Fols. 157; 21.1 x 13.3 cm.; written surface 14.3 x 7.2 cm.; 21 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; with catchwords; entries in gold; with illumination. A compendium of the principles of Ḥanafite law and jurisprudence based on al-Mukhtaṣar of al-Qudūrī, A.H. 428 [A.D. 1037] and al-Jāmiʻ al-ṣaghīr of al-Shaybānī, A.H. 189 [A.D. 804/5]. Beg.: بسم الله ... الحمد لله الذي هدانا الى بالغ حکمه Colophon: تم بحمد الله وحده وصلى الله على سىدنا محمد وعلىه وصحبه وسلم Marginal notes and glosses; ruled marginal lines in gold on first two pages and in color throughout the rest. First page illuminated in gold and color. On a page following title page is a table of contents. MS in good condition but worm-eaten; Arabic leather binding with flap; gilt stamped and tooling on cover and flap. Probably from XVIth century. Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925. Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), II, pp. 23/4; Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 4487; Catalogus codicum arabicorum Bibliothecae Academiae Lugduno-Batavae,1799.
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