published by a small firm in Cairo, the Maḥmūdiyya Commercial Press
Egypt
20th Century
Source: Reese, Scott. ‘The Ink of Excellence’.
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The text al-Durrur al-bahīya was published by the Maḥmūdiyya Commercial Press in Cairo for Bohra Ismaili booksellers for the Zanzibar market (p. 238).
Original Recipe Text
The text al-Durrur al-bahīya was published by the Maḥmūdiyya Commercial Press in Cairo for Bohra Ismaili booksellers for the Zanzibar market (p. 238).
Evidence
"this edition was published by a small firm in Cairo, the Maḥmūdiyya Commercial Press for a firm of Bohra Ismaili booksellers, Mulla Karim Jee Mulla Mohamed Bhai & Sons, specifically for sale in Zanzibar."
Remarks
The book contains poems in praise of the author, Sayyid Abu Bakr (al-Bakri). One poem by Shaykh Abdullah al-Azhari al-Falambani refers to the author metaphorically as the 'ink of excellence' (p. 238). The paper discusses this as part of a transregional intellectual network connecting Egypt, Indonesia, and East Africa (p. 240).
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Inferred
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paper
Paper Typepublished by a small firm in Cairo, the Maḥmūdiyya Commercial Press
RegionEgypt
Approx. Year1950
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