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A short grammatical treatise based on some Qurʼanic verses.
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- Publisher
- [16th century?]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 89L
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A short grammatical treatise based on some Qurʼanic verses.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [Treatise on Arabic grammar].
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 89L
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcq524k180d
- Publisher
- [16th century?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1500-1599
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 9 leaves : paper ; 170 x 118 (120 x 65) mm.
- Provenance
- Ownership signatures: ʻAbd Allāh, Ibrāhīm, and a seal impression (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 486.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- A few marginal notes and glosses. The author was a contemporary of Saʻdī Afandī, 985/1577, as is evident from the preface.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 9 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 15 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
- Description: Watermarks (coat-of-arms?) ; MS in good condition.
- Origin: Probably from XVIth century.
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله المعجز کلامه افهام العلماء ...
- Colophon: والحمد لله على الاتمام وعلى رسوله افضل الصلوة والسلام وعلى اله الکرام وصحبه العظام ما تناثرت لآلى الافکار بالاقلام
- Binding Note
- Unbound.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 22
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/aa61aa66-6afc-4031-9831-2d8499f7a7b4/manifest