AL-HUSNEN HASEEN BY SHAMS AL-DEEN MOHAMMAD AL-JAZURI, MECCA, 979 AH/1572 AD

Arabic manuscript on paper, 87 leaves and 2 flyleaves with 14 lines to each page, written in naskh script with black and red ink with a blue border. The first page illuminated with gold and blue border with occasional marginal notes. This book is written by al-Imam al-Alem shames al-din Mohammed ben al-Sheikh Shames Al Din Mohammed al-Juzari on sunday 22 Dhu al-Hijjah 791 AH/1388 AD in Damascus. Copied in Jumada al-awwal 979 AH/1572 AD in Mecca. 20 by 14 cm.

CATALOGUE NOTE Al-Jazuri is considered a distinguished and prolific scholar in the field of the qira’at of the Quran, whom al-Suyuti regarded as the ‘ultimate authority on these matters’. His works on Tajwid and qira’at are considered classics. The his attributive title, Jazari, denotes an origin from Jazirat ibn ‘Umar on the Turkey-Syria border. He was born in Damascus on Friday 26 November 1350. He travelled to Mecca, Medina, Cairo and Alexandria where he took knowledge from its scholars and in 774 AH/1372 AD, he was authorized by his teacher Ibn Kathir to issue verdicts in Islamic law. He served as a qadi (judge) of Damascus in 793 AH/1390 AD and later in Shiraz where he died at the age of 79 in 832 AH/1429 AD.