Fols. 144; 20.5 x 14.9 cm.; written surface 13.5-15 x 5.8-8.5 cm.; 15-19 lines to page; on glazed European paper; in Fārisi; with catchwords; entries in red. A collection containing: 1. Ḥāshiyah ʻalá Sharḥ Ḥikmat al-ʻayn, a gloss by Mīrzā Jān, A.H. 994 [A.D. 1586] on the commentary of Muḥammaḍ ibn Mubārakshāh al-Bukhārī on Ḥikmat al-ʻayn, a treatise on metaphysics and physics by Najm al-Dīn ʻAlī ibn ʻUmar al-Qazwīnī al-Kātibī, A.H. 675 [A.D. 1276/7]. See Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), III, p. 103; Rieu, Supplement of the catalogue of the Arabic Mss, 727. Copy incomplete at end. 2. Sharḥ Ḥikmat al-ʻayn, the commentary of Muḥammad ibn Mubārakshāh al-Bukhārī on Ḥikmat al-ʻayn. See Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), III, p. 103; Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 5081/2. Copy incomplete at end. This commentary was printed in Qāzān, A.D. 1893 and A.H. 1319. 3. A fragment of the commentary of Ḥusayn ibn Muʻīn al-Dīn al-Maybudī fl. ca. A.H. 890 [A.D. 1485] on Hidāyat al-ḥikmah, a treatise by al-Abharī, A.H. 663 [A.D. 1264/5] on logic, physics and metaphysics. See Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 5065/6. This commentary was lithographed in Constantinople, A.H. 1263; India, A.H. 1278. 4. A commentary by Masʻūd ibn Ḥusayn al-Shirwānī on the famous treatise on dialectics entitled Risālah fī ādāb al-baḥth. 5. A commentary on the preceding text by Yaḥyá ibn Aḥmad al-Kāshī. Nos.4 and 5 were copied A.H. 1069 [A.D. 1659] by Rajab ibn Ismāʻīl ibn Ḥusayn ibn Ismāʻīl. Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. MS in good condition but worm-eaten; Arabic binding; blind stamped. Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925.
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