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1 copy of Sharḥ tuḥfat al-ikhwān by Dardīr, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1715-1786

Author: Dardīr, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1715-1786 ابو البركات احمد بن محمد بن احمد الدردير

Commentary on the author's own treatise entitled Tuḥfat al-ikhwān fī bayān ṭarīq ahl al-ʿirfān

Incipit: الحمد لله على ما انعم من البياب و الهم من التبيان ... و بعد فهذا شرح لطيف على الرسالة التي جعلتها في بيان المجاز و التشبية و الكناية

Language(s): Arabic

References

Printed catalogue no. 804

GAL II 353, esp. no. 7

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 12 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 23.7 × 16.9 cm.

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Layout

23 lines per page

Hand(s)

Written in clear Egyptian Naskh; headings and words commented upon in red.

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History

Origin: Undated, probably 18th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on H. L. Gottschalk et al.: Islamic Arabic Manuscripts. Catalogue of the Mingana Collection of Manuscripts. Vol. IV. Revised edition edited by Derek Hopwood. Birmingham: Selly Oak Colleges, 1985, with additional enhancements.

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