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Subject(s)

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

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Scribe

• Sharīf, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad, active 19th century [Browse]

Related name

• شريف، عبد الرحمن بن احمد، active 19th century [Browse]
• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 363H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Headbands [Browse]
• Watermarks (Paper) [Browse]

Summary note

A commentary, with grammatical analysis, on al-Muqaddimah al-Ājurrūmīyah.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (fol. 1a).
• Marginal notes and glosses.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 52 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 22 lines per page.
• Description: Text in red and commentary in black ; entries in green or gold, overlining in red ; watermarks (crown?; flower; roman-alphabet letters "A", "L") ; MS in good condition. MS is rare.
• Origin: According to colophon copied 1240 by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad al-Sharīf (fol. 52b).
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وصلى الله على سيدنا ومولانا محمد واله وصحبه الحمد لله الملك الجبار
• Colophon: قد تم الغرض من جمع هذا المختصر مع اشتغال البدن وترامي الاحوال في زمن کثير شره قليل نفغه وخيره وسلام على عباده الذين اصطفى ثم الصلاة والسلام على سيدنا ومولانا محمد خاتم النبيين وامام المرسلين والحمد لله رب العالمين سنة 1240 على يد عبد الرحمن بن احمد الشريف رفق الله به. امين. امين وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله

Binding note

Later type II (with flap) binding in red leather and grey and red marbled paper. Multi-colored endbands.

Language note

Arabic;

Script

Maghribī.

Provenance

• Waqf dated 5 M[uḥarram] 1094 [January 4, 1683]
• Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 438.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Other title(s)

• Sharḥ al-Ajurrūmīyah
• شرح الاجرومية

OCLC

1310717507

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