'Abdullah b. Muhammad al-Khayat al-Harushi al-Maliki al-Fasi (d. AH 1127/1715 AD): Anthology

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'Abdullah b. Muhammad al-Khayat al-Harushi al-Maliki al-Fasi (d. AH 1127/1715 AD): Anthology
Tunis, circa 1700

probably a holograph copy comprising prayers specially relating to the prophet Muhammad, five different books bound together, manuscript on ivory paper, 145ff. plus two flyleaves, largest section of about 60ff. of brown maghribi, punctuation in red, important words and phrases in gold outlined in brown with blue diacritics, headings in thuluth, gold margin between brown rules, outer red and blue rule, occasional marginal illumination, similar panel at end, the other books similar but less opulent, the first using much illumination but little gold (old damages and repairs) brown morocco binding with flap stamped with gold floral sprays within twisting border
folio 4in. (10.2cm.) square

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The five books are as follows:
1. Complete genealogy of the prophet from Adam and Eve (first and last folios missing)
2. Kunuz al-Asrar fi Salat 'ala Nabi al-Mukhtar (first folio replaced)
3. Al-Durr al-Fa'iq fi Salat 'ala Ashraf al-Khaliq
4. Devotional poetry
5. Hizb al-Wasila li al-Imam al-Shadali
The author was a renowned scholar of fiqh and traditions. Born in Qas, he migrated to Tunis where he died in 1127 (1715 AD)

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