‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha’rani (d. 1565 AD): Kitab al-Mizan al-Kubra, probably...
‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha’rani (d. 1565 AD): Kitab al-Mizan al-Kubra, probably Egypt or Ottoman Provinces, dated 6 Sha’ban AH 1273/1 April 1876 AD, 500ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, 29ll. of black naskh text per page, opening folio with polychrome header, associated brown morocco binding with tughra of Sultan ‘Abd al-Majid (r. 1839-61 AD) in gilt contained with an oval leafy medallion, folio 30.3 x 21.5cm. The author’s seminal work on the comparison between the four schools of law (al-madhahib al-arba’a)
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‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha’rani (d. 1565 AD): Kitab al-Mizan al-Kubra, probably Egypt or Ottoman Provinces, dated 6 Sha’ban AH 1273/1 April 1876 AD, 500ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, 29ll. of black naskh text per page, opening folio with polychrome header, associated brown morocco binding with tughra of Sultan ‘Abd al-Majid (r. 1839-61 AD) in gilt contained with an oval leafy medallion, folio 30.3 x 21.5cm. The author’s seminal work on the comparison between the four schools of law (al-madhahib al-arba’a)
