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Subject(s)

• Ibn Masʻūd, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī active 13th century—Marāḥ al-arwāḥ [Browse]
• Arabic language—Morphology—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Scribe

• ʻAbdalī, Shukrī ibn ʻAbd Allāh, active 17th century [Browse]

Related name

• عبدلي، شكري بن عبد الله، active 17th century [Browse]
• كمال باشازاده 1468 or 1469-1534 [Browse]
• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 82L [Browse]

Attributed name

• Kemalpaşazade, 1468 or 1469-1534 [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Watermarks [Browse]

Summary note

A commentary on Marāḥ al-arwāḥ.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from later title at head of text (fol. 1b).
• The author of this commentary is not definitely known. Ḥājjī Khalīfah suggests Ibn Kamāl Pāshā, 940 [1553/4] as the author. Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften ascribes it to ʻAbd Allāh ibn Safar. Inscription (fol. 135a).
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 135 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 21 lines per page.
• Description: Text in red and commentary in black ; watermarks (crown-star-crescent, roman-alphabet initial countermark with trefoil; three crescents; circles) ; MS in good condition.
• Origin: According to colophon copy completed Tuesday in Shaʻbān 1108 by Shukrī ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-ʻAbdalī (fol. 134a).
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين قال المفتقسره ... ترک المصنف داب سائر المصنفين من افتتاح کتابه بالحمد اقتداء بسيد المرسلين ...
• Colophon: تمت هذه النسخة المباركة بعون الله وحسن توفيقه على يد اضعف عباد الله الفقير الحقير شكري ابن الحاجي عبد الله العبدلي في يوم الثلاثة في وقت الظهر في شهر شعبان سنة الف ومائة وثمانية من الهجرة النبوية على صاحبها ... ولا تجعل قلوبنا غلاّ للذين آمنوا ربنا انك رووف رحيم. م م م

Binding note

Dark brown leather spine only remnant of binding.

Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

• Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 431.
• Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), V, p. 488.
• Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 6813.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Other title(s)

• Sharḥ al-Marāḥ fī ʻilm al-ṣarf
• شرح المراح في علم الصرف

OCLC

1432733097

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