Fols. 166; 20.3 x 15.2 cm.; written surface 14.5 x 8.8 cm.; 19-25 lines to page; on Arabic and glazed European paper; in naskhi and Fārisi; with vowel signs; with catchwords; entries in red. A collection containing: 1. al-Kawkab al-munīr naẓm khaṣāʼiṣ al-bashīr al-nadhīr, a poem in praise of the Prophet by ʻAbd al-Bāqī ibn Muḥammad al-Isḥāqī d. after A.H. 1065 [A.D. 1654]. 2. A short biography of the Prophet. This copy was transcribed in Aleppo, A.H. 1270 [A.D. 1854], by Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ al-Darkazanlī. 3. Risālat al-taḥqīq fī al-radd ʻalá al-zindīq, a treatise by Qāsim ibn Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Khānī A.H. 1028-1109 [A.D. 1619-1697] attacking, from the Ṣūfī point of view, the heretical sects. 4. A short dogmatic treatise by Muḥammad ibn Abī al-ḥasan al-Bakrī al-Ṣiddīqī. 5. A gloss on a dogmatic treatise. Copy is in poor condition and worm-eaten. 6. Another treatise on the dogmas of Islam entitled Ahamm al-umūr. Copy was transcribed A.H. 1103 [A.D. 1691/2] by Fiyādh [?] ibn Muḥammad ibn Fiyādh. MS in fair condition; modern Arabic binding. Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925.
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