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JALAL AL-DIN BIN ‘UMAR BIN MUHAMMAD AL-KHABBAZI (D.1291 AD): MANAR AL-USULAYN
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JALAL AL-DIN BIN ‘UMAR BIN MUHAMMAD AL-KHABBAZI (D.1291 AD): MANAR AL-USULAYN

SIGNED AHMAD BIN AMIR (?) DAWUD BIN IBRAHIM, MAMLUK LEVANT, DATED TUESDAY 23 RABI’ AH 749/21 JUNE 1348 AD

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JALAL AL-DIN BIN ‘UMAR BIN MUHAMMAD AL-KHABBAZI (D.1291 AD): MANAR AL-USULAYN
SIGNED AHMAD BIN AMIR (?) DAWUD BIN IBRAHIM, MAMLUK LEVANT, DATED TUESDAY 23 RABI’ AH 749/21 JUNE 1348 AD
Or possibly Al-mughni fi usul al-fiqh, a treatise on Hanafi jurisprudence, Arabic manuscript on paper, 176ff. plus two modern fly-leaves, each folio with 28ll. of black naskh script, very occasional words in red, others highlighted in red, occasional marginal notes, first folio with later ownership note with date of AH 1001, in early 20th century European binding
Folio 9 ¼ x 6 ¼in. (23.4 x 15.9cm.)
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The Hagop Kevorkian Fund, Sotheby’s, 18 April 1983, lot 31
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Lot Essay

Al-Khabbazi was from Khujand but taught in Damascus until his death in 1291. This copy, dated to 1348 is therefore a relatively early copy of this work. Al-Khabbazi studied in Bukhara with ‘Ala al-Din ‘Abd al-‘Aziz Bukhari, an expert in legal methodology (usul al-fiqh) who is mentioned in the penultimate folio of this manuscript.

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