Awāʼil al-kutub al-sittah. Thabat al-shaykh Muḥammad Ḥayāh al-Sindī al-aṣl al-Madanī ... [etc. / اوائل الكتب الستة. ثبت الشيخ محمد حياة السندي الاصل المدني
Extent: 71 leaves : paper ; 215 x 160 mm. bound to 218 x 165 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger from title of Text 1 (fol. 1a) and Text 2 (fol. 25a). Physical description: Number of lines per page varies. Written in black ink with use of red. European paper, glossy. Inscription in Roman script on a spine label (vertical): "AUT S 80" (repeated on the pastedown of the upper cover). Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "Sh 157" (repeated on the pastedown of the upper cover). Several ijāzāt for Aḥmad Najīb, one from Muḥammad Ḥayāh al-Sindī al-Madanī (fol. 29b) ; one from Muḥammad ibn al-Ṭayyib (fol. 30b-31b). Origin: Copy of Text 1 completed on Wednesday 8 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1162 [Nov. 19, 1749] in al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, by Yūsuf ibn Muṣṭafá al-Madanī al-MṬūbisī(?), teacher ("muʻallim al-aṭfāl") (colophon, fol. 24a). Copy of Text 4 completed on 23 Jumādá al-Thāniyah 1162 [June 10, 1749], by al-ḥājj Aḥmad Najīb ibn al-ḥājj Muḥammad ibn Muṣṭafá ibn Muḥammad, whose father was qāḍī bi-ṭayyibatihi... From the books of ʻAbd al-Muḥsin al-KhLī (ownership statement dated 1256(?) H. [1840 or 41] on fol. 1a). Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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