MUHIBB AL-DIN AL-TABARI (D. 1295 AD): KITAB AL-QIRA LI-QASID UMM AL-QURA

SIGNED AHMAD B. MUHAMMAD B. 'ALI AL-MU'ADDAB AL-SHAFI'I, MAMLUK EGYPT OR SYRIA, DATED 15 JUMADA I AH 819/8 OCTOBER 1416 AD

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MUHIBB AL-DIN AL-TABARI (D. 1295 AD): KITAB AL-QIRA LI-QASID UMM AL-QURA
SIGNED AHMAD B. MUHAMMAD B. 'ALI AL-MU'ADDAB AL-SHAFI'I, MAMLUK EGYPT OR SYRIA, DATED 15 JUMADA I AH 819/8 OCTOBER 1416 AD
An account of the ceremonies connected with the pilgrimage to Mecca, Arabic manuscript on paper, 286ff. plus 3 fly-leaves, each folio with 25ll. of black naskh, words highlighted in red, in brown morocco binding
10¾ x 7½in. (27.8 x 19.3cm.)

Lot Essay

A note on the last page states that this copy was compared to that of the author in 8 Sha'ban 819, by Abu Bakr b. Ahmad b. Ahmad b. Qadi Sumayya (?) Al-Shafi'i.

A 14th century copy of this work is in the Chester Beatty Library (A. Arberry, A Handlist of the Arabic Manuscripts, vol.I, Dublin, 1955, p.31, No.3077).

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