FIVE WORKS ON ISLAMIC LAW
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FIVE WORKS ON ISLAMIC LAW

OTTOMAN PROVINCES AND POSSIBLY ARABIA, 17TH-19TH CENTURY

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FIVE WORKS ON ISLAMIC LAW
OTTOMAN PROVINCES AND POSSIBLY ARABIA, 17TH-19TH CENTURY
Comprising an early copy of Ahmad bin Muhammad al-Hanafi al-Hamwi's Kitab al-Ashbah wa al-Naza'ir dated AH 1013/1604 AD, originally composed in 1561 AD, in Ottoman silvered and stamped green morocco binding with tughra of Sultan 'Abdul Hamid, an 18th century compilation including two works by Sa'd al-Din Taftazani (d. 1390 AD), including Kitab Sharh al-maqa'id al-nisfiya dated AH 1186 and also Risala fi al-mantiq by Ibrahim bin Husayn al-Hamidi al-Halabi with added note mentioning the sale of the manuscript in Mecca, a work on law (?) by Shaykh Muhammad bin Sulayman known as Shaykh Zadeh, Constantinople, AH 1221, a 19th century Egyptian unbound manuscript and a manual on Shafi'i school of law by Imam al-Suhayli, dated AH 1265
Folio 9 3/8 x 6 3/8in. (23.8 x 16.2cm.) max. (5)
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