Arabic MS 233 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
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A commentary on al-Kāfiyah of Ibn al-Ḥājib by ʻIṣām al-Asfarāyīnī
Title: Sharḥ al-KāfiyahTitle: شرح الكافيةIncipit: الحمد لله على ما الهمنى كن عصاميا لا عظاميا ... وبعد فيقول ... ابراهيم من محمد الاسفرايني المشهور بعصام الدين ... ان الكتاب ... الكافية المنسوب الى الشيخ ان الحاجبExplicit: الهي كما انعمت علينا بشرح الفن ... لهم افتخارى وبراعتىLanguage(s): ArabicReferences
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 720 [233]Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: PaperExtent: 278 foliosDimensions (leaf): 225 × 130 mm.Layout
1 column, 23 lines
Hand(s)
Naskh
History
Origin: circa 1700 CEProvenance and Acquisition
From the collection of Colonel George William Hamilton (1807-1868) who served in India from 1823 to 1867 latterly as Commissioner in Delhi. He acquired over a thousand Indian and Persian manuscripts of which 352 were selected after his death for the British Museum. The remainder were purchased in 1868 by Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford.
Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands in 1901 from James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, for the John Rylands Library.
Record Sources
Catalogue information compiled by Abdullah al-Rashidi from Alphonse Mingana, Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester University Press, 1934.Availability
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