Morocco, dated April 7, 1796 - Lot 2

Morocco, dated April 7, 1796 Exegesis of the Qur'an, Tafsir al-Jalalayn by al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti, copied for the son of ibn Suda al-Tawudi. Arabic manuscript on paper in Maghribi script, 21 lines per page in Maghribi script in black, red and blue ink within a double red frame. Sarlowh on first page and illuminated intermediate sarlowh. Marginal comments. Colophon dated Thursday, Ramadan 29, 1210 (April 7, 1796), indicating that the manuscript was copied by Muhammad al-Ghayyib(?) b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. Sulayman for his Sheikh Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad b. Sayyid al-Tawudi b. Suda. Red leather binding with flap and cover, with stamped and gilded decoration of a central mandorla. Size: 20.5 x 16 cm LS Wormholes, flap detached, many pages restored, not collated, dampstaining. Provenance: Si Dris Laraki, Fez, Morocco, purchased May 8, 1918; Galerie Paul Prouté, Paris. The Tafsir al-Jalalayn is one of the most important tafsir for the study of the Koran. It was written by two authors named Jalal (Jalalayn), Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli (d. 864H./1459) and his pupil Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (d. 911H./1505). This manuscript was copied for the son of the famous scholar ibn Suda al-Tawudi (1700-1795), one of the most influential people, politically and intellectually, in Morocco. Sheikh Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad b. Sayyid al-Tawudi b. Suda was the chief qadi of Fez. He died in 1235H./1819-20 and is buried next to his father in his father's religious complex (zawiya).