NUR AL-DIN ABU'L-HASAN 'ALI BIN 'ABDULLAH BIN AHMAD AL-HASANI AL-SHAFI'I, KNOWN AS AL-SAMHUDI (D. 1506 AD): KITAB KHULASAT AL-WAFA BI- AKHBAR DAR AL-MUSTAFA, SIGNED AHMAD BIN HUSAYNI BIN YAHYA AL-TAMI, MOROCCO, NORTH AFRICA, DATED AH 989/1581-2 AD

NUR AL-DIN ABU'L-HASAN 'ALI BIN 'ABDULLAH BIN AHMAD AL-HASANI AL-SHAFI'I, KNOWN AS AL-SAMHUDI (D. 1506 AD): KITAB KHULASAT AL-WAFA BI- AKHBAR DAR AL-MUSTAFA
SIGNED AHMAD BIN HUSAYNI BIN YAHYA AL-TAMI, MOROCCO, NORTH AFRICA, DATED AH 989/1581-2 AD
A history of the holy city of Medina, Arabic manuscript on paper, abridged by al-Samhudi from his larger work Wafa' al-wafa, 183ff., plus two flyleaves, 23ll. of brown maghribi, keywords picked out in red, the opening folio with heading in gold, catchwords, occasional marginal notes, two folios with diagrams of the Tomb of the Prophet, colophon signed and dated, in gilt stamped brown morocco, areas of repair to margins
Folio 10 ½ x 7 ¾in. (26.6 x 19.8cm.)