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Subject(s)

• Ibn Ājurrūm, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad 1273 or 1274-1323—Ajurrūmīyah [Browse]
• Arabic language—Grammar—History—15th century—Sources [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Neat copy of a commentary on al-Ājurrūmīyah, a short treatise on grammar by Ibn Ājurrum (d. 723/1323). As mentioned in the preamble, this commentary is intended for beginners and was written at the request of al-Shaykh ʻAbbās al-Azharī (fol. 1b, last line).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from colophon (fol. 48b). The name of the author also appears at the beginning of the text.
• Physical description: 17 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink. Coarse European paper with watermark (Tre Lune) with some leaves in wove paper; not glossy; edges not trimmed. On fol. 1a: Several inscriptions ; ornementation in gold and color pencils. Title and inscriptions on the lower cover (inverted).
• Origin: According to colophon, copied by Ibrāhīm Ibn Aḥmad QNDḤ and completed on Wednesday 10 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1280 [May 1864] (fol. 48b).
• Incipit: بسم ... يقول العبد الفقير الى مولاه الغني خالد بن عبد الله بن ابي بكر الازهرى عامله الله بلطفه الخفي واجراه ... الحمد لله رافع مقام المنتصبين لنفع العبيد ... وبعد فهذا شرح الالفاظ الآجرومية في اصول علم العربية ينتفع به المبتدي ... [2أ] ... الكلام في اصطلاح النحويين هو اللفظ اي الصوت المشتمل على بعض الحروف
• Explicit: فقد تقدم في المرفوعات فليراجع جميع ذالك قال مؤلفه وهذا اخر ما اردنا ذكره على هذا المقدمة ... وتابع التابعين لهم باحسان الى يوم الدين والحمد لله رب العالمين

Provenance

Inscription in the name of Sulaymān al-Miṣrī on fol. 1a.

References

Mach, R. and E. Ormsby. Handlist (New Series), 14

OCLC

224419922

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