

Country |
Yemen
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City |
Shahārah
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Repository | Jāmiʻ Shahārah |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 219 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 17th-19th century (?) |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Genre(s) | Legal works; Poems |
Feature(s) | Decoration, Calligraphic; Marginalia |
Notes |
Notes, poems, excerpts, and fragments, including notes and poems dated 1230-1296 AH (1815-1879 CE), front and rear flyleaves, fol. 175r-179r, 193r-195v; al-Mahdī Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-Ḥūthī's poem on crime, fol. 216v-217v. Folio numbers are approximate |
HMML Proj. Num. |
ZMT 01887 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/145816 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | The "Zaydi Manuscript Tradition" Project, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Cataloged by Joshua Mugler |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |

Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 219 leaf(ves) |
Provenance |
Purchase note of محمد بن عبد الله, fol. 175r; note of purchase by الفقيه داود from محمد بن عبد الله العاكس, dated Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1031 AH (1622 CE), fol. 175r; ownership notes of السيد قاسم بن محمد الحوثى الزيدى, fol. 179r, 193r; ownership note of جمال الدين على بن الامام, dated 6 Shawwāl 1341 AH (1923 CE), fol. 7r; endowment note of the school of Ḥūth, fol. 7r |
Condition Notes |
Imperfect: tearing and leaf deterioration with some loss of text |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 8r-175r |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 17th century |
Year Range | 1606 |
Date Precise | 1606 April 05 |
Native Date Precise | 27 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1014 AH |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 9 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Notes |
Colophon, fol. 175r |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 179r-193r |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 19th century |
Year Range | 1815 |
Date Precise | 1815 |
Native Date Precise | 1230 AH |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 17 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Notes |
Colophon, fol. 193r |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 195r-211v |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 18th century (?) |
Year Range | 1700-1800 |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 13 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |

Author |
Ibn al-Murtaḍá, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, al-Mahdī li-Dīn Allāh, 1363-1437
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Author NS | مولانا أمير المؤمنين المهدي لدين رب العالمين أحمد بن يحيى |
Title | al-Azhār fī fiqh al-aʼimmah al-aṭhār |
Title NS | الأزهار في فقه الأئمة الأطهار |
Uniform Title |
Ibn al-Murtaḍá, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, 1363-1437. Azhār fī fiqh al-aʼimmah al-aṭhār
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Alternate Title | Treatise on Zaydī law |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | مقدمة لا يسع المقلد جهلها |
Author |
ʻUṣayfirī, al-Faḍl ibn Abī al-Saʻd, active 12th century-13th century
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Author NS | العصيفري، الفضل بن أبي السعد |
Title | Miftāḥ al-fāʼiḍ fī ʻilm al-farāʼiḍ |
Title NS | متن الفرايض |
Uniform Title | ʻUṣayfirī, al-Faḍl ibn Abī al-Saʻd, active 12th century-13th century. Miftāḥ al-fāʼiḍ fī ʻilm al-farāʼiḍ |
Alternate Title | Treatise on inheritance law |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | باب اسباب الميراث اسباب الميراث ثلاثه نسب ونكاح وولا |
Item Location | fol. 195r, 196r-211v |
Author |
Raṣṣāṣ, Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan, -1224
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Author NS | شمس الدين احمد بن محمد الرصاص |
Title | Miṣbāḥ al-ʻulūm fī maʻrifat al-Ḥayy al-Qayyūm |
Title NS | مصباح العلوم في معرفة الحي القيوم |
Uniform Title | Raṣṣāṣ, Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan, -1224. Miṣbāḥ al-ʻulūm fī maʻrifat al-Ḥayy al-Qayyūm |
Alternate Title | Thirty questions on theology |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله ذي المن والافضال الحكيم فى الافعال الصادق فى الاقوال |
Item Location | fol. 195v |
Author |
Rassī, al-Qāsim ibn Ibrāhīm, -860 or 861
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Author NS | الامام القسم بن ابراهيم بن اسمعيل ابن رسول الله |
Title | al-Uṣūl al-khamsah |
Title NS | الأصول الخمسة |
Uniform Title |
Qāsim ibn Ibrāhīm, -860 or 861. Uṣūl al-khamsah
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Alternate Title | Five principles |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | من لم يعلم فى دين الاسلام خمسه من الاصول فهو ظال جهول |

Country |
Yemen
![]() |
City |
Shahārah
![]() |
Repository | Jāmiʻ Shahārah |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 219 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 17th-19th century (?) |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Genre(s) | Legal works; Poems |
Feature(s) | Decoration, Calligraphic; Marginalia |
Notes |
Notes, poems, excerpts, and fragments, including notes and poems dated 1230-1296 AH (1815-1879 CE), front and rear flyleaves, fol. 175r-179r, 193r-195v; al-Mahdī Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-Ḥūthī's poem on crime, fol. 216v-217v. Folio numbers are approximate |
HMML Proj. Num. |
ZMT 01887 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/145816 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | The "Zaydi Manuscript Tradition" Project, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Cataloged by Joshua Mugler |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 219 leaf(ves) |
Provenance |
Purchase note of محمد بن عبد الله, fol. 175r; note of purchase by الفقيه داود from محمد بن عبد الله العاكس, dated Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1031 AH (1622 CE), fol. 175r; ownership notes of السيد قاسم بن محمد الحوثى الزيدى, fol. 179r, 193r; ownership note of جمال الدين على بن الامام, dated 6 Shawwāl 1341 AH (1923 CE), fol. 7r; endowment note of the school of Ḥūth, fol. 7r |
Condition Notes |
Imperfect: tearing and leaf deterioration with some loss of text |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 8r-175r |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 17th century |
Year Range | 1606 |
Date Precise | 1606 April 05 |
Native Date Precise | 27 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1014 AH |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 9 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Notes |
Colophon, fol. 175r |
Author |
Ibn al-Murtaḍá, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, al-Mahdī li-Dīn Allāh, 1363-1437
![]() |
Author NS | مولانا أمير المؤمنين المهدي لدين رب العالمين أحمد بن يحيى |
Title | al-Azhār fī fiqh al-aʼimmah al-aṭhār |
Title NS | الأزهار في فقه الأئمة الأطهار |
Uniform Title |
Ibn al-Murtaḍá, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, 1363-1437. Azhār fī fiqh al-aʼimmah al-aṭhār
![]() |
Alternate Title | Treatise on Zaydī law |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | مقدمة لا يسع المقلد جهلها |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 179r-193r |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 19th century |
Year Range | 1815 |
Date Precise | 1815 |
Native Date Precise | 1230 AH |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 17 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Notes |
Colophon, fol. 193r |
Author |
ʻUṣayfirī, al-Faḍl ibn Abī al-Saʻd, active 12th century-13th century
![]() |
Author NS | العصيفري، الفضل بن أبي السعد |
Title | Miftāḥ al-fāʼiḍ fī ʻilm al-farāʼiḍ |
Title NS | متن الفرايض |
Uniform Title | ʻUṣayfirī, al-Faḍl ibn Abī al-Saʻd, active 12th century-13th century. Miftāḥ al-fāʼiḍ fī ʻilm al-farāʼiḍ |
Alternate Title | Treatise on inheritance law |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | باب اسباب الميراث اسباب الميراث ثلاثه نسب ونكاح وولا |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 195r-211v |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 18th century (?) |
Year Range | 1700-1800 |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 13 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Item Location | fol. 195r, 196r-211v |
Author |
Raṣṣāṣ, Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan, -1224
![]() |
Author NS | شمس الدين احمد بن محمد الرصاص |
Title | Miṣbāḥ al-ʻulūm fī maʻrifat al-Ḥayy al-Qayyūm |
Title NS | مصباح العلوم في معرفة الحي القيوم |
Uniform Title | Raṣṣāṣ, Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan, -1224. Miṣbāḥ al-ʻulūm fī maʻrifat al-Ḥayy al-Qayyūm |
Alternate Title | Thirty questions on theology |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله ذي المن والافضال الحكيم فى الافعال الصادق فى الاقوال |
Item Location | fol. 195v |
Author |
Rassī, al-Qāsim ibn Ibrāhīm, -860 or 861
![]() |
Author NS | الامام القسم بن ابراهيم بن اسمعيل ابن رسول الله |
Title | al-Uṣūl al-khamsah |
Title NS | الأصول الخمسة |
Uniform Title |
Qāsim ibn Ibrāhīm, -860 or 861. Uṣūl al-khamsah
![]() |
Alternate Title | Five principles |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | من لم يعلم فى دين الاسلام خمسه من الاصول فهو ظال جهول |
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