KABS AL-MUJTADI WA TRKYATU AL-MUBTADI BY IBN QURMAS, 1259 AH/1843 AD

Arabic manuscript paper with 187 leaves and 4 fly leaves, 22 lines to each page, written in naskh script with black and red ink, tables of number and Arabic alphabet with different geometric designs, within a gilt border The first page with an illustrated heading, bound in gilt brown leather cover. Nasser al-Din Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Qurqmas 883 AH/1487AD. Copied by Othman Al-Hilmi Al-Aqhasari 1259 AH/1843/ AD. 21 by 14 cm.

CATALOGUE NOTE Muhammad ibn Qurqmas bin Abdullah al-Nasir, his nickname was Ahraam Dahg meaning the pyramid of the mountains, follower of the Hanafi school, during the reign of Mamluks in Egypt. His birth and death in Cairo, wrote a lot of books with his elegant script style.