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TWO TREATISES ON RELIGION
OTTOMAN PROVINCES, 17TH CENTURY
Including 'Ali bin al-Husayn bin 'Izz al-Din al-Yamini al-Shami's (d. 1708 AD) Irshad al-'Ibad, copied during the author's life, Arabic manuscript on paper, 52ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 19ll. of black naskh, some words in red, catchwords, colophon dated Wednesday 23 Sha'ban AH 1093, in modern binding, and Badr al-Din Abu Muhammad Mahmud bin Ahmad al-'Aini's (d. 1451 AD) Fawa'id al-qalayid sharh mukhtasar al-shawahid, Arabic manuscript on paper, 189ff. plus 1 fly-leaf, each folio with 21ll. of black naskh, some words in red, phrases underlined in red, catchwords, colophon dated 27 Ramadan AH 1097, in marble paper cover binding
Folio 8 x 5 1/8in. (20.2 x 13.3cm.) and 8¼ x 5 5/8in. (20.8 x 14.5cm.) (2)

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'Ali bin al-Husayn bin 'Izz al-Din al-Yamani al-Shami (1624-1708 AD) was a Zaidi jurist and chief of the Waqf administration in San'a, Yemen.

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