Lot 544 AN OTTOMAN HADITH BOOK, WRITTEN BY HASSAN BIN BILAL AND DATED 1226 AH/1811 AD

An Arabic manuscript on paper, 40 folios, each page with 17 lines, written in black Naskh script. Titles and important words are in red ink, with marginal commentaries and notes. It was written by Sheikh Hassan bin Bilal in the year 1226 AH (1811 AD). The manuscript is bound in leather and covered with marbling. Its dimensions are 15 x 21 cm. The book is based on the science of Abu Isa Muhammad bin Isa bin Sevre (Yezîd) at-Tirmidhi (279 AH / 892 AD). He was one of the most prominent scholars of his time in the science of Hadith, and this work is considered one of the most valuable written by him.