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This is a beautiful illuminated copy. For this author and the work see Brockelmann, C.: Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur, Leiden, 1996, II, p. 458
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TUNISIA, AH 1 SAFAR 1187/24 APRIL 1773 AD
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MUHAMMAD IBN MUHAMMAD AL-SARRAJ AL-WAZIR AL-ANDALUSI (FL. AH 1138/1725 AD): AL-HULAL AL-SUNDUSIYAH FI AL-AKHBAR AL-TUNUSIYA
Tunisia, AH 1 Safar 1187/24 April 1773 AD
On the history of Tunisia, Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 201ff. with 34ll. of black maghribi, titles in red or larger script, opening folio with illuminated heading issuing palmette into the margin, opening flyleaf with title and name of author of work and dedication to the commissioner of this copy, dated Safar 1187, final folio with colophon recording the date of completion of the manuscript as 1 Safar 1187 by the scribe Ahmad ibn 'Abdallah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajj 'Umar ibn Abi Bakr al-Jamali al-Turablasi, very good condition, later red morocco binding with flap with tooled medallion and spandrels
Folio 11½ x 8in. (29.4 x 20.4cm.)
Tunisia, AH 1 Safar 1187/24 April 1773 AD
On the history of Tunisia, Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 201ff. with 34ll. of black maghribi, titles in red or larger script, opening folio with illuminated heading issuing palmette into the margin, opening flyleaf with title and name of author of work and dedication to the commissioner of this copy, dated Safar 1187, final folio with colophon recording the date of completion of the manuscript as 1 Safar 1187 by the scribe Ahmad ibn 'Abdallah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajj 'Umar ibn Abi Bakr al-Jamali al-Turablasi, very good condition, later red morocco binding with flap with tooled medallion and spandrels
Folio 11½ x 8in. (29.4 x 20.4cm.)
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