Anderson, Adam, 1797-1853 (Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1797 - 1853
Biography
Adam Anderson, Lord Anderson, FRSE (1797 – 1853) was a Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice. From 1835 to 1841 he was Sheriff of Perth. He served as Solicitor General for Scotland from 1842 to 1846 and as Lord Advocate from February to May 1852.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
الهداية في الفروع ‘al-Hidāyah fī al-furū, undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)
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Identifier: Or Ms 158
Scope and Contents
An incomplete copy of a well-known work on Ḥanafī law by Shaykh Burhān al-Dīn ‘Alī b. Abī Bakr al-Marghīnānī (d. 593 A.H., 1197 C.E.).
Dates:
undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)
جامع الرموز Jāmi‘ al-rumūz, undated copy (original text composed 16th cent. C.E.)
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 159
Scope and Contents
A complete commentary on the Wiqāyat al-Hidāyah of ‘Ubayd-Allāh b. Maḥmūd b. Maḥmūd al-Maḥbūbī, also known as "Ṣadr al-Sharī‘ah", who lived in the seventh century of the ḥijrah. The author of the commentary is Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Khurāsānī Quhistānī, (d. circa 950 A.H., 1543 C.E.).
Dates:
undated copy (original text composed 16th cent. C.E.)