Middle East.- Islamic Law.- [Treatise on Muslim Jurisprudence], Arabic manuscript on paper, 206ff. with 8 later ff. at beginning and 7ff. at end, black maghribi script with important words and phrases picked out in red, water-staining throughout but affecting text to first third of book,19th century half sheep over boards, within full calf with flap, with medallions and border stamped in blind, some worming and extremities worn, 4to (293 x 224mm.), [North Africa], 1688.

⁂ A likely Algerian or Egyptian copy of a Muslim jurisprudence text, and one particularly concerned with discussions around marriage and inheritance. North Africa was in the 18th century a major area of academic discussion surrounding figh, or Muslim legal theory. Cairo in particular had a large number of scholars, both male and female, debating the different schools of thought during the 17th century.