IO Islamic 4412 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
St Augustine's College Collection
Manuals on Arabic and Persian grammar
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Collection of works on Arabic and Persian grammar
Incomplete fragment of a versified version of the treatise Mīzān on Arabic grammar, focussing on the conjugation of regular verbs
The author's name is stated enigmatically in one of the couplets as: KDYKQY (?)
Not dated
Versified manual of Arabic grammar attributed to Mawlavī ʿIṣmat Allāh ibn Aʿẓam ibn ʿAbd al-Rasūl Sahāranpūrī, completed 1070/1659-60
Copious annotations
Not dated
Elementary manual on Persian grammar, lacking title or details on author
Scribe: Mullā Ṣāliḥ ibn Mullā Aḥmad
Dated: 9 Z̲ū al-ḥijjah 1112/1701, at Daulatabad
Persian treatise on Arabic grammar, lacking title or details on author
Dated: 5 Ramaz̤ān [10]59/1658
Persian treatise on the conjugation of Arabic verbs by Fakhr al-Dīn Zarrādī (here spelt Z̤arrādī) Dihlavī (active 1253-1337 or 1347)
Copious annotations in margins
Calligraphic naskh
Not dated
Treatise on Arabic grammar: laws of permutation or inflection applying to irregular or weak verbs
Not dated
Calligraphic naskh and nastaʿlīq
Anonymous commentary on Jurjani's treatise on particles in Arabic grammar
Dated: 15 Z̲ū al-qaʿdah 1149/1737
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