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MATTHEWS, A.N. (translator)

Mishcàt-ul-Maśábìh' (Mishkat al-Masabih)

Mishcàt-ul-Maśábìh' (Mishkat al-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 Muslemàns [Muslims]. Translated from the original Arabic [...],

Stock Code 111506

Calcutta T. Hubbard, at the Hindoostanee (sic; Hindustani) Press 1809-10.

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Sunni hadith printed in Calcutta. Mishkat al-Masabih is an important and extensive collection of about 6000 hadith, compiled by Imam Khatib at-Tabrizi (d. 1248) in the thirteenth-century. Printed here as the first English edition in Calcutta by the Hindustani press, commercially rare.

First English Edition, two volumes, [vi], ix, [1] (blank), vi, 386, [lacking 387-390], 391-665 pp; [ii], vi, 388, [lacking 389-420], 421-817, [1] (blank), [12] (index) pp, 4to, some light browning and worming (rarely affecting text), mordern calf-backed marbled boards, a handsome set.

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