Lot 52
Muhammad al-Ghazali
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2008 at 11:00 GMT
£312
Description
Kitab bidayat al-hidaya [and other works]. MS, 103 leaves, 17x12 cm, written in three hands, the first an elegant, upright naskh, unvocalised; the second a vocalised, tightly written, forward leaning naskh, and thirdly, Ghazali's Kitab bidayat al-hidaya in an African hand
Footnote
Note: Includes extracts from various works, followed by a second extract discussing the attributes of God, main work, followed by Kitab fath al-Rahman by Muhammad b. Ziyad al-Wasahi[?] The Bidaya was copied in the month of Dhu'l-Qa'da 1246 AH.