Abi Muhammad Abdul-Haq ibn al-Shaykh al-Imam Abi Bakr Ghaleb bin 'Atiyyah ah-Muharibi, al-Muharir al-Wajiz fi Tafsir Kitab Allah al-Aziz, a commentary on the Qur'an, one volume only, North Africa or Andalusia, Almohad, 13th century

Arabic manuscript on paper, 37 leaves, 42 or fewer lines to the page, written in a crisp and small Andalusian script in black ink on thick buff paper, some portions in larger script, doublures with glosses in a number of hands, later red morocco binding, with flap 

In Fair overall condition, some leaves loose, requires conservation, binding loose from manuscript, some nibbles to leaf edges, binding rubbed and with abrasions, some old paper repairs, as viewed.
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This commentary on the Qu'ran belongs to an interesting group of medieval Islamic manuscripts written in a rigorous and attractive 'Andalusian' hand, which originate from either Spain or the Maghrib. A related manuscript (a theological treatise written in Fez) was sold in these rooms 27 April 1994, lot 46, whilst another similar manuscript (Al-Ghazali's Ihya 'Ulum Al-Din) was included in these rooms 7 October 2009, as lot 14. The latter manuscript shared with the present work a similar format on luxurious thick buff paper and a fine hand.