Islamic Law [IO Bijapur 340]

Law: Ḥanafite. This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 340 in the India Office collections. [metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 266 here with further notations and hyperlinks]. 266. B 340. Size 13 in. by 71/2 in.; foll. 404. Twenty-seven lines in a page. The first part of a copious Commentary on the same work, by Zain al-‘Âbidîn b. Ibrâhîm Miṣrî, commonly called IBN NAJÎM (d. A.H. 970), who entitled it البحر الرائق. Cf. Ḥ. Kh. v. 250. This is a commentary by قوله. The author, in compiling it, made use of numerous works, which he enumerates in his preface. Amongst the earlier commentaries on the Kanz he prefers that of Zaila’î. This part extends to کتاب الاعتاف. Well written, by Muḥammad Laṭîf (?). Some leaves worm-eaten. Wrongly inscribed کتاب مجموعة الفتاوی. Cf. Catal. 228, xviii.