Numb. fols. 447; 27 x 16 cm.; written surface 21 x 11 cm.; 30 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; with catchwords; entries and headings in red. A compendium of Muslim law. The work is probably an abridgment of the corpus of Abū ḥanīfah, A.H. 150 [A.D. 767]. Beg.: بسم الله ... وبعد فهذا مختصر في بىان تعرىفات الاحکام Colophon: وانا العبد الضعىف الفقىرالحقىرالمستنکف عن اسمه وهو لضرورة التعرىف موسى بن عىسى بن موسى المراغي غفر الله له ولوالدىه ولا جداده ولجمىع المؤمنىن والمؤمنات والمسلمىن والمسلمات الاحىاء منهم والاموات برحمتك ىا ارحم الراحمىن. امىن Marginal notes. MS in fair condition; worm-eaten and mended. Arabic leather binding; blind stamped. Probably from XVIth century. Rare. Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925. Cf. ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), V, p. 538.
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