[Letter, to the Shaykh al-Islām].

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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
[1860 or 1861]
Description
24 leaves : paper ; 222 x 167 (161 x 94) mm

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    Summary note
    Letter concerning the well-known Islamic precept, al-amr bi-al-maʻrūf wa-al-nahy ʻan al-munkar.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Physical description: 21 lines per page; written in casual naskh in black on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Paginated in Arabic script by a modern hand. Some staining and insect damage.
    • Origin: Copy completed 1277 H [1860 or 1861], by Muṣṭafá al-Ḥājj al-Shaʻrānī (fol. 24a).
    • Incipit: من العبد الفقير الاخف والاصغر من النقير والفطمير الى احمد عبد الكريم الى السيد الجليل الذي تعين عليه فرضية الامر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر
    Language note
    Arabic.
    Other title(s)
    في الامر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر من الكتاب والسنة على التمام واكلمال
    Title given on fol. 1a
    • Fī al-amr bi-al-maʻrūf wa-al-nahy ʻan al-munkar min al-kitāb wa-al-sunnah ʻalá al-tamām wa-ak-lamāl [sic]
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    829951221
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