Details

Subject(s)

• Arabic language—Grammar—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Scribe

• Balghrādār Nūrī, Darwīsh Muḥammad, active 17th century [Browse]

Related name

• بلغرادار نوري، درويش محمد، active 17th century [Browse]
• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 83L [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Watermarks (Paper) [Browse]

Summary note

A compendium of grammar.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from caption (fol. 1b).
• Label on lower cover "335 K E".
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 33 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 11 lines per page.
• Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (crown-star-crescent, roman-alphabet initial countermark with trefoil) ; MS in good condition.
• Origin: According to colophon copy completed 1069 by Darwīsh Muḥammad al-Balghrādār Nūrī (fol. 32b).
• Incipit: الحمد لله الوهاب للمومنين سبيل ... اما بعد فان الوبية وسيلة الي علوم الشريعة واحد اركانها التصريف ...
• Colophon: تمت الكتاب عن عبد الحقير درويش محمد البلغرادار نوري سنه تسع وستين والف

Binding note

Later type III (without flap) limp binding in dark paper.

Language note

Arabic;

Script

Fārisī

Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 304.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1432733035

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