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Natījat al-ijtihād fī al-muhādanah wa-al-jihād نتيجة الاجتهاد في المهادنة والجهاد Ghazzāl, Aḥmad ibn al-Mahdī غزال، أحمد بن المهدي [‎1v] (19/268)

The record is made up of Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. v+120+v. It was created in 1767-1777. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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First-person travel narrative by Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn al-Mahdī al-Ghazzāl al-Fāsī al-Andalusī al-Mālaqī (أبو العباس أحمد بن المهدي الغزال الفاسي الأندلسي المالقي, d. 1777), ambassador and secretary under the ʿAlawī sultan Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh (Muḥammad III; محمد بن عبد الله, reg. 1757-90). While the present volume is undated, the benedictory phrase employed towards the author in the opening (see f. 2v, line 6) suggests that he may have still been alive at the time of copying.

Al-Ghazzāl describes his diplomatic mission to the court of Charles III of Spain (reg. 1759-88) in 1179-80/1766-67. He was charged with negotiating the release of Maghribī enslaved peoples in Spain, the retrieval of Arabic manuscripts from Spanish collections, and the promotion of warmer relations between the two kingdoms. In the course of the visit, the ambassador and his entourage visited 64 locations (enumerated in a contents table on ff. 1v-2r) including Seville, Cordoba, Madrid, El Escorial, and Granada. The narrative contains a wealth of geographical, historical and political detail and sociological observation, some relating to the author's impressions of Spain's Islamic past.

Begins (f. 2v, lines 2-9):

نتيجة الاجتهاد في المهادنة والجهاد تأليف

وزير الدولة المحمدية الإسماعلية المؤيدة با

لله وكاتب أوامرها المطاعة بالله سيدي أحمد

بن مهدي الغزالي الفاسي الدار الأندلوسي النسبة

الحميري والنجار ختم الله له بالحسنى وجعله من أهل المقام

الحمد لله الذي فرض الجهاد وسنه واشتري

به من المؤمنين أنفسهم وأموالهم بأن لهم الجنة نحمده

سبحانه وتعالى حمد من جاهد في الله حق جهاده...

Ends (f. 120v, lines 13-16):

... وقد

وعدهم أيده الله بذلك ولم تزل رسائلهم تتردد على حضرته العالية مستشفعين

بسيد الشفعاء له في إنقاذهم مما هم فيه من الأسر ولم يكن أعزه الله بغافل عنهم والأ

شياء موقوفة إلى أجلها ولكل أجل كتاب

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Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. v+120+v
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Material: Western laid paper

Dimensions: 217 x 161mm leaf [150 x 108mm written]

Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; Eastern Arabic foliation in ink

Ruling: Misṭarah ; 17 lines per page; vertical spacing 11 lines per 10 cm

Script: Maghribī

Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and some titles in blue

Decoration: None

Binding: Dark brown leather binding with pentagon flap, bearing small çintamani stamps and lobed corner pieces and central mandorla of an intricate foliate design, on light-brown leather, all within a blind-tooled frame; doublures of marbled paper

Condition: Good; some small stains; binding repaired with paper; shadow of envelope flap on first unnumbered flyleaf

Marginalia: None except ff. 2r-3r

Seals: British Museum stamps: ff. 10r, 23r, 38r, 55r, 66r, 83r, 95r, 104r and 120v

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Natījat al-ijtihād fī al-muhādanah wa-al-jihād نتيجة الاجتهاد في المهادنة والجهاد Ghazzāl, Aḥmad ibn al-Mahdī غزال، أحمد بن المهدي [‎1v] (19/268), British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Add MS 9596, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100151234983.0x000014> [accessed 9 October 2024]

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