ABU 'ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD BIN YUSUF BIN MUHAMMAD AL-QURSHI AL-KANJI AL-SHAFI'I (D. AH 658/1250-51 AD): KITAB AL-BAYAN FI AKHBAR AL-ZAMAN
MAMLUK SYRIA OR EGYPT, 15TH CENTURY
A chronology on the life of Imam al-Mahdi known as Sahib al-Zaman, Arabic manuscript on paper, 40ff. plus two flyleaves, each folio with 17ll. of black naskh, titles in gold thuluth outlined in black, opening folio with illuminated title panel in gold and polychrome, final folio possibly replaced, old marginal repairs, with later catchwords, in plain black morocco
Folio 10 1/8 x 6 ¾in. (25.5 x 17.4cm.)
ABU 'ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD BIN YUSUF BIN MUHAMMAD AL-QURSHI AL-KANJI AL-SHAFI'I (D. AH 658/1250-51 AD): KITAB AL-BAYAN FI AKHBAR AL-ZAMAN
MAMLUK SYRIA OR EGYPT, 15TH CENTURY
A chronology on the life of Imam al-Mahdi known as Sahib al-Zaman, Arabic manuscript on paper, 40ff. plus two flyleaves, each folio with 17ll. of black naskh, titles in gold thuluth outlined in black, opening folio with illuminated title panel in gold and polychrome, final folio possibly replaced, old marginal repairs, with later catchwords, in plain black morocco
Folio 10 1/8 x 6 ¾in. (25.5 x 17.4cm.)
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