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A commentary on the Mughnī al-labīb ʿan kutub al-aʿārīb of Ibn Hishām, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf, -1361, using the style of قال، اقول. According to the commentator, he has read and commented on the book of Mughnī al-labīb during his several years of residence in the city of Nahrvālah of India, currently known as Aḥmadābād, by the order of Aḥmad Shāh ibn Muḥammad Shāh ibn Muẓaffar Shāh. In his commentary, he has settled for resolving important problems and explaining some issues. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Wadh.Minasian 640

Wadham College, University of Oxford

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For the main catalogue entry, see: Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

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Title

A commentary on the Mughnī al-labīb ʿan kutub al-aʿārīb of Ibn Hishām, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf, -1361, using the style of قال، اقول. According to the commentator, he has read and commented on the book of Mughnī al-labīb during his several years of residence in the city of Nahrvālah of India, currently known as Aḥmadābād, by the order of Aḥmad Shāh ibn Muḥammad Shāh ibn Muẓaffar Shāh. In his commentary, he has settled for resolving important problems and explaining some issues. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Shelfmark

Wadh.Minasian 640

Place of origin

Unknown place of origin

Date

1846

Language

Arabic

Contents

Author: Damāmīnī, Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr, 1361 or 2-1424? دمامینی، محمد بن ابی‌بکر Damāmīnī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr Qurashī Makhzūmī Mālikī, -827 AH/1424 دمامینی، بدرالدین محمد بن ابی‌بکر قرشی مخزومی مالکی، -۸۲۷ق/۱۴۲۴ Title: Tuḥfah al-gharīb bi-sharḥ-i Mughnī al-Labīb Title: تحفه الغریب بشرح مغنی اللبیب Title: Tuḥfat al-gharīb fī al-kalām ʿalá Mughnī al-Labīb Title: تحفة الغریب فی الکلام علی مغنی اللبیب Title: Sharḥ-i Mughnī al-Labīb Title: شرح مغنی اللبیب

Support

Western paper (watermark), natural buff, regular thickness, one size, glossy.

Physical extent

115 ff.

Hands

Graceful cursive Nastaʿalīq, one hand, regular (commentary) Abarqūhī, ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm ابرقوهی، علی ابن ابراهیم

Decoration

Rubricated titles and قال/اقول expressions, rubricated line above excerpts from Mughnī al-Labīb.

Acquisition

Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.

Subject

Arabic language--Syntax--Early works to 1800

Arabic language--Syntax

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  • Mohammad Emami
  • Damāmīnī, Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr, 1361 or 2-ca. 1424

  • Minasian, Caro Owen

  • Ibn Hishām, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf, 1309-1360

  • Ali Mir-Ansari

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