Fols. 233; 27 x 18.4 cm.; written surface 20 x 12.5 cm.; 31 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; with vowel signs; with catchwords; entries in red. A commentary on al-Kifāyah fī ʻilm al-farāʼiḍ, the authorʼs own poem on the law of inheritance according to the Shāfiʻite school. Beg.: بسم الله ... الحمد لله الذي اورث العلماء علم الوراثة Ending: وتقوي ملکته بالتمرىن فىها ولنورد ذلك في ثلاثة فصول الاول A few marginal notes and glosses. Title appears on edges. MS incomplete at end; in good condition; Arabic leather binding; gilt stamped and tooling. Rare. Probably from XVIth century. Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925. Pertsch, Die orientalischen handschriften der Herzoglichen bibliothek zu Gotha, 1107/8.
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