in the expression “for reforming.”

The titles found in the other manuscripts are as follows:

3 — The original manuscript: Comprehensive Principles of Sharia Governance concerning the Well-Being of the Ruler and the Ruled. When the book was first published, its first edition, printed in India, bore a similar title, as will be discussed below. This title was clearly derived from the author’s statement in the introduction: “This ... comprises comprehensive principles of divine governance ...”

4 — Manuscript (Lām): Sharia Governance concerning the Well-Being of the Two Rulers and the Ruled. This is how it appears on the title page, with two yā letters. On the following page, which is the opening page of the book, it appears with only one yā (al-rāīn).

5 — Manuscript (Zā): Sharia Governance and Prophetic Principles for Reforming the Ruler and the Ruled.

6 — Manuscript (Bā), however, gives only the opening portion of the title: Sharia Governance. The same title is given by the author’s pupil Ibn Fadl Allāh al-Umarī (d. 749 AH) in Masālik al-Absār (1).