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This work was copied at the madrasa at al-Fakhria, during the author's lifetime. The author was a Qadi at Medina and wrote a number of books of which this is a little known work.
EGYPT OR SYRIA, AH 10 SHA'BAN 785/8 OCTOBER 1383 AD
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Shams al-Din Muhammad b. Sulayman al-Hukri: Kitab liwazim al-Islam (Part III)
Egypt or Syria, AH 10 Sha'ban 785/8 October 1383 AD
On Sufism, Arabic manuscript on ivory paper, 39ff. with 13ll. of bold black naskh, headings and occasional words in red, very slight staining, final folio with colophon signed Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Hukri and dated 10 Sha'ban 785, in Mamluk style brown morocco binding with flap
Folio 8.3/8 x 6in. (21 x 15.5cm.)
Egypt or Syria, AH 10 Sha'ban 785/8 October 1383 AD
On Sufism, Arabic manuscript on ivory paper, 39ff. with 13ll. of bold black naskh, headings and occasional words in red, very slight staining, final folio with colophon signed Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Hukri and dated 10 Sha'ban 785, in Mamluk style brown morocco binding with flap
Folio 8.3/8 x 6in. (21 x 15.5cm.)