Beschreibung:

Fatawa, Kirkuk: colophon signed Sayyid Ahmad al-Rushni al-Khalidi, for his righteous brother [li-ajl akhihi al-salih] al-Sayyid Muhammad Najib al-Khalidi al-Naqshbandi, 13 Muharram 1286 AH [1869 CE], Arabic manuscript in black ink on laid paper, 65 leaves, 11 to 13 lines of naskh script to the page, rubricated headings, 13 further leaves to the rear (some loose) containing additional texts and fragments (including poetry) in at least 2 different hands, one dated 1294 AH [ 1877/8 CE], a few stains, contemporary cloth, worn, 8vo (22 x 15.5 cm), together with: Jurjani (al-Sharif al-, 1339/40-1413/14), Sharh al-Fara'id al-Sirajiyah, Near East: colophon signed 'Abd al-Ghafur ibn 'Ala Ahmad, [19th century], Arabic manuscript in black ink on thick laid paper, 101 leaves, 15 lines of naskh script to the page, profuse marginalia, one shorter leaf depicting permutations of inheritance tipped in, occasional damp-staining, bound after a copy of Jawahir al-Fara'id by Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201-1274) in the same hand (3 leaves, damp-stained), contemporary goatskin backing paper boards, rubbed, contents shaken and stitching loose, 8vo (23 x 16 cm); and 2 others (both lithographic editions of Arabic treatises on usul al-fiqh) The first work is a collection of legal opinions (fatawa) by influential Syrian faqih and hadith scholar al-Nawawi (1233-1237); the second is a commentary by Persian polymath al-Sharif al-Jurjani (1339/40-1413/14 CE) on the Fara'id al-Sirajiyah, the foundational work on Islamic inheritance law by Siraj al-Din al-Sajawandi (d. 1203/4 CE). Provenance: private collection, United Kingdom. (4)