Lot Essay
This is the earliest copy of this work, in the author's hand and with his marginal notes. The author was a native of Aleppo, but later migrated to Egypt where he wrote a number of works on Fiqh.
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OTTOMAN TURKEY, AH 13 RAJAB 923/1 AUGUST 1517 AD
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Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Halabi (d. AH 956/1549 AD): Multaqa'al-abhar
Ottoman Turkey, AH 13 Rajab 923/1 August 1517 AD
Islamic jurisprudence, Arabic manuscript on paper, 149ff. with 23ll. of sepia Ottoman naskh, occasional words and overlining in red, text within gold rules and with copious marginal notes, final folio with colophon signed by the author and dated 13 Rajab 923, light staining, in original brown morocco binding with flap with gold tooled medallion with cloud bands, scuffed and worn at spine
Folio 7¾ x 4½in. (19.6 x 11.5cm.)
Ottoman Turkey, AH 13 Rajab 923/1 August 1517 AD
Islamic jurisprudence, Arabic manuscript on paper, 149ff. with 23ll. of sepia Ottoman naskh, occasional words and overlining in red, text within gold rules and with copious marginal notes, final folio with colophon signed by the author and dated 13 Rajab 923, light staining, in original brown morocco binding with flap with gold tooled medallion with cloud bands, scuffed and worn at spine
Folio 7¾ x 4½in. (19.6 x 11.5cm.)