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 48 leaves : 202 x 146 (155 x 106) mm, bound to 203 x 156 mm 14-24 long lines, usually 22. Naskh in black ink, pointed. Rubrications in red. Table Table

Light brown leather with envelope flap. Covers blind stamped with central mandorla with two pendants on the vertical axis and blind tooled frame.

Copy completed in the month of Shaʻbān, 1095 AH (July/Aug. 1684) by al-Shaykh ʻAlī ibn al-Dhahab (f. 44r).

1684 Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Formerly owned by Maḥmūd ibn al-Shaykh al-Fattāḥ (inscription f. 1r). Islamic law--Early works to 1800 Hanafites--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Arabic Manuscripts