Descriptive Information

Title

النهاىة في شرح الکفاىة.

Transliterated Title

al-Nihāyah fī sharḥ al-Kifāyah.

Call Number

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 165B

Identifier

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/qz20sw12t

Language

Arabic

Date Created

1200-1299

Format

Manuscript

Rights Statement

No Known Copyright

Notes

Fols. 298; 25.7 x 17 cm.; written surface 22.5 x 14 cm.; 36 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; with vowel signs; with catchwords.

A commentary on al-Kifāyah fī al-naḥw, a work on grammar by the author.

Beg.: بسم الله ... الله احمد على ما الجم من نعمه واسدى وافاد من کرمه ... اما بعد فاعلم ان اللغة العربىة اشرف اللغات

Ending: ... امکنة مسکونة او خاوىة تجري المسکونة في الاهتداء بها الى

A few marginal notes and glosses. Stated on title page that copy was made during the lifetime of the author. MS incomplete at end; in fair condition; stained with dampness; Arabic leather binding with flap; gilt stamped and tooling on cover; blind tooling on cover and flap and blind stamped on flap. Probably unique. Probably from XIIIth century.

Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925.

Suyūṭī, Bughyat al-wuʻāh (1908), p. 131; Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), VI, p. 404.

Discovery Information

Subject

Ibn al-Khabbāz, Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn 1193-1240—Kifāyah fī al-naḥw

Arabic language—Grammar—Early works to 1800

Physical Characteristics

File Count

304

Institutional Information

Collection

Manuscripts of the Islamic World

IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d81ad418-65ae-4c26-adf1-9ac87c095855/manifest

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