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Ozmose posted...

You're not far off.
It's Shams al-Ma'arif al-Kubra. It's the real life basis for the mythical book Al Azif, which was the inspiration for the Necronomicon. Outside of old school traditionalist Sufis, it's pretty much treated like the most evil thing ever written. Like most of this stuff though, there's a whole lot of misunderstanding around it. It's not so much Al-Buni's writings that attract the ire, it's everything that was added throughout the 17th-century. Even that stuff seems pretty tame though. I've seen way scarier books before.

Rational adults should be as afraid of books as they are afraid of bogeymen and fairytale monsters.

Seek assistance from universities which offer courses in the vein of Egyptology, etc, or from online forums, organizations, or clubs where enthusiasts of this sort of thing meet and collaborate. You should be able to find people who aren't superstitious kooks who are willing to help you.