'Abd al-Rahim ibn al-Hasan al-Isnawi (d. AH 772/1370 AD): Kafi al-muhtaj ila sharh al-minhaj (Part two)

CAIRO, AH 2 MUHARRAM 760/4 DECEMBER 1358 AD

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'Abd al-Rahim ibn al-Hasan al-Isnawi (d. AH 772/1370 AD): Kafi al-muhtaj ila sharh al-minhaj (Part two)
Cairo, AH 2 Muharram 760/4 December 1358 AD
A work on religious law (fiqh) in the author's hand, Arabic manuscript on buff paper, 63ff. with 21ll. of sepia naskh, author's marginal notations and corrections, final folio with colophon dated 2 Muharram 760 and signed 'Abd al-Rahim ibn al-Hasan al-Isnawi, occasional smudging, in later brown morocco binding with flap with tooled medallions
Folio 10 x 6.7/8in. (25.2 x 7.3cm.)

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'Abd al-Rahim ibn al-Hasan al-Isnawi was a renowned historian and Islamic scholar. He was educated and lived for most of his life in Cairo.
The opening folio contains two ownership entries dated Safar 800 and Hijra 814.

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