Mishcat Ul-Masabih. or a Collection of the Most Authentic Tr...

Mishcat Ul-Masabih. or a Collection of the Most Authentic Traditions, Regarding the Actions and Sayings of Muh'ammed [Muhammad]; Exhibiting the Origin of the Manners and Customs; the Civil, Religious and Military Policy of the Muslemà ns [Muslims]. Translated from the original Arabic by A.N. Matthews. Published Hindustani Press Calcutta, 1809. Volume Two only. Quarto. 817 pp with index. Leather bound, marked and rubbed, front board detached, rear held by the cords, spine deficient. Lacking title page. First page showing insect depredation to the margins. Some waterstaning to pages towards the rear and the lower margins of the index pages with loss due to a hungry rodent. Pages within are in relatively decent order with some dustiness and occasional worming. An important work on the hadith - the sayings of the Prophet which form the basis of Islamic law. As a colonial administrator, Matthews, an army officer, stationed in Bengal was concerned to understand local legal custom and usage as the indigenous population acted according to their own legal traditions. Most of the copies of his work were lost at sea during transport to Europe so the text is rare. His translation made a number of errors as his command of classical Arabic was deficient in some areas and he relied upon Persian commentaries which confused the readings. A poor to fair copy of an important text. Together with: A manuscript work on Islamic lawin Maghribi - Andalusi script relating to legal fatwas Al-Mi'yar al-Mu'rib largely relating to marriage and property issues in a worn leather wallet-style binding decorated in blind with inset arabesque medallions in contrasting green leather. The binding is wormed as is the text block within, and heavily so to the margins of the pages which are sewn, not loose but detached from the binding save for a strip of crude parcel tape to the first page. The iron gall ink has browned over the course of the book's life. At some point someone has written the number 1095 which would correspond to 1684 CE which might give a clue to the date of the manuscript. A poor copy of an important Islamic work.

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