated 878H. He notes that he was not able to find this particular Juz from the other available manuscripts of this work. A 15th Century CE (9th Century Hijri) manuscript of Volume 1 (Kitab at-Tahara until Bab al Ghusl) is in the Princeton University Library (Garrett no. 2486Yq).
Other manuscripts of this work are in Germany (Goethe Library, #982), London (The British Library, #6718; Bodleian Library #1/206), Syria (Dhahiriyyah, 51/408 (13)), Paris (BnF, 991), India (Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library, 1/83 (838/40)), Kuwait (Kuwaiti Manuscript Library), Egypt (Azhar Library [755]5677,[756]5678, Manuscript Institute, 21602), Saudi Arabia (King Faisal Research Institute, ب 14754-14757, ب 14833-14836) [Reference: Fahras Makhtutat fil ‘Aalam 34/820 # 33311]
Accession #: Ms.97j.e