Lot 137
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MUHAMMAD BIN 'ABD AL-HAQQ BIN SULAYMAN AL-KUMI AL-YA'FURI AL-TILMISANI (D. 1228 AD): AL-MUKHTAR FI AL-JAM' BAYN AL-MUNTAQA WA AL-ISTIDHKAR
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MUHAMMAD BIN 'ABD AL-HAQQ BIN SULAYMAN AL-KUMI AL-YA'FURI AL-TILMISANI (D. 1228 AD): AL-MUKHTAR FI AL-JAM' BAYN AL-MUNTAQA WA AL-ISTIDHKAR

ANDALUSIA OR NORTH AFRICA, 13TH/14TH CENTURY

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MUHAMMAD BIN 'ABD AL-HAQQ BIN SULAYMAN AL-KUMI AL-YA'FURI AL-TILMISANI (D. 1228 AD): AL-MUKHTAR FI AL-JAM' BAYN AL-MUNTAQA WA AL-ISTIDHKAR
ANDALUSIA OR NORTH AFRICA, 13TH/14TH CENTURY
An early copy of this work on jurisprudence, Arabic manuscript on vellum, 11ff., plus two fly-leaves, each with 27ll. of tight sepia maghribi script, titles in large sepia, blue or red script, with catchwords, misbound and incomplete, in 18th century north African gilt red morocco binding
Folio 10 ¾ x 7 ½in. (27.4 x 19cm.)
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Lot Essay

Muhammad bin 'Abd al-Haqq bin Sulayman al-Kumi al-Ya'furi was a Maliki jurist born in Tlemcen in 1141 AD. He died in Tlemcen in 1228 AD. His work on fiqh Al-mukhtar fi al-jam' bayn al-muntaqa wa al-istidhkar is a very large work 'of three thousand folios', two copies of which are in Kairouan and Rabat (Al-Zerekly, Al-A'lam, Biographical Dictionary, 2007, vol. 6, p.186)

For another copy of this work and a short note about the author, see lot 141 in this sale.

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