Students' Guide

Name: Students' Guide
Author: the honorific Shaykh al-Islam. Manhaj al-Ṭullāb

Title	Students' Guide
Author	the honorific Shaykh al-Islam. Manhaj al-Ṭullāb
Publication Date:	1868 (CE, Gregorian)
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	110
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	12926
Record ID	12926
Library Location	Qatar National Library
Date	1868 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad al-Anṣārī, a Shafi’i jurist, teacher, and Sufi, was born in Egypt and studied at al-Azhar, the Sunni Islamic center of learning in Cairo. Throughout his long career (he lived about 100 years), al-Anṣārī held many positions as judge and Sufi authority. He is recognized as a major figure in medieval Sunni jurisprudence. He studied under the greatest teachers of the age and influenced later generations, being referred to by the honorific Shaykh al-Islam. Manhaj al-Ṭullāb (Students' guide) is an abridgement of Nawawī’s Minhāj al-Ṭālibīn (Path of knowledge seekers), a major juridical reference from the 13th century. It was followed by longer commentaries by numerous authors and became a standard teaching text, which was often reprinted at the Bulaq Press and elsewhere. The press was one of the principal institutions established by visionary suzerain Muḥammad ʻAlī (reigned 1805−49). Founded along modern administrative principles, it served the government and private persons by producing works of science, engineering, and history, as well as literary and Islamic classics. This copy was printed at the Bulaq Press in 1868 under the supervision of its director, Husayn Husni. The book is instantly recognizable in appearance, typography, paper, and layout as a product of this famous press. The colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. is typical of the times, containing a long encomium to Isma’il Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Egypt’s ruler.
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Students' Guide

Author the honorific Shaykh al-Islam. Manhaj al-Ṭullāb

Publication Date 1868 (CE, Gregorian)

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 110

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID 12926

Record ID 12926

Library Location Qatar National Library

Date 1868 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad al-Anṣārī, a Shafi’i jurist, teacher, and Sufi, was born in Egypt and studied at al-Azhar, the Sunni Islamic center of learning in Cairo. Throughout his long career (he lived about 100 years), al-Anṣārī held many positions as judge and Sufi authority. He is recognized as a major figure in medieval Sunni jurisprudence. He studied under the greatest teachers of the age and influenced later generations, being referred to by the honorific Shaykh al-Islam. Manhaj al-Ṭullāb (Students' guide) is an abridgement of Nawawī’s Minhāj al-Ṭālibīn (Path of knowledge seekers), a major juridical reference from the 13th century. It was followed by longer commentaries by numerous authors and became a standard teaching text, which was often reprinted at the Bulaq Press and elsewhere. The press was one of the principal institutions established by visionary suzerain Muḥammad ʻAlī (reigned 1805−49). Founded along modern administrative principles, it served the government and private persons by producing works of science, engineering, and history, as well as literary and Islamic classics. This copy was printed at the Bulaq Press in 1868 under the supervision of its director, Husayn Husni. The book is instantly recognizable in appearance, typography, paper, and layout as a product of this famous press. The colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. is typical of the times, containing a long encomium to Isma’il Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Egypt’s ruler.

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