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al-ʾAlfīyah fī al-naḥv or al-Khulāṣah fī al-naḥv is a work by Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh Ṭāʾī Jīyānī knwon as Ibn Mālik(died 672 AH), where he has presented a versified account of the Arabic syntax in 1000 couplets, hence known as Alfīyah. It has been the focus of attention of many scholars, and many commentaries have been written on it. Awz̤aḥ al-Masālik ilá alfīyah Ibn Mālik, later known as al-Tawz̤īḥ, is one of these commentaries written by Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf Anṣārī Miṣrīknown as Ibn Hishām. The current copy is a supercommentary by Abū al-Valīd Zayn al-Dīn Khālid ibn ʿAbd Allāh Azhar‭‭ī Shāfiʿī (died 905 AH) on that commentary. He was a scholar of the Arabic language, contemporary to ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī and Jalāl al-Dīn Sayūṭī, and wrote this work in 896 AH. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Wadh.Minasian 7

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

al-ʾAlfīyah fī al-naḥv or al-Khulāṣah fī al-naḥv is a work by Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh Ṭāʾī Jīyānī knwon as Ibn Mālik(died 672 AH), where he has presented a versified account of the Arabic syntax in 1000 couplets, hence known as Alfīyah. It has been the focus of attention of many scholars, and many commentaries have been written on it. Awz̤aḥ al-Masālik ilá alfīyah Ibn Mālik, later known as al-Tawz̤īḥ, is one of these commentaries written by Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf Anṣārī Miṣrīknown as Ibn Hishām. The current copy is a supercommentary by Abū al-Valīd Zayn al-Dīn Khālid ibn ʿAbd Allāh Azhar‭‭ī Shāfiʿī (died 905 AH) on that commentary. He was a scholar of the Arabic language, contemporary to ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī and Jalāl al-Dīn Sayūṭī, and wrote this work in 896 AH. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Shelfmark

Wadh.Minasian 7

Place of origin

Unknown place of origin

Date

1652

Language

Arabic

Contents

Author: ‎Azhar‭‭ī, Khālid ibn ʿAbd Allāh, d. 1499‏ ازهری، خالد ابن عبدالله Azhar‭‭ī Shāfiʿī, Abū al-Valīd Zayn al-Dīn Khālid ibn ʿAbd Allāh,‏ 838-905 AH/1434-1499 ازهری شافعی، ابوالولید زین‌الدین خالد بن عبدالله، ۸۳۸-۹۰۵ق/۱۴۳۴-۱۴۹۹ Title: al-Taṣrīḥ ʿalá sharḥ al-tawz̤īḥ Title: التصریح علی شرح التوضیح Title: al-Taṣrīḥ bi-maz̤mūn al-tawz̤īḥ Title: التصریح بمضمون التوضیح Title: Sharḥ-i Awz̤aḥ al-Masālik Title: شرح اوضح المسالک

Support

Western paper (watermark), natural buff, regular thickness, one size, glossy; the selected excerpts for annotation are in cinnabar.

Physical extent

306 ff.

Hands

Graceful, cursive Naskh, one hand, regular; Comment-text book

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
  • Azharī, Khālid ibn ʻAbd Allāh, d. 1499

  • Minasian, Caro Owen

  • Ali Mir-Ansari

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