فقه في الحدود والقصاص والتعزیرات Fiqh fī al-ḥudūd wa al-qiṣāṣ wa al-ta'zīrāt, undated
Scope and Contents
A work treating legal punishment, retribution, and penal laws.
It is stated in the introduction (fols. 1-4) that this work was compiled in the time of Henry Colebrooke and John Harris Harrington by a Mufti, whose name does not appear, at the direction of Capt. (afterwards Lieut. Col.) Baillie. Colebrooke spent time in South Asia in various roles under the East India Company between 1782 and 1815 C.E..
The Mufti probably was Niẓām al-Dīn (a great-grandson of the famous Shaykh 'Abd al-Ḥaqq of Dehli), who, it is stated by his son al-Muftī Ikrām al-Dīn Khān, having accompanied Shāh 'Ālam in his campaigns in the East, had settled down temporarily at Benares (Varanassi), and was engaged in some similar work at the request of some English officials.
Dates
- Creation: undated
Language of Materials
Arabic (Script: naskh)
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Full Extent
1 volume
Other Finding Aids
Hukk, Mohammed Ashraful; Ethé, Hermann; and Robertson, Edward, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library (Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd., 1925).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated to the University of Edinburgh Library by Lieutenant-Colonel John Baillie of Leys' grandson, also named John Baillie, in 1876.
Processing Information
Annotation uses legacy data from Mohammed Hukk et al. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library.
Source
- Baillie, John, of Leys, 1772-1833 (Member of Parliament, and East India Company Official) (Former owner, Person)
- Baillie, Anne, 1809-1847 (Former owner of manuscripts) (Former owner, Person)
- Baillie, John Baillie, of Leys, 1835-1890 (donor of the Oriental Manuscripts Collection) (Donor, Person)
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