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MANUSCRIPTS -- AL-DARDÎR (1715-86). Al-Sharh al-Kabîr 'alâ Mukhtasar Khalîl ('The Great Commentary on Khalîl's Abridgement'). North Africa, late 18th-early 19th c. Approx. 100 lvs., 21 lines to the page. Arabic manuscript on paper, in Maghribi script in black ink with rubrication. Dimensions: 21x15 cm; written area c. 14x10 cm. Loose in mod. blindtooled red leather bind. w. flap. (Several lvs. missing at the beginning, margins a bit wormholed, lower margin a bit waterstained).
An incomplete but authentic Maghribi copy of al-Dardîr's Sharh al-Kabîr, one of the most influential commentaries on Khalîl’s Mukhtasar and a cornerstone of Mâlikî legal practice in the Maghrib and West Africa. Though lacking its opening folios, the text continuous uninterrupted from the extant beginning through to the close of the preserved quires.€ 400
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