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Manuscript of The Choice Book of Fatwas (Kitab al-Mukhtar lil-Fatwa) of 'Abd Allah ibn Mahmud Hanafi (1203 - 84), Egypt, 1425 CE / 827 AH, Manuscript: parchment, red and black ink on paper, Binding: leather, On loan from the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Arab MSS 00087
This fifteenth-century copy of an important textbook in Islamic law is intricately annotated with the notes of a legal expert (Arabic, faqih) in Egypt who likely was using the book as a teaching tool. The notes are mainly case studies and problems in…