Kitāb Dustūr al-gharāʾib wa-maʿdan al-raghāʾib and Related Texts

Sinopsis del libro

This is the first publication of the official correspondence of the leading religious scholar and literary figure, Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abi al-Hasan al-Bakri al-Siddiqi al-Shafi'i Sibt Al al-Hasan. It provides a window into the world of an influential religious scholar in sixteenth century Cairo and his network of…