Copied A.H. 1124/5 [A.D. 1712/3] by ḥasan ibn ḥusayn. Fols. 170; 21.7 x 16 cm.; written surface 15.5 x 7.5 cm.; 19 lines to page; on glazed European paper; in naskhi; with catchwords; entries in red. An encyclopedic work on theology, prayer, ethics, philosophy, and jurisprudence by Abū al-Layth Naṣr al-Samarqandī, A.H. 383 [A.D. 993/4]. See ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), II, p. 51; Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 8322/3. Printed in Calcutta, A.D. 1868; Bulāq, A.H. 1289. Followed by a homiletical work on right living, death, the next life and the mercy of God. The treatise was first written in Turkish. Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses; ruled marginal lines in red; MS in good condition; Arabic leather binding with flap; blind stamped on cover and flap. Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925.
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