

Country |
Yemen
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City |
Ṣanʻāʼ
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Repository | Maktabat al-Ḥasan ibn Qāsim al-Sirājī |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 72 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 18th-20th century (?) |
Language(s) | Arabic; Turkish (Ottoman) |
Genre(s) | Hadith; Grammars |
Notes |
Notes and poems, fol. 42r. Folio numbers are approximate |
HMML Proj. Num. |
ZMT 02965 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/627637 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Prepared for upload by the "Zaydi Manuscript Tradition" Project, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ; funding provided by the National Endowment of the Humanities and the Gerard B. Lambert Foundation. Cataloged by Josh Mugler |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Capture Date | 2023/01/17 |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |

Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 72 leaf(ves) |
Provenance |
Ownership note of شرف الاسلام الحسن بن القاسم السراجي, dated Rajab 1382 AH (1962 CE), front flyleaf |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 3r-41r |
Place of Origin | Yemen, ʻAmrān, Ḥūth (?) |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Year Range | 1961 |
Date Precise | 1961 May |
Native Date Precise | 26 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1380 AH |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1-2 column(s), 17-19 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Scribe |
Sirājī, al-Ḥasan ibn al-Qāsim, 1929-2000
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Scribe NS | حسن بن قاسم بن احمد بن قاسم السراجي |
Notes |
Portions completed at different dates; colophons, fol. 15v, 18r, 39r. Notes, poems, and excerpts, fol. 15v-16r, 26r, 37v-41r |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 42v-72v |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 18th century (?) |
Year Range | 1700-1800 |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 11 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh; Nasta‘līq |

Item Location | fol. 3r-15v |
Author |
Ibn Rifāʻah, Zayd ibn ʻAbd Allāh, active 11th century
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Author NS | ابن رفاعة، زيد بن عبد الله |
Title | al-Arbaʻūn ḥadīth al-Saylaqīyah |
Title NS | كتاب الأربعين السيلقيه المنتقى من كلام خير البريه |
Uniform Title | Ibn Rifāʻah, Zayd ibn ʻAbd Allāh, active 11th century. Arbaʻūn ḥadīth al-Saylaqīyah |
Alternate Title | Forty hadith |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحديث الاول عن انس بن مالك |
Item Notes |
Copying dated 13 Jumādá al-Thānī 1373 AH (1954 CE), fol. 15v |
Item Location | fol. 16v-18r |
Author |
Ṭughrāʼī, al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī, 1061 or 1062-1121?
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Author NS | مؤيد الدين الحسين بن علي الطغرائي |
Title | Lāmīyat al-ʻAjam |
Title NS | لامية العجم |
Uniform Title | Ṭughrāʼī, al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī, 1061 or 1062-1121? Lāmīyat al-ʻAjam |
Alternate Title | Lāmīyah of the non-Arabs |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | إصالة الرأي صانتني عن الخطل |
Item Notes |
Copying dated Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1378 AH (1959 CE), fol. 18r |
Item Location | fol. 19r-25r |
Author |
Hādī ilá al-Ḥaqq, Yaḥyá ibn al-Ḥusayn, 859-910
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Author NS | مولانا امير المؤمنين الهادي الى الحق القويم يحيى بن الحسين بن القاسم بن ابراهيم |
Title | Tathbīt al-imāmah |
Title NS | تثبيت امامة امير المؤمنين وسيد الوصيين ابي الحسين صاحب بدر وحنين على بن ابي طالب |
Uniform Title |
Hādī ilá al-Ḥaqq, Yaḥyá ibn al-Ḥusayn, 859-910. Tathbīt al-imāmah
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Alternate Title | Treatise on the imamate |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله الذي خلق السموات والارض وجعل الظلمات والنور |
Item Location | fol. 27r-37r |
Author |
Manṣūr billāh, al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī, 1559-1620
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Author NS | الامام المنصور بالله القسم بن محمد بن رسول الله |
Title | al-Iʻtiṣām bi-ḥabl Allāh al-matīn. Selections |
Title NS | منقول من مقدمة الاعتصام |
Uniform Title | Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī, 1559-1620. Iʻtiṣām bi-ḥabl Allāh al-matīn |
Alternate Title | Treatise on Zaydī and Sunnī hadith |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | فصل اختلف الناس فيما يؤخذ به من سنة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم |
Item Location | fol. 42v-54v |
Author |
Datfazī, ʻAbd Allāh, active 15th century
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Author NS | الدتفزي، عبد الله |
Title | al-Bināʼ fī al-ṣarf |
Title NS | البناء في الصرف |
Uniform Title | Datfazī, ʻAbd Allāh, active 15th century. Bināʼ fī al-ṣarf |
Alternate Title | Treatise on morphology |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | اعلم ان ابواب التصريف خمسة وثلثون بابا |
Item Location | fol. 55r-72v |
Title | al-Amthilah |
Title NS | الامثله المختلفه فى علم التصريف |
Alternate Title | Arabic conjugation paradigms |
Language(s) | Arabic; Turkish (Ottoman) |
Incipit | نصر ينصر نصرا |
Item Notes |
Arabic verb paradigms with interlinear Turkish comments |

Country |
Yemen
![]() |
City |
Ṣanʻāʼ
![]() |
Repository | Maktabat al-Ḥasan ibn Qāsim al-Sirājī |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 72 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 18th-20th century (?) |
Language(s) | Arabic; Turkish (Ottoman) |
Genre(s) | Hadith; Grammars |
Notes |
Notes and poems, fol. 42r. Folio numbers are approximate |
HMML Proj. Num. |
ZMT 02965 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/627637 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Prepared for upload by the "Zaydi Manuscript Tradition" Project, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ; funding provided by the National Endowment of the Humanities and the Gerard B. Lambert Foundation. Cataloged by Josh Mugler |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Capture Date | 2023/01/17 |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 72 leaf(ves) |
Provenance |
Ownership note of شرف الاسلام الحسن بن القاسم السراجي, dated Rajab 1382 AH (1962 CE), front flyleaf |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 3r-41r |
Place of Origin | Yemen, ʻAmrān, Ḥūth (?) |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Year Range | 1961 |
Date Precise | 1961 May |
Native Date Precise | 26 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1380 AH |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1-2 column(s), 17-19 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Scribe |
Sirājī, al-Ḥasan ibn al-Qāsim, 1929-2000
![]() |
Scribe NS | حسن بن قاسم بن احمد بن قاسم السراجي |
Notes |
Portions completed at different dates; colophons, fol. 15v, 18r, 39r. Notes, poems, and excerpts, fol. 15v-16r, 26r, 37v-41r |
Item Location | fol. 3r-15v |
Author |
Ibn Rifāʻah, Zayd ibn ʻAbd Allāh, active 11th century
![]() |
Author NS | ابن رفاعة، زيد بن عبد الله |
Title | al-Arbaʻūn ḥadīth al-Saylaqīyah |
Title NS | كتاب الأربعين السيلقيه المنتقى من كلام خير البريه |
Uniform Title | Ibn Rifāʻah, Zayd ibn ʻAbd Allāh, active 11th century. Arbaʻūn ḥadīth al-Saylaqīyah |
Alternate Title | Forty hadith |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحديث الاول عن انس بن مالك |
Item Notes |
Copying dated 13 Jumādá al-Thānī 1373 AH (1954 CE), fol. 15v |
Item Location | fol. 16v-18r |
Author |
Ṭughrāʼī, al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī, 1061 or 1062-1121?
![]() |
Author NS | مؤيد الدين الحسين بن علي الطغرائي |
Title | Lāmīyat al-ʻAjam |
Title NS | لامية العجم |
Uniform Title | Ṭughrāʼī, al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī, 1061 or 1062-1121? Lāmīyat al-ʻAjam |
Alternate Title | Lāmīyah of the non-Arabs |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | إصالة الرأي صانتني عن الخطل |
Item Notes |
Copying dated Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1378 AH (1959 CE), fol. 18r |
Item Location | fol. 19r-25r |
Author |
Hādī ilá al-Ḥaqq, Yaḥyá ibn al-Ḥusayn, 859-910
![]() |
Author NS | مولانا امير المؤمنين الهادي الى الحق القويم يحيى بن الحسين بن القاسم بن ابراهيم |
Title | Tathbīt al-imāmah |
Title NS | تثبيت امامة امير المؤمنين وسيد الوصيين ابي الحسين صاحب بدر وحنين على بن ابي طالب |
Uniform Title |
Hādī ilá al-Ḥaqq, Yaḥyá ibn al-Ḥusayn, 859-910. Tathbīt al-imāmah
![]() |
Alternate Title | Treatise on the imamate |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله الذي خلق السموات والارض وجعل الظلمات والنور |
Item Location | fol. 27r-37r |
Author |
Manṣūr billāh, al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī, 1559-1620
![]() |
Author NS | الامام المنصور بالله القسم بن محمد بن رسول الله |
Title | al-Iʻtiṣām bi-ḥabl Allāh al-matīn. Selections |
Title NS | منقول من مقدمة الاعتصام |
Uniform Title | Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī, 1559-1620. Iʻtiṣām bi-ḥabl Allāh al-matīn |
Alternate Title | Treatise on Zaydī and Sunnī hadith |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | فصل اختلف الناس فيما يؤخذ به من سنة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 42v-72v |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 18th century (?) |
Year Range | 1700-1800 |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 11 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh; Nasta‘līq |
Item Location | fol. 42v-54v |
Author |
Datfazī, ʻAbd Allāh, active 15th century
![]() |
Author NS | الدتفزي، عبد الله |
Title | al-Bināʼ fī al-ṣarf |
Title NS | البناء في الصرف |
Uniform Title | Datfazī, ʻAbd Allāh, active 15th century. Bināʼ fī al-ṣarf |
Alternate Title | Treatise on morphology |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | اعلم ان ابواب التصريف خمسة وثلثون بابا |
Item Location | fol. 55r-72v |
Title | al-Amthilah |
Title NS | الامثله المختلفه فى علم التصريف |
Alternate Title | Arabic conjugation paradigms |
Language(s) | Arabic; Turkish (Ottoman) |
Incipit | نصر ينصر نصرا |
Item Notes |
Arabic verb paradigms with interlinear Turkish comments |
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