AL-MUTAWAKKIL AL-MUTAHHAR (D. 1474 AD): KITAB AL-YAQUT AL-MU'AZZAM

SIGNED IBRAHIM YAHYA AL-NASIR B. IBRAHIM AL-HAJAMI, YEMEN, WEDNESDAY 24 MUHARRAM AH 1116/29 MAY 1704 AD

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AL-MUTAWAKKIL AL-MUTAHHAR (D. 1474 AD): KITAB AL-YAQUT AL-MU'AZZAM
SIGNED IBRAHIM YAHYA AL-NASIR B. IBRAHIM AL-HAJAMI, YEMEN, WEDNESDAY 24 MUHARRAM AH 1116/29 MAY 1704 AD
Commissioned by the ruler of Yemen Al-Mahdi Muhammad (r. 1686-1718 AD), poetry on the rules of the conduct of war, Arabic manuscript on paper, 140ff. plus 3 fly-leaves, each folio with 23ll. of black naskh within red and blue rules, some words and titles in polychrome naskh, illuminated headpiece, opening shamsa, catchwords, in marble paper cover binding
Text panel 7 5/8 x 4 3/8in. (19.5 x 11cm.); folio 12 x 7 7/8in. (30.5 x 20cm.)

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The opening page indicates that this work was compiled by 'Abdullah Amir al-Mu'minin al-Mutawakkil 'ala Allah al-Mutahhar b. Muhammad b. Yahya b. al-Husayn b. Hamza al-Zaydi who is probably the Zaidi imam al-Mutawakkil al-Mutahhar (d. 1474 AD.) See C. Brockelmann, Geschiste der arabischen Litteratur, Leiden, 1996, supp.ii, p.233.

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