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Ḥall al-Mushkilāt Manuscript
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A Hanafi manuscript treatise on Islamic inheritance law (farāʾiḍ) from the Ottoman Empire, dated 1092H./1681. The colophon completed in a triangle gives the name of the calligrapher as "Aḥmad ibn Muṣṭafá" and the date as Rajab 1092 A.H. (1681 CE), with a blessing stamp and a Latin inscription in brown ink at the top.
حل المشكلات.
حل المشكلات في الفرائض.
Manuscript codex.
Title from introduction (f. [2]r).
Unfoliated.
21 long lines; frame-ruled.
Paper, 169. Catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso.
Written in Naskh in black and red ink.
Illuminated frontispiece of a unwân surmounted polychrome and gold arches. Some rubrications. Page-frame ruled in gold or red.
European paper with trefoil and initials EB countermark.
The item is undated, likely copied in the 18th or 19th century.
Red morocco binding with marbled paper.
Purchased from the Librarie Ancienne des Trois Islets, June 2017.
Processed in 2021 by Katy Rawdon, Coordinator of Technical Services.
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- Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
- Finding Aid Author
- Katy Rawdon, Coordinator of Technical Services
- Finding Aid Date
- August 2023
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Open for research.
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