[Collection of Arabic texts on Islamic law].

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Manuscript, Book
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Arabic

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    • Copied A.H. 881-2 [A.D. 1477] by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Khiḍr.
    • Fols. 130; 26.8 x 17.6 cm.; written surface 18.5 x 11.5 cm.; 25 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; with few vowel signs; with catchwords; entries in red.
    • A collection containing:
    • 1. Tajnīs al-Multaqaṭ, a classification by Jalāl al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn al-ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad al-Ustrūshanī, A.H. 632 [A.D. 1234/5] of al-Multaqaṭ, a work on judicial decisions according to ḥanafite law by Nāṣir al-Dīn Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-Samarqandī al-ḥusaynī ai-Madanī, A.H. 556 [A.D. 1161]. See ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), VI, pp. 107/8. Copy is probably unique. On the title page is a table of contents.
    • 2. A collection of judicial decisions compiled from leading works on jurisprudence.
    • 3. Another short work on jurisprudence based on tradition.
    • Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses; MS in good condition but mended; modern Arabic binding.
    • Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925.
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