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ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS -- AL-MUWWÂQ, Abû cAbd Allâh Muhammad al-cAbdarî, the last Mufti of Granada before its conquest by the Catholic Kings in 1492, Kitâb al-Tâj wa-'l-Iklîl li-Mukhtasar Khalîl (first volume, of an original set of 2 volumes, ending in the chapter on divorce). GAL S II 97, nr. 1d. MS of 283 fols. (in folio) in superb Andalusian-style calligraphy. Mod. hcf. (Margins of first 2 and last 4 lvs. rep., a bit soiled/stained throughout). EUR 3.500 EUR 2.800 ¶ The author died in Granada, in the month of Sha'bân of the year 897 (29 May 1492 - 26 June 1492), shortly after the Christian conquest of the city. On the author's life see Ahmad Bâbâ, Nayl al-ibtihâj, nr. 691. Though the manuscript is undated, in the eulogy used in the title of the book (fol. 1b) it is implied that the author was still alife at the time of the copying of the manuscript: "May God preserve His blessing and continue his well-being" ("Abqâ Allâhu barakatahu wa-adâma 'âfiyatahu"). In addition, also the manuscript's watermark suggests a dating near the end of the 15th century. This watermark consists of a "Hand with Glove", No. 1299 in G. Piccard, Wasserzeichen Hand + Handschuh, Stuttgart 1997. The specimen adduced by Piccard is in a document from Neuenburg, dated 1499 A.D. The data available concerning the year and place of death of the author imply that the manuscript must be dated around the year 1490 A.D. and attributed to Granada, shortly before its fall into the hands of the Catholic Kings, or to nearby Morocco, where many refugees from Granada had settled in the late 15th century. This extensive commentary on Al-Khalil's (d. 767/1365) compendium of Malikite law was printed in the margin of Al-Khattâb's (d. 953/1546) commentary Mawâhib al-Jalîl fi Sharh Mukhtasar al-Shaykh Khalil (Cairo, 1328 H).
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