Fols. 25; 19.4 x 11.2 cm.; written surface 14.5 x 7 cm.; 21 lines to page; on glazed European paper; in Fārisi; with catchwords; entries in red. A collection of original poems in six chapters: (1) in praise of the Prophet, (2) in praise of the author's father al-Ashraf and his grandfather al-ʻĀdil, (3) homilies, (4) love, (5) Muwashshaḥ and Zajal, (6) on miscellaneous matters. Beg.: بسم الله الرحمن الرحىم ... الباب الاول في المدائح النبوىة ... سر ىا رسولي نحو حجرة احمد وقل السلام علىك ىا علم الهدى Colophon: وهذا اخر ما وجدته من کلام المرحوم السطلان خلىل بن السلطان الملك الاشرف احمد بن السلطان سلىمان العادل ابن الملك صلاح الدىن ابن اىوب تغمده الله برحمته ورضوانه امىن MS in good condition but worm-eaten; modern Arabic binding; blind stamped and tooling. Probably from XVIth century. Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925. Sakhāwī, al-Tibr al-masbūk (1896), pp. 399-400; cf. Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 7898¹. Printed in Beirūt, A.D. 1866.
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