{"product_id":"zhi-sheng-shi-lu-至聖實錄-mawlid-al-barzanji-yunnan-1895-guangxu-21","title":"Zhi Sheng Shi Lu 至聖實錄 [Mawlid al-Barzanjī]. Yunnan, 1895 (Guangxu 21).","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e66 leaves. 27.5 × 16.5 cm. Hardcover. Woodblock printed on Chinese bark paper. Title page in Chinese and Arabic; text in Arabic. Jointly published by the Muslim community of Daxiying in Longmen Village, Xinxing (新興龍門村大西營眾親同刊).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA rare Chinese Muslim woodblock edition of the Mawlid al-Barzanjī, a widely circulated Arabic devotional account of the birth and life of the Prophet Muḥammad, composed by the Medinan scholar Jaʿfar ibn Ḥasan al-Barzanjī.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Chinese title Zhi Sheng Shi Lu 至聖實錄, “True Record of the Most Holy Prophet,” is a descriptive title used for this Yunnan edition rather than a literal translation of the Arabic title.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe publication statement records that the book was jointly published by a local Muslim community and that the woodblocks were kept at the Nancheng Mosque. It shows how local Muslim communities and mosques supported the production and preservation of books in late-Qing Yunnan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary cloth-covered boards rubbed and soiled, with wear to the edges and corners and old cloth repairs. Some light staining internally, with occasional manuscript marks. Overall in good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AL-BARZANJĪ, JAʿFAR IBN ḤASAN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47708940828844,"sku":null,"price":500000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/8070\/8524\/files\/2.1.jpg?v=1792995260","url":"https:\/\/senkei.co.jp\/products\/zhi-sheng-shi-lu-%e8%87%b3%e8%81%96%e5%af%a6%e9%8c%84-mawlid-al-barzanji-yunnan-1895-guangxu-21","provider":"Senkei Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}