Authentic North African legal epitome
Mukhtasar [Legal manual].
4to (175 x 225 mm). Arabic manuscript on paper. 390 unbound leaves, complete. Two columns, 14-15 lines of Maghribi script in black and occasional red ink. Stored loosely in a contemporary full leather binding with fore-edge flap and simple stamped decoration, secured with a wrap-around leather strap.
€ 7.500,00
A good, authentic 18th century example of the North African "mukhtasar" (Muslim legal epitome) by Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Jundi (Sidi Khalil, d. ca. 1365), an Egyptian jurist of the Sunni Malikite school who taught in Medina and Cairo. His law code is one of the most famous examples of its kind and is still considered a standard legal reference manual by Muslims in North and West Africa. It was printed in 1878 under the title "Code Musulman".
In Islamic law, a "mukhtasar" is a concise manual of legal treatises and shariah law, characterized by its clarity. Used since the Abbasid Caliphate, a mukhtasar allowed lawyers to learn quickly, avoiding the more voluminous legal texts.
Signs of extensive contemporary use; some waterstains and strong edge wear, chipping and tears, more extensive to first and last leaves. In all quite well preserved in the original North African leather wraparound binding.
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