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3 2 S l 
RAUDAT AFHAM DHAWl'L-ALBAB, by Jamal al-Jslam 
Abu Bakr Muhammad b. r Abd Allah b. Ahmad b. Hablb al- c Amiri 
AL-BAGHDADl (/. 5/1 ith century), 

[The second volume of a commentary on difficult points occurring 
in the Shihsb al-akhbar, a collection of Traditions by AL-QUDA'I 
(d. 454/1062).] 

Foil. 248. 25-2 X 16-4 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Mahmud b. Ibrahim al-Shahrazurl. 

Dated Rabf II 570 (November 1 174). 

For other commentaries on the Shihab al-akhbar see Brockelmann 
i. 343, Suppl. i. 585. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

3 2 5 2 
AL-MISBAH AL-DA e I ILA TURUQ AL-FALAH, by Badr 
al-Dln Abu r Abd Allah Muhammad b. c Abd Allah AL-ANSARl 
al-Quds! al-Hanafi (Jl. 750/1349). 

[A Sufi miscellany.] 

Foil. 1 16. 24-9 X 16-7 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Autograph. 

Dated 16 Jumada II 754 (19 July 1353). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

3 2 53 
AL-KASHSHAF 'AN HAQA'IQ AL-TANZlL, by AL- 
ZAMAKHSHARl (d. 538/1143). 

[The second part of the celebrated commentary on the Qur'an; 
see No. 3036.] 



B 3311 



2 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

Foil. 276. 26-6x20-2 cm. Clear naskh. 
Undated, 8/ 14th century. 

3 2 54 
SHARH AL-TANQlH. 

[An anonymous commentary on the Tanqth al-usul, a well-known 
treatise on Hariafi jurisprudence by Sadr al-Sharl'a 'Ubaid Allah b 
Mahmud b. Ahmad AL-MAHBtJBl al-Bukhari al-Hanafl (d 
747/1346).] 

Foil. 218. 27-4x18-4 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Dated 17 Rabr I 890 (3 April 1485). 

See Brockelmann ii. 214, Suppl. ii. 300-1. 

* A later hand ascribes this work on the fly-leaf to one Mirza Jan. 

3 2 55 (i) 

RAUDAT AL-TALIBIN, by Muhyl al-Dln AL-NAWAWl (d 
676/1278). l ' 

[The first volume of the well-known commentary on al-Wajlz, 
the Shafi'I law-compendium by Abu Hamid AL-GHAZALI (d 

. 505/1.;" 00 

Foil. 175. 24-3 x 17-3 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Undated, 7/ 13 th century. 
Brockelmann i. 424, Suppl. i. 753. 

This copy was apparently transcribed during the author's life- 
time. 

(") 
RAUDAT AL-TALIBIN. 

[The oecond volume of the preceding work.] 

Foil. 151. 21-3x14-9 cm. Clear, partly unpointed scholar's 
naskh. 

Copyist, 'All b. Ibrahim b. Dawud [b. al-' Attar] al-Shafil (d 
724/1324). V ' 

Dated Jumada I 675 (October 1276). 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 3 

(m) 

RAUDAT AL-TALIBIN. 

[The third volume of the preceding work.] 

Foil. 225. 26-8 x 18 -5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Abi Bakr al-Shattanaufl (d. 
832/1428). 

Dated 23 Rajab 786 (10 September 1384). 

* This volume was transcribed from a copy of the author's auto- 
graph. 

3 2 56 
TABSIRAT AL-MUTADHAKKIR WA-TADHKIRAT AL- 
MUTADABBIR, by MuwafFaq al-Dln Abu 'l- r Abbas Ahmad b. 
Yusuf b. al-Hasan AL-KAWASHl al-Mausili al-Shaibanl (d. 680/ 
1281). 

[The first volume of a commentary on the Qur'an.] 

Foil. 346. 23-7 x 1 6-5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, al-Husain b. r Abd al-Qahir b. f Abd al-Rahman b. al- 
Hasan al-Shahrazurl. 

Dated 21 Rajab 727 (12 June 1327). 

Brockelmann i. 416, Suppl. i. 737. 

3 2 57 
HALL MUSHKILAT MASA'IL FUSUS AL-HIKAM, by r All 
b. Shihab al-Dln b. Muhammad al-Husainl AL-HAMADHANl 

(d. 786/1384). 

[A discussion of difficult passages occurring in the Fusus al-hikam, 
the celebrated treatise on Sufi theosophy by IBN r ARABl (d. 638/ 
1 240).] 

Foil. 54. 24*6 x 16-3 cm. Clear naskh. 

Dated 791 (1388). 

Brockelmann i. 442. 



4 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

NIHATAT AL-TALAB Fl SHARH AL-MUKTASAB, by 
AL-JILDAKI (d. 743/1342). 

[A commentary on parts of al-Muktasab ft ziraat al-dhahab, a 
treatise on alchemy by AL-SlMAWl (/. 6/ 12th century); see 
No. 3108.] 

Foil. 384. 21 -2 x 15-8 cm. Clear naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad called Shahata Yunus. 

Dated 7 Sha'ban 967 (3 May 1560). 



3 2 59 
MAFATIH AL-GHAIB LI-IZALAT AL-RAIB WA-SATR 
AL-'AIB, by ABO MADYAN Shu'aib b. al-Hasan al-Maghribl 
al-Ansarl al-AndalusI al-Tilimsanl (d. 598/1193). 

[An exposition of the order of creation and the attaining of 
mystical knowledge.] 

Foil. 92. 24-8 x 167 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Dated 10 Rajab 899 (16 April 1494). 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

3260 

(1) ZAHR AL-HADIQA Fl RIJAL AL-TARfQA, by 'Abd 
al-Ghani AL-NABULUSl (d. 1143/1731). 

[A biographical dictionary of authorities named in al-Tartqat al- 
Muhammadiya, a religious work by Muhyi al-Din Muhammad b. 
Plr 'All al-BIRKAWl (d. 981/1573); foil. 1-261.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(2) RAF' AL-IKHTILAF 'AN KALAMAI 'L-QADl 
IfA'L-KASHSHAF, by 'Abd al-Ghani AL-NABULUSl. 

[A discussion of the confusion arising from the interpretations 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 5 

offered by al-BaidawI and al-Zamakhsharl of a certain phrase in 
the Quran; foil. 262-73.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

Foil. 274. 2i«5 x 1 6- 1 cm. Fine, clear naskh. 
Undated, 1 2/1 8th century. 

3261 

AL-MUFASSAL, by AL-ZAMAKHSHARl (d. 538/1143). 

[A celebrated grammar of Arabic] 

Foil. 128. 16-3x11-2 cm. Excellent naskh. 

Undated, 7/ 1 3th century. 

Brockelmann i. 291, Suppl. i. 510. 

* This copy is heavily glossed by the copyist, who has recorded 
variants and author's corrections. 

3262 

[RASA'IL FI 'L-TASAUWUF], by Burhan al-Dln Abu Ishaq 
Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. f Abd al-Rahman al-Qurashl AL- 
DASUQI(d. 9 i 9 /i5i4). 

[Prayers, Sufi discourses, and letters, edited posthumously by an 
anonymous pupil.] 

Foil. 117. 15-8x12-8 cm. Clear naskh. 

Undated, 10/1 6th century. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

3 26 3 
ISLAH AL-MANTIQ, by Abu Yusuf Ya'qub b. Ishaq B. AL- 
SIKKlT (d. betw. 243/857 and 246/860). 

[A celebrated treatise on lexicography.] 

Foil. 267. 19-4x15-8 cm. Excellent scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 6/ 12th century. 

Brockelmann i. 117, Suppl. i. 180. 



6 DESCRIPTION^ OF MANUSCRIPTS 

A * F °\ 1 ^f ains a n ° te of authorization signed by Mauhub b. 
Ahmad b. Muhammad b. al-Khadir [al-jawallql] (d. 539/»4S). 
Foh 26^ contains an entry signed by Yahya b. 'All al-Khatlb al- 
libria (d. 502/1109). Other interesting entries occur on foil 
262-3. 

3264 
AL-AQ1BA FI 'L-BAHTH, by Abu Muhammad 'Abd al- 
yaqq b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Abd Allah B. AL-KHARRAT al 
Azdx al-Ishbill (d. 581/1185). 

[A treatise on eschatology.] 

Foil. 13 7. 24 xi 6-4 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Dated Rabr II 723 (April 1323). 

Brockelmann i. 371, Suppl. i. 635. 

3265 

ALISTIGHNA* FI >L-FARQ WA>L-ISTITHNA\ by Badr 

a ?J n /^ a fAbd All5h M uhammad b. Abl Bakr AL-BAKRI 
al-bhafil (/. 8/ 14th century). 

[A treatise on exceptional and disputed points of ShafTi juris- 
prudence.] J 

Foil. 223. 27 x iS cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Undated, 9/ 15th century. 
Brockelmann, Suppl. ii. 957. 

3266 

™f * ALA MADHAHIB AL-ASHRAF, by IBN 
HUBAIRA (d. 560/1165). Y 

[A treatise on the agreements and differences between the four 
orthodox law-schools; see No. 3185.] 

Foil. 171. 267 x18 cm. Clear scholar's naskh 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Nasr b 
al-Dasam al-ShafVl. " ' " 

Dated 5 Dhu '1-Qa'da 861 (24 September 1457). 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 7 

3267 

AL-QAWA'ID WA'L-FAWA'ID, by Zain al-Din Abu '1-Faraj 
'Abd al-Rahman b. Ahmad B. RAJAB al-Saliml al-Baghdadl al- 
Hanball (d. 79 5/1 393). 

[Discussions of points of Hanball jurisprudence.] 

Foil. 260. 27 x 1 8-2 cm. Scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 'Umar b. Hasan b. 
GhazI al-Hanball. 

Dated Shauwal 830 (August 1427). 

Brockelmann. ^uppl. ii. 130. 

3268 

MA'ALIM AL-TANZlL, by AL-BAGHAWI (d. 510/1117 or 
516/1 122). 

[The first volume (of eight) of a commentary on the Quran.] 

Foil. 180. 27*2 x 18 cm. Fine calligraphic naskh. 

Dated 17 Jumada II 877 (19 November 1472). 

Brockelmann i. 364, Suppl. i. 622. 

3269 

AL-MUGHNI Fl SHARH AL-MUQNF, by Shams al-Din 
Abu '1-Faraj 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad b. Ahmad B. QUDA- 
MA al-MaqdisI al-Hanball (d. 682/1283). 

[The first and second volumes of an elaborate commentary on 
al-Muqm" fi 'l-fiqh y a treatise on HanDali jurisprudence by Muwaffaq 
al-Din IBN QUDAMA (d. 620/1223).] 

Foil. 281. 26 -5x18-3 cm. Cursive scholar's and (after fol. 118) 
clear naskh. 

Copyist (of first part), Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Ahmad b. f Abd 
Allah b. r Umar b. Khamls b. f Tsa b. Ahmad b. Muhammad al- 
Hanball al-Harranl. 



8 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

Dated Ramadan 729 (July 1329). Second part undated, 8/ 14th 
century. 

Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 688, 691. 



3270 

AL-KANZ AL-AKBAR FI 'L-AMR BTL-MA'RtJF WA'L- 
NAHT r AN AL-MUNKAR, by Abu '1-Safa' f Abd al-Rahman 
b. TaqI al-Dln b. Abl Bakr b. Dawud AL-SALIHl al-Hanball 
(d. 711/1311). 

[A treatise on the conditions to be observed by those who enjoin 
virtue upon their fellow men.] 

Foil. 199. 26-4x18-1 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Undated, 9/ 15th century. 
Brockelmann ii. 100, Suppl. ii. 1 19. 



3271 

AL-TAQRlB WA'L-TAISlR LI-MA'RIFA SUNAN AL- 
BASHlR AL-NADHlR, by Muhyi al-Dln AL-NAWAWI (d. 
676/1278). 

[An epitome of the Irshad al-hadtth, the same author's own 
abstract of the Marifat anwa 'ulum al-hadtth^ a well-known treatise 
on the science of Traditions by IBN AL-SALAH (d. 643/1246).] 

Foil. 38. 26-3 x 19 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Ahmad b. Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. Idrls b. Baba Juk 
(d. 723/1323). 

Dated 26 Ramadan 708 (8 March 1309). 

Brockelmann i. 359, Suppl. i. 61 1. 

* Fol. 38^ contains an entry signed by Muhammad b. c Isa b. 
Mahmud al-Ba f H al-Shafi f I (d. 730/1330) and dated 25 Dhu '1- 
Hijja7o8 (5 June 1309). 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 9 

3272 

AL-FUTtJH, by Muhammad (or Abu Muhammad 'All, or Abu 
Muhammad Ahmad) b. 'All B. A'THAM al-Kufl (d. ca. 3 14/926). 

[The first part of a Shi'ite history of the Muslim conquests.] 

Foil. 361. 32-7x22 cm. Clear naskh. 

Dated 1 1 Dhu '1-Qa'da 1 194 (8 November 1780). 

Brockelmann i. 5 1 6, Suppl. i. 220. 



3 2 73 (i»ii) 
AL-KAFlFI 'L-FURO f , by MuwafFaq al-Dln IBN QUDAMA 
(d. 620/1223). 

[An extensive treatise on Hanbali jurisprudence.] 

Foil. 331, 312. 24-6 x 17-7 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'All b. Ahmad b. 'Abd al-Wahid 
al-Maqdisi. 

Dated 6 Dhu VQa'da 644 (15 March 1247) and 22 Dhu '1- 
Qa'da 648 (15 February 1251). 

Brockelmann i. 398, Suppl. i. 689. 



3 2 74 
MANAQIB AHMAD IBN HANBAL, by IBN AL-JAUZI (d. 
597/1200). 

[A biography of the founder of the Hanbali school of juris- 
prudence.] 

Foil. 243. 24x16-1 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Dated 3 Dhu '1-Qa'da 599 (14 July 1203). 

Brockelmann i. 503, Suppl. i. 917. 

* This copy has been collated with the author's autograph. 



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3275 W 
AL-FUR& FI 'L-FIQH, by Shams al-Dln Abu <Abd Allah 
Muhammad b. Muflih b. Muhammad b. Mufarrij AL-QAOONI 
al-Ramlnl al-Maqdisi al-Hanball (d. 763/1 362). 

[The first volume of a systematic treatise on Hanball juris- 
prudence.] 

Foil. 238. 26-8x18-2 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Undated, 8/ 14th century. 
Brockelmann ii. 107, Suppl. ii. 129. 

* Yusuf b. Muhammad al-MardawI al-Hanball (d. 769/1368) 
has inscribed reading-notes on foil. 2a, 5*, and 6k 

AL-FURU' 'FI'L-FIQ-H. 

[The second volume of the preceding work.] 

Foil. 293. 27-3 x 19. 1 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Yusuf b. Rizq Allah b. Nasr 
b. Muhammad b. Sallm al-Maqdisi al-Hanball al-MardawI. 

Dated 3 Rabl c I 768 (7 November 1366). 

* This copy was transcribed from the author's own draft. 

3276 

IGHATHAT AL-LAHFAN Fl M ASA 3 ID AL-SHAITAN, by 
Shams al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad b. Abl Bakr b. Aiyub 
B. QAIYIM AL-JAUZIYA al-Zara'I al-Dimashql al-Hanball (d 
75i/i3S )- 

[A Hanball attack on such practices as the visitation of tombs and 
\listening to music] 

Foil. 237. 25-2 x 17.5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Copyist, f AlI b. Abi Bakr b. 'Umar al-Maqdisi. 
Dated 23 Sha'ban 984 (15 November 1576). 
Brockelmann ii. 106, Suppl. ii. 127. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS n 

3277 

TALQlH FUHUM AHL AL-ATHAR Fl 'UTtfN AL- 
TAWARlKH WA'L-SIYAR, by IBN AL-JAUZl (d. 597/ 
1200). 

[A treatise on Traditions and traditionists, prefaced by short 
biographies of the prophets, Muhammad, his wives, children, and 
Companions.] 

Foil. 188. 24 x 17-5 cm. Several scholars' naskh. 

Copyist (fol. io2#), Muhammad b. Abl Bakr b, Ahmad b. Harun 
al-SawajI. 

Dated 5 Rabl' II 721 (4 May 1321). 

Brockelmann i. 502, Suppl. i. 915. 

3 2 78 
SHARH DlJVAN AL-MUTANABBl, by Abu '1-Hasan 'All b. 
Ahmad b. Muhammad b. r AlI AL-WAHIDI al-Nlsaburl (d. 468/ 

[A commentary on the Diwan or collected poems of Abu '1- 
Taiyib Ahmad b. al-Husain AL-MUTANABBl. r (.d. 354/965).] 

Foil. 264. 19 x 15-5 cm. Two scholars' naskh hands. 

First part undated, 5/1 ith century. Second part dated Safar 686 
(April 1287). 

Brockelmann i. 88, Suppl. i. 142. 

3 2 79 
AL-JAM' BAIN AL-SAHlHAIN, by IBN AL-KHARRAT 
(d. 581/1185). 

[The first volume of a concordance between the Tradition- 
collections of al-Bukhari and Muslim.] 

Foil. 245. 26-4 x 18-5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Ishaq b. Abl Bakr b. Isma'Il b. al-Zahlr. 

Dated, at Hama, 13 Shauwal 724 (12 November 1324). 

Brockelmann i. 371, Suppl. i. 634. 



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3280 

AL-BAHTH WA'L-NASHR, by Abu Bakr Ahmad b. al-Husain 
b. 'All b. Musa AL-BAIHAQl al-Khusraujirdl (d. 458/1066). 

[A treatise on eschatology.] 

Foil, r 48. 24 x 17-2 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 7/ r 3 th century. 

Brockelmann i. 363, Suppl. i. 619. 

3281 

AL-TAMHID, by AL-ISNAWl (d. 772/1370). 

[A discussion of fundamental points of ShafTi jurisprudence.] 

Foil. 105. 24-5xr6-7cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad al-FuwI. 

Dated 2 Rabl' II 783 (26 June i 3 8r). 

Brockelmann ii. 91, Suppl. ii. 107. 



3282 

AL-MUGHNI FI 'L-FIQH, by Muwaffaq al-Dln IBN QU- 
DAMA(d. 620/1223). 

[The eighth volume of an elaborate commentary on al-Mukhtasar 

fi 'l-fiqh, a summary of Hanbali jurisprudence by Abu 'l-Qasim 

f Umar b. al-Husain b. f Abd Allah AL-KHIRAQl (d. 334/945).] 

Foil. 240. 26-3 x 18-5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 9/1 5th century. 

Brockelmann i. 398, Suppl. i. 311. 

* Fol. \a contains an entry, dated, at Damascus, 3 Jumada II 852 
(4 August 1448) and signed Muhammad b. Qiwam al-Hanafi, sc. 
Qiwam al-Dln Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 
Qiwam al-Ruml al-Dimashql al-Hanafi (d. 858/1454), who ap- 
pears to have been the copyist. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 13 

3 28 3 

AL-MUGHNl FI 'L-FIQH, by IBN QUDAMA. 

[The tenth volume of the preceding work.] 

Foil. 243. 24-6 x 1 6*5 cm. Two scholars' naskh hands. 

Undated, 8/ 14th and 9/ 15th century. 

* Fol. 1 a contains an ownership entry dated Dhu '1-Qa'da 814 
(March 141 2) and signed r AlI b. 'Abd al-Muhsin b. al-Dawallbl 
[al-Baghdadl al-Salihl al-Hanball] (d. 862/1458). 

3284 

SHARH AL-'UMDA. 

[An anonymous commentary on the 'TJmdat al-ahkam^ a treatise 
on Hanbali jurisprudence by Muwaffaq al-Dln IBN QUDAMA 
(d. 620/1223).] 

Foil. 229. 26 x 1 8 -5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 8/ 14th century. 

See Brockelmann, Suppl. iii. 1226. 

AL-RUH, by IBN QAIYIM AL-JAUZlYA (d. 75 I / I 35°)- 

[A treatise on the nature and properties of the human soul, with 
an account of the life after ^eath.] 

Foil. 167. 24-8 x 1 6-8 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 8/ 14th century. 

Brockelmann ii. 106, Suppl. ii. 127. 

3286 

AL-WADIH FI SHARH AL-MUKHTASAR, by Nur al-Dln 
AbuTalib c Abd al-Rahman b. 'Urnar b. Abi l-Qasim AL-BASRl 
al-DarIr(d. 684/1285). 

[The first volume of a commentary on al-Mukhtasar Ji 'l-fiqh^ 



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the epitome of Hanball jurisprudence by AL-KHIRAOl (d. iiaI 
945)-] "*' 

Foil. 221. 25-2 x 17-8 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. 'All b. Muhammad b. Abl Ahmad b 
'All al-Tabarl al-Jullabl. 

Dated, at the Mustansirlya Madrasa, Baghdad, 13 Dhu '1-Qa'da 
682 (2 February 1284). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

♦This copy has been collated twice with the author's autograph. 

3287 

MUKHTASAR AL-TABSIRA, by AL-LU'LU'I (d. 867/1463). 

[An epitome of the Tabstrat al-mubtadi\ a collection of homileti- 
cal tracts by IBN AL-JAUZI (d. 597/1 200).] 

Foil. 204. 26-8 x 18 cm. Two scholars' naskh hands. 

Copyist (of second part), Muhammad b. 'AH b. Muhammad b. 
'All al-SudsI. 

Dated 15 Safar 869 (17 October 1464). 

For the Tabsirat al-mubtadi\ see Brockelmann i. 504, Suppl. i. 
918. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 



3288 



SHARH GHUNTAT AL-BAHITH, by Abu 'Abd Allah 
Muhammad b. Ibrahim AL-SALAMI (d. 879/1474). 

[A commentary on the Ghunyat (Bughyat) al-bahith 'anjumalal- 
mawarith, the well-known Shafi'I metrical treatise on the laws of 
inheritance by IBN AL-MUTAOQINA (d. 579/1183).] 

Foil. 128. 17-9x13-1 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, 'Abd al-Wahhab b. Sa'Id b. Abl Bakr b. 'All 'Ulaiyan 
al-KinawI al-Shafi'I. 

Dated 21 Jumada II 894 (22 May 1489). 

Brockelmann i. 391, Suppl. i. 675. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 15 

3289 

TAQRlB AL-TAHDHlB, by IBN HAJAR (d. 852/1449). 

[An abridgement of the author's own Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, a 
revision of the Tahdhtb al-Kamal ft asma al-rijal, a dictionary of 
traditionists by Jamal al-Dln AL-MIZZl (d. 742/1341).] 

Foil. 169. 27-7x18-3 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Ahmad b. Dawud al-Faiyumi. 

Dated 22 Ramadan 838 (1 April 1435). 

Brockelmann ii. 68, Suppl. ii. 73. 

* On fol. 169^ Ibn Hajar has inscribed a certificate of study dated 
Sha'ban 839 (March 1436). 



3290 

MUGHNI 'L-RAGHIBlN Fl MINHAJ AL-TALIBlN y by 
Najm al-Dln Muhammad b. f Abd Allah b. f Abd ai-Rahman B. 
QADl 'AJLON al-Zara'I al-Dimashql (d. 876/1471). 

[Glosses on the Minhaj al-talibin, the well-known Shafi'I law- 
book by Muhyl al-Dln AL-NAWAWl (d. 676/1278).] 

Foil. 160. 27 x177 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 9/1 5th century. 

Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 682. 

* This copy was collated with the author's autograph in 887 
(1482). 



3291 

MINHAJ AL-BATAN FIMA TASTA'MILUH AL-INSAN, 
by IBNJAZLA (d. 493/1100). 

[A dictionary of simple and compound drugs: see No. 3021.] 

Foil. 214. 24x15-8 cm. Three naskh hands. 

First part undated, 6/ 12th century. Second part undated, 7/ 13th 
century. Third part dated 1 1 Safar 942 (11 August 1535). 



16 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

3292 

(1) BATAN FADL <ILM AL-SALAF 'ALA 'ILM AL- 
KHALAF, by IBN RAJAB (d. 795/1393). 

[An essay on the superiority of the ancient religious Muslim 
sciences over the modern innovations; foil. 1-18.] 
Undated, 8/ 14th century. 
Brockelmann ii. 107, Suppl. ii. 129. 

(2) ISTINSHAQ NASIM AL-UNS Fl NAFAHAT RITAD 
AL-QUDS, by IBN RAJAB. 

[A treatise on the true love of God; foil. 19-81 #.] 

Copyist, Muhammad b. r Abd Allah b/Imran al-Hanball al-Qadirl. 

Dated 21 Rajab 796 (22 May 1394). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(l)MAS'ALA KASHF AL-RA'S, by Badr al-Dln AL- 
ANSARl(/. 750/1349). 

[A brief defence of certain practices including uncovering the 
head during supplications; foil. 81^-86.] 

Undated, 8/ 14th century. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

* Transcribed from the author's autograph during his lifetime. 

(4)AL-DHULL WA>L-INKISAR LIL-AZlZ AL-JABBAR, 
by IBN RAJAB. 

[A tract on being humble and contrite in Divine worship; foil. 
87-102.] 

Undated, 8/ 14th century. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(5) IKHTITJR AL-AULA FI SHARE HADITH IKHTI- 
SAM AL-MALA* AL-A'LA, by IBN RAJAB. 

[A commentary on a Tradition relating to prayer; foil. 103-34.] 

Undated, 8/ 14th century. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 17 

(6) MUKHTASAR AL-TAHRlR Fl UStfL AL-FIQH, by 
TaqI al-Din Muhammad b. Ahmad b. 'Abd al-'AzIz B. AL- 
NAJjAR al-Hanball al-Misri (d. ca. 980/1572). 

[An epitome of the Tahrir al-manqul wa-tahdhtb "Urn al-usul^ a 
treatise on Hanball jurisprudence by 'Ala' al-Din Abu '1-Hasan 'All 
b. Sulaiman AL-MARDAWl al-MaqdisI (d. 885/1480); foil. 135- 
56.] 

Autograph. 

Dated 11 Dhu '1-Qa'da 932 (19 August 1526). 

For the TahrTr al-manqul^ see Brockelmann, Suppl. ii. 130. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(7) AL-MASA'IL AL-MUHIMMA FIMA TAHTAJ 
ILAIH AL-'AQID f IND AL-KHUTtIB AL-MUDLAHIM- 
MA, by Shams al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad b. Ahmad b. 
Said al-Hanball AL-MAQDISi al-NabulusI al-Dimashqi al-Halabl 
al-Makkl (d. 855/1451). 

[Points of Hanball jurisprudence regarding the laws of marriage; 

foil. i57- 6 9-] 

Copyist, Ahmad b. Muhammad b. al-Harranl. 

Undated, early 9/1 5th century. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(8) RISALA FI 'L-'AQA'ID, by TaqI al-Din Abu VAbbas 
Ahmad b. f Abd al-Hallm b. 'Abd al-Salam B. TAIMlYA al- 
Harranl al-Hanball (d. 728/1328). 

[A tract arguing that every word of the Qur'an is the speech of 
God; foil. 171-88.] 

Undated, early 8/ 14th century. 

Any other copy ? 

* Transcribed during Ibn Taimiya's lifetime, and apparently 
corrected by him. 

B 3311 D 



i8 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

(9) FATTA, by IBN TAIMlYA. 

[A legal response to various questions concerning the performance 
of devotions; foil. 190-21 1.] 
Undated, early 8/ 1 4th century. 
Any other copy ? 

* Transcribed during Ibn Taimlya's lifetime, and read before 
him. 

(10) FATWA FI } L-SAMA\ by IBN TAIMIYA. 

[A reply to a question whether it is lawful to listen to poetry sung 
with a musical accompaniment; foil. 214-27.] 
Undated, 8/ 14th century. 
See Brockelmann, Suppl. ii. 1 24. 

(n) AL-TIBB AL-NABAWI, by IBN OAIYIM AL-JAUZlYA 
( d - 75 I /i35°)- 

[A treatise on medicine based upon the Traditions; foil. 230-85.] 
Copyist, Ahmad b. Abi Bakr al-Tabaranl al-Kamill (d. 835/ 

H3 1 )- 
Undated, early 9/ 15th century. 

Brockelmann ii. 106, Suppl. ii. 127. 

Foil. 299. 18x13-5 cm. Various scholars' naskh hands. 
Mostly 8/ 1 4th century. 



3 2 93 
AL-MAQAMAT, by Abu Muhammad al-Qasim b. 'All b. 
Muhammad AL-HARIRl (d. 51 6/1 122). 

[The celebrated essays in rhymed prose.] 

Foil. 124. 237 x16 cm. Excellent naskh. 

Copyist, f Abd Allah b. Muhammad. 

Dated 20 Rajab 603 (20 February 1207). 

Brockelmann i. 276, Suppl. i. 487. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS i 9 

3 2 94 

AL-RAUD AL-UNUF AL-BASIM, by Abu '1-Qasim (Abu 
Zaid) 'Abd al-Rahman b. f Abd Allah b. Ahmad AL-SUHAILl 
al-Khath f amI (d. 581/1185). 

[The first volume of a commentary on the Sira Rasul Allah, 
the celebrated biography of the Prophet Muhammad by IBN 
HISHAM(d. 218/834).] 

Foil. 186. 30-4x22 cm. Fine naskh. 

Copyist, Husain b. Abi '1-Faraj b. Muhammad b. MansQr al- 
Khatlb. 

Dated 16 Jumada II 731 (27 March 133 1). 

Brockelmann i. 413, Suppl. i. 206. 

3 2 95 
SILAH AL-MU'MIN FI 'L-DZTA 3 WA'L-DHIKR, by TaqI 
al-Din Abu '1-Fath Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 'All B. AL- 
IMAM al-Gharnatl al-'Asqalanl al-Misrl (d. 745/1344). 

[A treatise on prayer and supplication, with the text of the 
prayers attributed to the Prophet Muhammad.] 

Foil. 160. 24-3 xi6-6 cm. Excellent naskh. 

Copyist, Abu Bakr b. Ibrahim b. al-Badr al-Ramll al-Shafi f I. 

Dated 24 Rabr I 767 (9 December 1365). 

Brockelmann ii. 86, Suppl. ii. 102. 

* This copy has numerous reading-entries countersigned by the 
author's son, Taj al-Din Abu f Abd Allah Muhammad, in 767 
(1366). 

3296 

(1) RISALA FI 'L-SAMA% by Muwaffaq al-Din IBN QU- 
DAMA (d. 620/1223). 

[An answer to a question on the lawfulness of listening to music, 
apparently identical with the Dhamm ma 'alaihi ma'am 'l-tasauwuf 
min al-ghina wdl-raqs\ foil, 4-7^.] 

Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 689. 



zo DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

(2) RISALA FI y L-SAMA% by IBN TAIMlYA (d. 728/1328). 

[An answer to a question on the Sufi practice of revering their 
dead shaikhs; foil, yi-ua.] 

See Brockelmann ii. 104-5, Suppl. ii. 120-6. 

(3) RISALA FI \L-SAMA\by 'Ala 5 al-Dln Abu '1-Hasan 'All 
b. Ibrahim b. Dawud B. AL- f ATTAR al-ShanY(d. 724/1324). 

[An answer to a question on Sufi mystical exercises; foil. 11^- 
13O 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

Fol. 1 ib contains a brief reply to a similar question, by Shams 
al-Dln Abu Bakr Muhammad b. al-Walld b. Muhammad AL- 
TURTCfSHl al-Malikl (d. 520/1 126). 

Fol. 14*7 contains a brief note on the principles of his Sufi order, 
by 'Uthman b. al-QurmuzI. 

(4) [RISALA FI r lD AL-NASARA], by IBN TAIMlYA. 
[A reply to a question on the observance of a Christian festival; 

foil. 14^-16^.] 
Any other copy ? 

(5) AL-AKHBAR BI-WAFAT AL-MUKHTAR, by Shams al- 
Dln Abu f Abd Allah Muhammad b. Abl Bakr 'Abd Allah b. 
Muhammad b. Ahmad B. NASlR AL-DIN al-QaisI al-HamawI 
al-Dimashql (d. 842/1438). 

[Traditions concerning the Prophet's last illness and death; foil. 
17-24.] 
Dated 8 Shauwal 904 (19 May 1499). 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(6) RISALA FI 'L-TURUQ, by Najm al-Dln Abu '1-Jamal 
(Abu '1-Jannab) Ahmad b. f Umar b. Muhammad AL-KUBRA 
al-Khlwaql (d. 618/1221). 

[A Sufi tract on the ways to God; foil. 25-28.] 
Brockelmann i. 440, Suppl. i. 787. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 21 

(7) AHADlTH AL-DITAFA, by TaqI al-Dln Abu '1-Safa' Abu 
Bakr b. Dawud b. r Isa AL-SALIHl al-Qadirl al-Hanbali (d. 806/ 

[A small collection of Traditions relating to hospitality; foil. 
32-48.] 

Dated 11 Safar 904 (28 September 1498). 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(8) TARGHlB AL-MUTAHABBIBlN Fl LABS KHIRQAT 
AL-MUTAMAiriZlN, by'jamal al-Dln r Abd Allah b. Muhamr 
mad b. Ibrahim b. Abi VAla' AL-TALYANl. 

[A tract on the wearing of the Siifl robe; foil. 49-70.] 
Dated 14 Safar 904 (1 October 1498). 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(9) SU'AL WA-JAWAB FI 'L-SHARAF MIN QIBAL AL- 
UMM, by Shams al-Dln Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad b. Ahmad 
b. Muhammad b. Abi Bakr B. MARZUQ al-Khatlb al-Tilimsanl 
al-Malikl (d. 781/1379). 

[A discussion whether a man may be considered sharif through 
maternal descent; foil. 71-82.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

The foregoing nine tracts are all transcribed by the same hand. 

(10) [RISALA FI 'L-MA'RIFA], by Kamal al-Dln Abu '1- 
Ma'all Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Abi Bakr b. 'All B. ABl 
SHARIF al-QudsI al-Shafi'I (d. 906/1 501) and Burhan al-Dln Abu 
Ishaq Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. Abi Bakr b. 'All B. ABI SHARIF 
al-QudsI al-Shafi f I (d. 923/1517). 

[Answers to questions on the Siifl doctrine of gnosis; foil. 83-87.] 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(n) FLAN DRAW I 'L-ALBAB BI-ANNA SUBHANAKA 
MA r ARAFNAKA HAQQA MA'RIFATIKA HUWA 'L- 
SAWAB, by TaqI al-Dln Abu '1-Sidq Abu Bakr b. <Abd Allah b, 
'Abd al-Rahman B. QADI 'AJLON al-Shafi'I (d. 928/1522). 



" DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

[A similar tract to the preceding; foil. 88-96.] 
Copyist (of 10 and 11), r Ali b. Abi '1-Latlf al-Qudsi al-Shafi'I 

( d - 938/I53 2 )- 
Dated 904 (1498-9). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

On fol. 88# the author of 1 1 has written an ijaza. 

(12) TASHNIF AL-ASMA' BI-AHKAM AL-SAMA\ by 
Jamal al-Dln Abu Sulaiman Dawud b. Mahmud b. Mufarrij al- 
Tamlml AL-SARKHADl al-Misri al-Shafi'i al-Ash'arl (J. 744/ 
I 343)- 

[A defence of the Sufi practice of listening to and making music; 
foil. 98-161.] 

Dated 3 Jumada 906 (25 December 1500). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

* This copy was transcribed from the author's autograph dated 
17 Rabl r II 744 (8 September 1343). 

(13) TAFRIH AL-KURVB Fl TA'ZlL AL-DURUB, by Zain 
al-Dln c Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Bakr b. Dawud al-Dimashql AL- 
SALIHI al-Hanball (d. 856/1452). 

[A small collection of Traditions on the merit of keeping the 
streets safe and clean; foil. 16 5-70*2.] 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(14) JUZ> AL-NIL, by AL-TRAQl (d. 806/1404). 

[A story about Ha'idh, great-grandson of the prophet Abraham; 
foil. 170^-172^.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(15) FA' IDA MITLIMA BPL-ZAJR 'AN MUKHALATAT 
AL-ZALAMA. 

[An anonymous collection of Traditions on avoiding the society 
of tyrants; foil. 183-91.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 23 

Foil. 191. 18-1x13 cm. Several scholars' naskh hands. 
Dated 904-6 (1 498-1 500). 

3 2 97 
UMDAT AL-QARl Fl SHARH AL-BUKHARl, by Badr al- 
Dln Abu Muhammad (Abu '1-Thana') Mahmud b. Ahmad b. 
Musa AL- C AINI al-Hanafl (d. 855/1451). 

[The first volume of a commentary on al-Jami' al-sahih, the 
Tradition-collection of AL-BUKHARl (d. 256/870).] 

Foil. 262. 27-1 x 1 8*5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Dated 29 Safar 871 (10 October 1466). 

Brockelmann i. 159, Suppl. i. 262. 

* This copy has been collated with one bearing the author's 
autograph and authorization. 

3298 

AL-GHATAT AL-QUSWA, by Nasir al-Dln Abu Sa c d (Abu 
Sa'Id) c Abd Allah b. 'Umar b. Muhammad AL-BAIDAWI (d. 
716/1316). 

[An abridgement of al-Wastt al-muhlt bi-aqtar al-Bastt, the 
'medium' Shafi'I law-manual of Abu Hamid AL-GHAZALI (d. 

Foil. 190. 17-2x13-8 cm. Neat scholar's naskh. 
Copyist, Mahmud b. Bakhtiyar al-Atabakl. 
Dated Rajab 693 (June 1294). 
Brockelmann i. 418, Suppl. i. 751,. 

3 2 99 
AL-TIRAZ AL-MUDHAHHAB LI-AHKAM AL-MADH- 
HAB, by Shihab al-Dln Abu VAbbas Ahmad b. Yusuf b. Muham- 
mad ai-Halluji ai-Shafi c I AL-SlRAJI (d. 862/1458). 



24 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

[A compendium of Shafi'I jurisprudence, with special reference 
to unusual problems.] 

Foil. 282. 17*6 x 13-3 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Copyist, Muhammad b. 'Uthman b. r Abd Allah al-MatbulI. 
Dated 1 Safar 874 (10 August 1469). 
Brockelmann, Suppl. iii. 1255. 

33°° 
RASA'IL FI 'L-MAQASID AL-HIKMlTA, by Zain al-Dln 
Abu Hafs 'Umar b. Dawud b. Sulaiman AL-FARISl (J. 8/ 14th 
century). 

[A collection of eleven short tracts on philosophy, gathered into 
a single book.] 

Foil. 100. i7'6xn-i cm. Excellent naskh. 

Undated, 8/ 14th century. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

33 QI 
QtJT AL-MUHTAJ Fl SHARH AL-MINHAJ, by AL- 
ADHRA'I(d. 783/1381). 

[The seventh volume of an elaborate commentary on the Minhaj 
al-talibin, the celebrated Shafi'I law-manual by Muhyl al-Dln AL- 
NAWAWl(d. 676/1278).] 

Foil. 319. 26-8 x 187 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, late 8/ 14th century. 

Brockelmann i. 395, Suppl. i. 680. 

33° 2 
AL- r ULtJW LIL-'ALI AL-AZIM, by AL-DHAHABl (d. 748/ 
1348). 

[A collection of Traditions relating to the transcendence of God, 
with the views of the leading theologians on the subject.] 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 25 

Foil. 121. 1 8 '6 x 13-7 cm. Rather cursive scholar's naskh. 
Copyist, Muhammad b. Abi Bakr f Abd Allah b. Nasir al-Din 
. [al-OaisI al-Hamawi al-Shaf?!] (d. 842/1438). 

Dated, at Damascus, Sha'ban 807 (February 1405). 
Brockelmarm ii. 48, Suppl. ii. 47. 

33°3 
AL-SIRAT AL-MUSTAQlM, by Abu Bakr Ahmad b. Muham- 
mad b. Ishaq B. AL-SUNNl al-Dlnawarl (d. 364/974). 

[A collection of Traditions relating to the phrases used by the 
Prophet Muhammad on various occasions.] 

Foil. 1 17. 1 8-2 x 1 3 '6 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad al-Usaml 
al-Malikl. 

Dated 16 Rabl f I 882 (28 June 1477). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

33°4 
MUZlL AL-KHAFA 'AN ALFAZ AL-SHIFA\ by TaqI al- 
Din Abu 'l- f Abbas Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Hasan 
al-Tamlmi al-Darl AL-SHUMUNNl (d. 872/1468). 

[Glosses on al-Shifa ft tarlf huquq a/-Mustafa, the celebrated 
biography of the Prophet Muhammad by "IYAD (d. 544/1 149).] 

Foil. 100. 18 -2 x 1 3 "4 cm. Neat scholar's naskh. 

Dated 22 Ramadan 885 (25 November 1480). 

Brockelmann i. 369, Suppl. i. 63 1. 

33°5 
IJTIMA' AL-yurtJSH AL-ISLAMlTA, by IBN QAIY1M 
AL-JAUZlYA (d. 751/1350). 

[A defence of orthodox Muslim theology against the views of 
rationalist sects.] 



imn 



26 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

Foil. 187. 18-7x13-4 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Undated, 9/ 15th century. 
Brockelmann ii. 106, Suppl. ii. 126. 

33° 6 
AL-MUQNT FI 'L-FIQH, by Muwaffaq al-Dln IBN 0U- 
DAMA (d. 620/1223). 

[A treatise on Hanbali jurisprudence; see No. 304.3.] 

Foil. 205. 21-8 x 14-8 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Abl 'Umar. 

Dated Sha'ban 679 (December 1280). 

33°7 

(1) AL-MURSHID AL-WAJIZ ILA'ULUM TATA'ALLAQ 
BI'L-KITAB AL-'AZlZ, by ABU SHAMA (d. 665/1268). 

[A treatise on the revelation, composition, recitation, and variant 
readings of the Qur'an; foil. 3-62.] 
Dated, at Damascus, 708 (1308). 
Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 551. 

(2) AL-KHUTBAT AL-KUBRA, by ABU SHAMA. 

[An introduction to a planned definitive edition of the author's 
collected theological treatises; foil. 63-106.] 
Dated Dhu '1-Qa'da 708 (April 1309). 
For an abridgement, see Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 551. 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(3) DAW AL-SARI ILA MA'RIFA RU'TAT AL-BARI, by 
ABU SHAMA. 

[A defence of the orthodox doctrine that God will be visible in 
the hereafter; foil. 1 10-55.] 

Dated Rabf I 710 (August 13 10). 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 2? 

(4) KURRASA JAMFA LI-MASA'IL NJFFA, by ABU 
SHAMA. 

[Notes on a number of theological questions, including the 
Prophet's Ascension and God's visibility; Foil. 157-86.] 
Dated Rabr I 710 (August 13 10). 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(5) AL-MUHAQQAQ MIN f ILM AL-USUL FlMA TATA- 
'ALLAQ BI-AF'AL AL-RASUL, by ABU SHAMA. 

[A treatise on the Prophet's acts as a basis for the science of 
religious law; foil. 188-238.] 

Dated Jumada I 709 (October 1309). 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(6) AL-SWAK WA-MA ASHBAHA DHAK, by ABU 
SHAMA. 

[A treatise on the use of the toothpick and other means of 
hygiene; foil. 241-89.] 

Dated Sha'ban 609 [sic, for 709] (March 13 10). 
Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 551. 

(7) NUR AL-MASRA Ff TAFSIR ATAT AL~ISRA\ by 
ABO SHAMA. 

[A discussion of the Prophet's Ascension; foil. 293-326.] 
Dated Rabf I711 (August 13 1 1). 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(8) [RISALA FI 'L-MPRAJ], by TaqI al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah 
Muhammad b. Ahmad b. r Abd Allah b. r Isa AL-YUNINl al- 
Hanbali(d. 658/1260). 

[A discussion of a Hanbali with a ShafTl theologian whether the 
Prophet's Ascension was spiritual or physical; foil. 3 28-32.] 
Undated, early 8/ 1 4th century. 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 



28 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

(9) AL-WADIH AL-JALl FI 'L-RADD 'ALA 'L-HAN- 
BALl, by ABU SHAMA. 

[A reply to the Hanball argument on the Prophet's Ascension 
contained in the preceding tract; foil. 334-84.] 
Dated Rabf II 713 (August 13 13). 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(10) MUKHTASAR KITAB AL-BASMALA, by ABU 
SHAMA. 

[An abridgement of the Kitab al-Basmala^ the author's own 
treatise on the pronunciation of the basma/a; foil. 387-408.] 
Dated 18 Rabf I 701 (21 November 130 1). 
Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 551. 

Foil. 408. 1 8 -8 x 13-3 cm. Careful scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, f AlI b. Aiyub b. Mansur b. al-Zubair al-MaqdisI (d. 

748/1348). 

Dated 701-13 (1301-13). 

33° 8 
AL-LUBAB FI 'ULUM AL-KITAB, by Siraj al-Dln Abu Hafs 
r Umar b. f AlI B. 'ADIL al-Hanball al-Dimashql (J. 860/1456). 

[The fifth volume of an extensive commentary on the Qur'an.] 

Foil, 362. 26-7 x 17-7 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Dated 22 Ramadan 860 (24 August 1456). 

Brockelmann ii. 1 14, Suppl. ii. 140. 

33°9 

(1) DlWAN AL-KHUTAB. 

[An anonymous anthology of the Friday sermons of a number 
of preachers of the 8./. 14th and, 9/ 15th centuries; foil. 1-90.] 
Dated 18 Rabi' I 880,(22 July 1475). 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(2) AL-KAIJM AL-FARlDlTA FI 'L-KHUTAB AL- 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 29 

RASHlDlTA, by Shams al-Dln Abu f Abd Allah Muhammad b. 
r Abd Allah b. Muhammad AL-RASHlDl al-Qahirl al-Shafi r I (d. 

8 54/i45°)- 

[Friday sermons preached during the year 840/1436-7, edited 

by an anonymous compiler; foil. 91-154.] 

Dated 2.1 Safar 880 (26 June 1475). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(3) NUKHAB AL-KHUTAB, by IBN HAJAR (d. 852/1449). 
[Select Friday sermons, edited by an anonymous compiler; foil. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

Foil. 191. 17x12-8 cm. Scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Fath Allah b. 'Abd al-Rahim b. Abi Bakr b. Ahmad 
b. al-Farjuti (b. 856/1452). 

Dated 880(1475). 

* The volume contains a reading-note of the copyist with his 
teacher Abu 'Amr 'Uthman [b. Muhammad b. 'Uthman] al- 
Diyami (b. 821/ 141 8), who has added an ijaza; it is possible there- 
fore that he was the original compiler. 

33 IQ 
AHNA 'L-MANA'IH Fl ASNA 'L-MADA'IH, by Shihab 
al-Dln Abu 5 1-Thana' Mahmud b. Salman B. FAHD al-Halabi 
al-Halabi al-Hanball (d. 725/1325). 

[Poems in praise of the Prophet Muhammad and on other sacred 
themes.] 

Foil. 76. 1 8 -2 x 13-1 cm. Clear naskh. 

Undated, early 8/ 14th century. 

Brockelmann ii. 44, Suppl. ii. 43. 

33 11 
KASHF AL-SHAJVARID WA'L-MAWANI\ by Yusuf b. 
Ibrahim al-Maghribl AL-WANUGHI al-Hanafl (/. 839/1435). 



3° DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

[The fifth (and final) volume of a commentary on the Ghayat 
al-tahrlr aZ-jami', the author's own epitome of the Fusul al-badai" 
li-usul al-sharai\ a treatise on Hanafl jurisprudence by Shams al- 
Dln Muhammad b. Hamza AL-FANARl al-Hanafl al-Rusatl 
al-'Uthmani (d. 834/1431).] 

Foil. 140. 28 xi 8-2 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Autograph. 

Dated 25 Muharram 839 (20 August 1435). 

Brockelmann ii. 234, Suppl. ii. 328. 

33 12 
AL-RAUD AL-NAZlH Fl NAZM AL-TANBlH, by Shihab 
al-Dln Ahmad B. BAILlK al-Muhsinl (d. 753/1353). 

[A metrical paraphrase of al-Tanblh Ji y l-fiqh, the celebrated 
Shafi'I law-manual by AL-SHlRAZl (d. 476/1083).] 

Foil. no. 227x16 cm. Good naskh. 

Undated, 8/ 14th century. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

33 J 3 
GHATAT AL-HAKIM, attr. to Abu '1-Qasim Maslama b. 
Ahmad AL-MAJRlTl al-Qurtubi (d. ca. 396/1005). 

[A comprehensive treatise on magic and talismans.] 

Foil. 275. 257 x 16-3 cm. Clear naskh. 

Undated, 8/ 14th century. 

Brockelmann i. 243, Suppl. i. 431. 

33H 
AL-QAWA'ID, by AL-ZARKASHl (d. 794/1392). 
[A dictionary of Shafi'I jurisprudence.] 
Foil. 233. 27x18-3 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Dated 19 Muharram 891 (25 January i486). 
Brockelmann, Suppl. ii. 108. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 3 r 

33*5 

AL-FIHRIST, by Abu '1-Faraj Muhammad b. Ishaq B. AL- 
NADlM al-Warraq al-Baghdadl (J. 377/987). 

[The first third of the celebrated bibliography of Arabic litera- 
ture.] 

Foil. 119. 22 x 16*5 cm. Fine naskh. 
Undated, early 5/ nth century. 
Brockelmann i. 147, Suppl. i. 227. 

* This copy was transcribed from the author's autograph. Fol. la 
contains an ownership entry dated, at Damascus, 825 (1422) and 
signed Ahmad b. r Alr al-MaqrlzI (d. 845/1442). 

33 l6 
SHARH AL-JAMr AL-SAGHlR, by Husam al-Dln 'All b. 
Ahmad B. MAKl al-RazI (d. 598/1202). 

[A commentary on al-Jami" al-saghlr, a celebrated manual o!f 
Hanafl jurisprudence by AL-SHAIBANl (d. 189/804).] I 

Foil. 103. 2 1 -3 x 1 1-8 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Dawud b. Ughul-Beg b. r AlI. 

Undated, 7/1 3th century. 

For other commentaries on al-Jdmi" al-saghlr, see Brockelmann 
i. 172, Suppl. i. 290-1. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

* The copyist has appended a reading-note dated Jumada II 668 
(February 1270). 

33*7 
(1) KASHF AL-ZULAM 'AN MA'NA 'L-SALAM, by IBN 
T0LON(d. 953/1546). 

[A treatise on the meaning of the word salam as used in Muslim 
formulae of greeting, &c; foil. 1-22.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 



32 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

(2) NAQD AL-TALIB LI-ZAGHL AL-MANASIB, by IBN 
TtJLtJN. 

[On the duties and obligations attaching to various positions and 
employments; foil. 23-51.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(3) RAF' AL-MALAMA 'AM MA QlLA FI 'L-HIJAMA, by 
IBN TULUN. 

[A defence of the practice/ of cupping; foil. 52-66.] 
No other copy appears to oe recorded, 

(4) AL-ARBA'tJN HABITH"" MIN AL-ABDAL, by IBN 
TOLUN. 

[Forty select Traditions teceived from distinguished transmitters; 
foil. 67-78*.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(5) AL-ARBA'UN HADlTH*" MIN AL-MUWAFIQAT, by 
IBN TOLUN. 

[Forty select Traditions in agreement between the Hanball and 
Hanafl schools; foil. 78^-88.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(6) JAWAB AL-SU'AL 'AN AHKAM AL-DAJJAL, by IBN 

TtruDN. 

[A discussion of the length of time prayers will be required to 
last during the forty days' sojourn on earth of the Antichrist; foil. 
89-92*.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(7) TAKMIL AL-WI'A' LI-KAIFITAT AL-DU'A\ by IBN 
TULON. 

[Prayer formulae appropriate to various occasions; foil. 92^- 
02*.] 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 33 

(8) ILTIZAM MA LA TULZAM FlMA WARADA Fl MJ' 
ZAMZAM, by IBN TULUN. 

[The history and virtues of the well Zamzam; foil. 102^-106.] 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(9) FASS AL-KHAWATIM FlMA QlLA FI 'L-WALA'IM, 
bylBNTCfLUN. 

[A treatise on the varieties and occasions of feasting; foil. 107-22.] 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(10) TA'TlD AL-INKAR LI-ITTAN AL-TUTtJR WA- 
NAHWIHA FI 'L-AUKAR, by IBN Tt)LCrN. 

[A note condemning bird-nesting, &c; foil. 124-5.] 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(11) DAW AL-SIRAJ FlMA QILA FI 'L-NASSAJ, by IBN 
TCfLCfN. 

t [A tract on weaving and weavers; foil. 126-30.] 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(12) FLAM AL-WARA BI-MAN WALITA NA'IB"" MIN 
AL-ATRAK BI-DIMASHQ AL-SHAM AL-KUBRA, by IBN 
TOLUN. 

[A biographical list of the Turkish Governors of Damascus to the 
year 943/1536; foil. 131-79-] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

Foil. 179. 17-4 x 12-8 cm. Rather cursive scholar's naskh. 

Autograph. 

Undated, 10/1 6th century. 

33i8 

(1) TALKHlS AL-IFSAH Fr L-AWIS, by Izz al-Dln Abu 
1-Fada'il f Abd al-Wah'hab b. Ibrahim b. f Abd al-Wahhab al- 
Khazrajl AL-ZANJANI (/. 650/1252). 

[An abridgement of al-Ifsah f 'I- awls, a collection of poems 



3+ DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

containing verses with difficult grammatical constructions, and com- 
mentaries thereon, by Abu Nasr al-Hasan b. Asad b. al-Hasan 
AL-FARIQl (d. 467/1074); foil. 1-39.] 
Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 498. 

* Collated by the copyist in 667 (1268) with the author's auto- 
graph. 

(2) AL-LUBAB, by AL-QAZWlNl (d. 665/1266). 

[An epitome of Shafi'I jurisprudence; see No. 3 1 33; foil. 41-101.] 

Foil. 102. 17-5 x .12-6 cm. Fine naskh. 
Copyist, Muhammad b. Sharafshah b. Ahmad. 
Dated Shauwal 666 (July 1268). 



33 r 9 

AL-KHAIL WA'L~BAITARA y by IBN AKHl HIZAM ( ft 
250/864). ' U ' 

[A celebrated treatise on horses and their care; see Nos. 3073 
3220(2).] 

Foil. 145. 24-8 x r8-2 cm. Clear naskh. 

Dated 10 Muharram 869 (12 September 1464). 

33 2 ° 
AL-ISABA Fl TAJ RID AS MA' AL-SAHABA, by AL- 
DHAHABI(d. 748/1348). 

[A defective copy of a biographical dictionary of the Com- 
panions of the Prophet Muhammad.] 

Folh 223. 26«2 x 1 8-8 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Hibat Allah b. c Abd al- Rahman b. 
Muhammad b. Hibat Allah al-Bakri al-Maghribl. 

Dated, at Damascus, 12 Jumada II 743 (12 November 1342). 

Brockelmann ii. 47, Suppl. ii. 46. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 35 

33 21 
TASLITAT AHLAL-MASA'IB, by Muhammad b. Muhammad 
b. Muhammad al-Salihl AL-MANBIjI al-Hanball (d. 785/1383). 

[A treatise on the nature of suffering, the merit of endurance, and 
the life after death.] 

Foil. 154. 18-4x13-8 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Autograph. 

Dated Rajab Jjy (December 1375). 

Brockelmann ii. 76, Suppl. ii. 82. 

33 22 
MUKHTALIF AL-RIWAYA, by AL-SAMARQANDl (d. 
betw. 373/983 and 393/1003). 

[The first half of a treatise on points of difference in Islamic 
jurisprudence.] 

Foil. 279. 25-5 x 17*4 cm. Rather cursive scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 5/1 ith century. 

Brockelmann i. 196, Suppl. i. 347. 

33 2 3 
TALQlH FUHUM AHL AL-ATHAR Fl 'Ur€N AL- 
TAWARlKH WA'L-SITAR, by IBN AL-JAUZl (d. 597/ 
1200). 

[The first volume of a compendious history of the world; see 
No. 3277.] 

Foil. 170. 24-7 x 17-2 cm. Clear naskh. 

Undated, 6/ 12th century. 

* This copy, apart from foil. 168-70 which are dated 813 (14 10), 
was evidently transcribed during the author's lifetime. 

33 2 4 
AL-JAMF AL-SAHIH, by MUSLIM (d. 261/876). 



36 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

[The fifth part of the well-known collection of Traditions; see 
No. 3093.] 
Foil. 241. 18-2x13-9 cm - Clear naskh. 
Dated Jumada II 823 (May 1420). 

33 2 5 
AL-SHIFA\ by IBN SlNA (d. 428/1037). 

[The section on music extracted from the celebrated encyclo- 
paedia.] 

Foil. 45. 19-1 x 14-7 cm. Clear naskh. 

Dated Rajab 651 (September 1253). 

Brockelmann i. 454, Suppl. i. 815. 

33 26 
FATAWl IBN AL-SALAH, by TaqI al-Dln Abu 'Amr 'Uthman 
b. f Abd al-Rahman b. 'Uthman b. Musa B. AL-SALAH al- 
Shahrazurl (d. 643/1245). 

[Legal decisions, collected and edited by Kamal al-Dln Abu 
Ibrahim Ishaq'b. Ahmad b. 'Uthman AL-MAGHRIBl al-Maqdisi 
al-Dimashql al-Shaf?I (d. 650/1252).] 

Foil. 104. 25 x 17-5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Nizam al-Dln Muhammad b. 'Abd al- f Az!z b. Muham- 
mad al-Hanafl. 

Dated n Shauwal 790 (13 October 1388). 

Brockelmann i. 359, Suppl. i. 612. 

33 2 7 
AL-JAMF LFAHKAM AL-QUR'AN, by AL-QURTUBl 
(d. 671/1273). 

[The fifteenth (and final) part of an extensive commentary on the 
Qur'an; see No. 3031.] 

Foil. 142. 26 x 17-2 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Dated 1 Rabr I 747 (22 June 1346). 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 37 

33 2 8 

TAUQlF AL-HUKKAM 'ALA GHAWAMID AL-AHKAM, 
by Shihab al-Dln Abu VAbbas Ahmad b. Imad al-Dln b. 
Muhammad b. al-lmad AL-AQFAHSl al-Misrl al-Shafi'I (d. 808/ 

1405)- 
[A treatise on the institution and laws of marriage.] 
Foil. 109. 17-9 x 1 3 -7 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Copyist, r Abd al-Wahhab b. Muhammad b. 'Umar al-Faiyumi. 
Dated 22 Shauwal 849 (21 January 1446). 
Brockelmann, Suppl. ii. 1 1 1. 



33 2 9 
AL-TADHKIRA BI-AHWAL AL-MAUTA WA-UMTJR 
AL-AKHIRA, by AL-QURTUBl (d. 671/1273). 

[The second volume of a well-known treatise on eschatology.] 

Foil. 241. 27 x 20 cm. Fine, large naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Ahmad b. al-Habbab al-Sa'dl. 

Dated 20 Jumada II 745 (29 October 1344). 

Brockelmann i. 415, Suppl. i. 737. 



333° 
AL-FATAWI AL-MAJMtJ'A. 

[An anonymous collection of the legal decisions of Taj al-Dln 
Abu Muhammad r Abd al-Rahman b. Ibrahim AL-FIRQAH al- 
Shafi'I al-Fazarl al-Badrl al-Misrl (d. 690/1 291), IBN AL-SALAH 
(d. 643/1245), IBN AL-HAJIB (d. 646/1249), and others.] 

Foil. 156. 1 8 -2 x 13-6 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Musafir b. al- 
Sarim. 

Undated, 8/ 14th century. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 



38 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

3331 

SHARH AL~TAWALI\ by Shams al-Dln AL-ISBAHANI (d. 
749/1348). 

[A commentary on the Tawali' al-anwar min mataW al-anzar, a 
treatise on Muslim dogmatics by AL-BAIDAWl (d. 716/13 16).] 

Foil. 154. 27-3 xi 7- 8 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Maliki al-Azharf. 

Dated 15 Dhu '1-Qa'da 877 (13 April 1473). 

Brockelmann i. 418, Suppl. i. 742. 

* Fol. 153^ contains a reading-certificate dated 10 Muharram 
880 (16 May 1475) and signed by Abu Bakr b. Muhammad b. 
Shadhi al-Haskafl (d. 881/1476). 

333 2 
MVKHTASAR Fl SlRAT AL-NABl, by Sharaf al-Dln Abu 
Muhammad f Abd al-Mu min b. Khalaf b. Abi '1-Hasan al-Tuni 
AL-DIMYATI al-Shafi r I (d. 705/1306). 

[A brief biography of the Prophet Muhammad.] 

Foil. 128. 26-2 x 18-7 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Tahir b. al-Hasan b. 'Urnar b. al~Hasan b. r Umar b. 
Hablb (d. 807/1405). 

Dated, at Aleppo, 28 Ramadan 759 (3 September 1358). 

Brockelmann, Suppl. ii. 79. 

* This copy has been collated with a copy which had been read 
before the author. 

3333 
GHVRAR AL-BALAGHA, by Abu '1-Husain Hilal b. al- 
Muhassin b. Ibrahim AL-SABl (d. 448/1056). 

[Specimen letters suitable for use on various occasions.] 

Foil. 153. 23-9x16-3 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 5/ nth century. 

Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 556. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 39 

3334 
AL-WUJtJH WA'L-NAZA'IR. FI 'L-QURAN, by Abu 
c Abd Allah Harun b. Musa al-Qari' al-Azdi AL-A r WAR (d. ca. 

i7°l7$7)' 

[Interpretations of the various meanings of certain words in the 
Qur'an.l 

Foil. 49. 24-5 x 16-5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Muhammad al-Manufl. 

Dated 20 Muharram 533 (27 September 1 1 38). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 



3335 
f UMDAT AL-MUFlD WA-TADHKIRAT AL-MUSTAFlD, 
by IBN AL-MULAQQIN (d. 804/1401). 

[A treatise on Shafi'I jurisprudence.] 

Foil. 164. 24-3 x 1 6-2 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Ahmad b. al-lmad al-AqfahsI al- 
Shafi'i (d. 867/1462). 

Dated 19 Jumada II 823 (1 July 1421). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 



333 6 
TABAQAT AL-SHAFFlTAT AL-KUBRA, by Taj al-Din 
Abu Nasr 'Abd al-Wahhab b. c Ali b. r Abd al-Kafr AL-SUBKl 
al-Shafi r I (d. 771/1370). 

[An extract from the famous biographical dictionary of Shafi'I 
scholars, being the life of Abu Hamid al-Ghazall.] 

Foil. 50. 18 x 1 3 -4 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 8/ 14th century. 

Brockelmann ii. 90, Suppl. ii. 106. 



40 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

3337 

AL-KASHSHAF 'AN HAQA'IQ AL-TANZlL, by AL- 
ZAMAKHSHARI (d. 538/1144). 

[The first volume of the celebrated commentary on the Qur'an; 
see No. 3036.] 

Foil. 291. 23-8x16-2 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Hibat Allah b. Taj al-AsL 

Dated Jumada I 722 (June 1322). 

333 8 
ISHARA LATlFA, by Abu Muhammad Muhsin b. 'All b. Man- 
sur al-Husainl AL-DASHTAKl (/. 985/1577). 

[A treatise on the constellations.] 

Foil. 127. 22-2x13-3 cm - Clearnaskh. 40 figures. 

Autograph. 

Undated, io/i6th century. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

* This is evidently the original dedication copy to Shah Isma'il II 
(reigned 984-6/1576-8). 



3339 
SHIFJ' AL-GHALIL Fl HALL MUSHKILAT AL-SHAIKH 
KHALIL, by Abu r Abd Allah Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Muham- 
mad AL-FASl al-MiknasI (d. 9 19/15 13). 

[A commentary on part of al-Mukhtasar, the celebrated epitome 
of MalikI jurisprudence by Ghars (Diya°) al-Dln Abu 5 1-Safa° 
Khalll b. Ishaq b.MusaAL-JUNDI (d. 776/1374).] 

Foil. 190. 17-1 xi3'i cm. Clearnaskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Amln al-Dln f Abd al-Ghanl al-Malikl. 

Dated 13 Shauwal 958 (14 October 1 55 1 ). 

Brockelmann, Suppl. ii. 97. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 41 

3340 

'AWARIF AL-MA'ARIF, by Shihab al-Dln AL-SUHRA- 
WARDl (d. 632/1234). 

[A celebrated treatise on Sufi mysticism; see No. 3038.] 

Foil. 294. 26 x 1 8-3 cm. Excellent naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Abi '1-Qasim al-Muqri'. 

Dated, at Baghdad, Jumada II 682 (September 1283). 

* Collated by the copyist with a copy bearing the author's 
signature. 

334i 

(1) TAQDIMAT AL-MA'RIFA, by HUNAIN B. ISHAQ (d. 
260/873). 

[A defective copy of the translation of the Prognostica of Hippo- 
crates; see No. 3127; foil. 1-440.] 

(2) FUStJL ABUQRAT, by HUNAIN B. ISHAQ. 

[A defective copy of a translation of the Aphorisms of Hippo- 
crates; foil. 44^-69.] 

Brockelmann i. 205, Suppl. i. 368. 

Foil. 69. 2i-6 x 15-5 cm. Clear naskh. 
Undated, 6/ 12th century. 

3342 

MANHAJ AL-SALIK, by Athlr al-Din ABU HAIYAN 

Muhammad b. Yusuf b. r AlI al-Gharnatl al-Jaiyanl (d, 745/1344). 

[The fifth volume of an extensive commentary on the Tashll al- 

jawa'id wa-taktnll al-maqasid^ a treatise on Arabic grammar by IBN 

MALIK (d. 672/1274).] 

Foil. 197. 27 x 20 cm. Fine naskh. 
Dated 12 Muharram 742 (28 June 1341). 
Brockelmann i. 298, Suppl. i. 522. 



B3311 



42 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

3343 

TAQWIM AL-ADILLA Fl USVL AL-FIQH, by Abu Zaid 
'Abd ( f Ubaid) Allah b. 'Urnar b. f Isa AL-DABDSl (d. 430/1039). 

[A treatise on the principles of Hanafi jurisprudence, with some 
account of the variations of other schools.] 

Foil. 203. 26-8 x 18 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Saiyid Muhammad b. Saiyid r Abd al-Oadir. 

Dated 4 Sha'ban 974 (14 February 1567). 

Brockelmann i. 175, Suppl. i. 296. 

3344 
KIFATAT AL-NABlH, by IBN AL-RAF'A (d. 710/13 10). 

[The third volume of the commentary on al-Tanbihfi 'l-jiqh, the 
well-known Shafi'I law-manual of AL-SHlRAzI (d. 476/1083); 
see Nos. 3061, 3069.] 

Foil. 245. 21x17-6 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. al-Nablh al-Butljl. 

Dated 19 Dhu '1-Hijja 730 (3 October 1330). 

3345 
TAHDHIB AL-TAHDHlB, by IBN HAJAR (d. 852/1449). 

[The first volume of the critical and augmented edition of the 
Tahdhib al-Kamal of AL-MIZZl (d. 742/1341).] 

Foil. 343. 27-4 x 19 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 9/ 15th century. 

Brockelmann ii. 68, Suppl. ii. 73. 

3346 
THUGHUR AL-MIDAH AL-BAWASIM, by Shihab al-Dln 
Abu '1-Mahamid (Abu '1-Fida') Isma'Il b. Hamid b. f Abd al- 
Rahman al-Shafi f I al-Ansari al-Khazraj! AL-QCSl (d. 653/1255). 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 43 

[Extracts from an anthology of Arabic poetry, followed (fol. 64) 
by extracts from various other works.] 
Foil. 113. 21 x 147 cm. Fine naskh. 
Undated, 8/ 14th century. 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 



. 3347 
AL-JAM' BAIN AL-SAHlHAIN, by AL-HUMAIDl (d. 488/ 

io 95)- 

[The third volume of a concordance of the Tradition collections 
of al-Bukhan and Muslim; see No. 3136.] 

Foil. 233. 25-2x18 -9 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Yusuf b. Ramadan al-Ta'I al-Shaf?I. 

Dated 27 Safar 721 (26 February 1321). 



3348 

( 1 ) AL-HUKM AL-MASHR XJT Fl BAT AN AL-SHUR UT, by 
Abu /Abd Allah Muhammad b. 'Umar b. Ahmad B. AL-WASITl 
al-Ghamrl al-Mahalll (d. 849/1445). 

[Legal and mystical rules to be observed in various circumstances; 
foil. 1-96.] 

Dated 19 Ramadan 849 (19 December 1445). 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(2) AL-QAWA'ID AL-SUFlTA, by IBN AL-WASITI. 
[Rules for the mystical life; foil. 97-148.] 

Dated r6 Dhu '1-Qa f da 849 (13 February 1446). 
Brockelmann ii. 167, Suppl. ii. 150. 

Foil. 149. 27-8x17-7 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Copyist, Husain b. 'All b. Husain al-Ghamii. 
Dated 849 (1445-6). 



44 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

3349 

TAHDHlB MUSTAMIRR AL-AUHAM 'ALA DHAWP L- 
MA'RIFA WA-ULI 'L-AFHAM, by Abu Nasr Hibat Allah b. 
'All b. Ja'far B. MAKtJLA al-Tjli (d. 422/103 ij. 

[A dictionary of variant names of traditionists.] 

Foil. 125. 25 x 18 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. Idris b. Baba Juk. 

Dated 8 Safar 686 (25 March 1287). 

Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 602. 

335° 
KHULASAT AL-FATAWl, by Iftikhar al-Dln Tahir b. Ahmad 
b. 'Abd al-Rashld AL-BUKHARl (d. 542/1147). 

[A treatise on Hanafi jurisprudence.] 

Foil. 444. 29-5 x 19-2 cm. Fine naskh. 

Copyist, IsmaTl b. Ahmad al-Tarinl. 

Dated 2 Sha'ban 973 (2 June 1566). 

Brockelmann i. 374, Suppl. i. 641. 

335i 
AL-TAHQIQ WA'L-SHARH IVA'L-TAUDlH LI-ALFAZ 
MUTAWALITA MIN AL-JAMF AL-SAHlH, by Shams al- 
Dln Abu c Abd Allah Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 
Ahmad B. AL-MUHIBB al-Maqdisi al-Dimashql al-Hanbali (d. 
828/1425). 

[The fifth volume of a commentary on al-Jam? al-sahlh, the 
Tradition collection of AL-BUKHARI (d. 256/870).] 

Foil. 163. 28x18-8 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Autograph. 

Dated 806 (1403-4). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

* The author has inscribed a notice of bequest on fol. 2a dated 
ro Muharram 826 (24 December 1422). 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 45 

335 2 

(1) TUHFAT AL-AQRAN, by Shams al-Dln Abu Salih Muham- 
mad b. 'Abd Allah b. Ahmad AL-TIMIRTASHI al-GhazzI al- 
Hanafi (d. 1004/1595). 

[A metrical summary of the principles of Hanafi jurisprudence; 
foil. 1- 1 5.] 

Dated 5 Jumada II 1005 (22 January 1597). 
Brockelmann ii. 312, Suppl. ii. 429. 

(2) MAWARIB AL-MANNAN SHARH TUHFAT AL- 
AQRAN, b\ \L-TIMIRTASHl. 

[A commentary on the foregoing work; foil. 16-284.] 
Dated 21 Rabf II 1006 (1 December 1587). 
Brockelmann ii. 3 1 2, Suppl. ii. 429. 

Foil. 284. 20-9 x 15-5 cm. Rather cursive scholar's naskh. 
Dated 1005-6 (1597). 

3353 
IHTA' 'ULUM AL-DlN, by Abu Hamid AL-GHAZALI (d. 

S°S/"")- 

[The second quarter^ of the celebrated treatise on the Muslim 

faith and Sufi life.] 

Foil. 268. 1 8-3 x 15 cm. ."ine scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Ahmad b. f Umar al-Fanjakirdi. 

Dated 10 Dhu '1-Qa c da 543 (22 March 1 149). 

Brockelmann i. 422, Suppl. i. 748. 

3354 
IZALAT AL-SHUBUHAT C AN AL-ATAT WA'L-AHA- 
DITH AL-MUTASHABIHAT, by Shams al-Dln Muhammad b. 
Ahmad b. 'Abd al-Mu'min B. AL-LABBAN al-Shaf?I al-Shadhill 
al-Misrl al-Is'ardl al-Dimashql (d. 749/1349). 



46 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

[A reply to the anthropomorphical interpreters of certain phrases 
describing God in the Qur'an and the Traditions.] 
Foil. 45. 19-9 x 13-9 cm. Clear naskh. 
Dated, at Mecca, 13 Jumada I 867 (3 February 1463). 
Brockelmann ii. in, Suppl. ii. 137. 

3355 
AL-ISHRAF e ALA MADHAHIB AL-ASHRAF, by IBN 
HUBAIRA(d. 560/1165). 

[An account of the points of agreement and difference between 
the four orthodox schools of jurisprudence; see No. 3266.] 

Foil. 223. 27-1x18 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Aiyub b. Muhammad b. Tsa al-Sarkhadl al-ShafTl. 

Dated 8 Muharram 826 (22 December 1422). 

» 

335 6 
AL-ANJUM AL-ZAHIRAT AL-NURANITAT AL- 
MUHAMMADlTA FI 'L-TARlQAT AL-SUFlTAT AL- 
BUSTAMlTAT AL-SUHRAWARDlTA. 

[An anonymous account of the Sufi life and ethics according to 
the Suhrawardl Order.] 

Foil. 344. 18-9x13-4 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Autograph. 

Dated 13 Muharram 822 (9 February 141 9). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

3357 
AL-JAMF LI-AHKAM AL-QUR'AN, by AL-OURTUBI 
(d. 671/1273). 

[The fifth volume of the massive commentary on the Qur'an; see 
Nos. 3031, 3327.] 

Foil. 249. 26-3 x 19 era. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Undated, 8/ 14th century. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 47 

3358 

AL-HAQlQA WA'L-MAJAZ Fl RIHLA BILAD AL- 
SHA'M WA-MISR WA'L-HIJAZ, by AL-NABULUSl (d. 

II 43/ I 73 1 )- 
[A description of a journey through Syria, Egypt, and Arabia,] 
Foil. 349. 25-4x18 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Copyist, 'All b. al-Saiyid Hasan b. Muhammad Sibt Al al-jllanl. 
Dated, at Damascus, 1202 (1787-8). 
Brockelmann ii. 348, SuppL ii. 474-5. 

3359 (vii) 
AL-FAWA'ID AL-SANITA Fl SHARH AL-ALFlTA, by 
AL-BIRMAWI (d. 83 1/1428). 

[A commentary on his own al-Nu6dhat al-zakiya\ see Nos. 3 147, 

3 r 54-] 

Foil. 211, 180. 27-2 x 1 8 -5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, c Abd Allah b. Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah b. Muhammad 
b. 'Abd Allah b. Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Qasim al-Sabti al- 
Malikl al-Ash'arl al-Qadirl al-Safadi (d. 9 1 0/ 1 504). 

Dated 26 Jumada II 904 (8 February 1499) and 16 Jumada II 
905 (18 January 1500). 

* This copy has been collated with the author's draft. 

33 6 ° 
'UJALAT AL-MUHTAJ ILA TAUJlH AL-MINHAJ, by 
IBN AL-MULAOQIN (d. 804/1401). 

[The second (and concluding) volume of a short commentary on 
the Minhaj ' al-talibtn^ the well-known Shaft'I law-manual of Muhyl 
al-Dln AL-NAWAWl (d. 676/1278).] 

Foil. 71. 27-4 x 17-8 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Dated 23 Sha r ban 852 (22 October 1448). 

Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 680. 



48 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

33 6 * 

'UMDAT AL-MUHTAJ ILA KITAB AL-MINHAJ, by 
IBN AL-MULAQQIN (d. 804/1401). 

[The first volume of an extensive commentary on the Minhaj al- 
talibin of Muhyl al-Dln AL-NAWAWl (d. 676/1278).] 

Foil. 230. 27-2 x 19 cm. Rather cursive scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 9/ 15th century. 

Brockelmann i. 395, Suppl. i. 680. 

33 62 
(i)MULHAT AL-FRAB, by AL-HARlRl (d. 516/1 122). 

[A grammar of Arabic in verse, with a running commentary 
foil. 1-85.] 

Dated Shauwal 668 (May 1270). 
Brockelmann i. 277, Suppl. i. 488. 

(2) AL-LUMA' FI <ILM AL-HISAB, by IBN AL-HA'IM (d. 

815/1412). 

[A brief arithmetic for lawyers; see No. 3234 (1); foil. 86-96*.] 

(3) AL-WASlLA, by IBN AL-HA'IM. 

[An abridgement of the author's own al-Ma'unafi'ilm al-hawa'l, 
a mental arithmetic; foil. 96^-121.] 

Dated (with the preceding tract) 11 Ramadan 870 (26 April 
1466). 
Brockelmann ii. 126, Suppl. ii. 155. 

(4) AL-ARBA'IN FI 'L-TASAUWUF, by Abu 'Abd al- 
Rahman Muhammad b. al-Husain b. Musa AL-SULAMl al-Azdl 
al-Nlsaburl (d. 41 2/1 021). 

[Forty select Traditions for Sufis; foil. 122-8.] 
Dated 17 Jumada II 867 (9 March 1463). 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 49 

(5) AL-MUBDT SHARH AL-MUQNF, by SIBT AL- 
MARIDlNl(d. 912/1506). 

[A commentary on al-Muqni' ft 'Urn al-jabr wa' l-muqabala, a 
metrical algebra and geometry by IBN AL-HA'IM; foil. 13 1-58.] 

Undated, 10/ 1 6th century. 

Brockelmann ii. 125, Suppl. ii. 155. 

Foil. 158. 19x14-5 cm. Several naskh hands. 
Various dates, 7-ioth (1 3-1 6th) century. 

33 6 3 
'UrUN AL-ATHAR, by Fath al-Dln Abu '1-Fath Muhammad b. 
Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Ahmad B. SAIYID AL-NAS al- 
Ya'mari al-AndalusI al-Shafi r I (d. 734/1334). 

[A biography of the Prophet Muhammad.] 

Foil. 264. 27-5 x 17-4 cm. Clear naskh. 

Dated 20 Jumada I 838 (22 December 1434). 

Brockelmann ii. 71, Suppl. ii. 77. 

33 6 4 
AL-GHARlBAIN FI 'L-QUR'AN WA'L-HADlTH, by AL- 
HARAWI(d. 401/1010). 

[The second (and final) volume of a dictionary of rare words 
occurring in the Qur'an and Traditions; see No. 301 1.] 

Foil. 198. 25-7 x 17 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Sulaiman b. Muhammad b. Sulaiman b. Khalaf b. 
Muhammad al-Qurashi al-UmawI al-AndalusI. 

Dated, at Damascus, Jumada II 591 (May 1 1 95). 

33 6 5 
NIZAM AL-GHARIB, by Tsa b. Ibrahim AL-RABA r I (d. 410/ 
1087). 

B33U H 



5° DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

[An imperfect copy of a classified lexicon of rare and difficult 
words and expressions occurring in old Arabic poetry.] 
Foil. 76. 23-2x16-3 cm. Excellent scholar's* naskh. 
Undated, 6/ 1 2th century. 
Brockelmann i. 279, Suppl. i. 492. 

33 6 6 
'UMDAT AL-MUHTAJ ILA KITAB AL-MINHAJ by 
IBN AL-MULAQQIN (d. 804/1401). 

[The seventh volume of the extensive commentary on the Minhaj 
al-talibin of AL-NAWAWI (d. 676/1278); see No. 3361.] 

Foil. 267. 25-1 x 1 6 -6 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 9/ 1 5th century. 

3367 
AL-WAJIZ AL-JAMF LI-MASA'IL AL-JAMF, by Sadr 
al-Dln Abu '1-Rabf Sulaiman b. Wuhaib AL-ADHRA'I (d. 677/ 
1278). 

[An epitome of a/- J ami' al-kabir, a treatise on Hanafi juris- 
prudence by AL-SHAIBANl (d. 189/804).] 

Foil. 197. 18 x 13-5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Ishaq b. 'Urnar b. r Abd Allah al-SarujI 
al-Hanaft(d. 733/1333). 

Dated 28 Jumada II 673 (29 December 1274). 
Brockelmann i. 382, Suppl. i. 290. 

3368 

SHARH AL-GHATA, by Abu '1-Fada'il 'ABBAD b. Ahmad b. 
Isma'il al-Hasam (fl. 710/13 10). 

[The first volume of an extensive commentary on the G hay at al- 
ikhtisar (or al-Taqrlb Ji 'l-jiqh), a compendium of ShafiT juris- 
prudence by Abu Shuja' Ahmad b. al-Hasan b. Ahmad AL- 
ISFAHANl(d. 593/1196).] 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 5 , 

Foil. 354. 25-5x18 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Autograph. 

Undated, early 8/ 14th century. 

For other commentaries on the Ghayat al-ikhtisar^ see Brockel- 
mann i. 392, Suppl. i. 677. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

* The author has appended a note of collation dated Shauwal 
710 (March 13 11). 

33 6 9 

(1) 'AIN AL-HAQlQA MIN AL-TARlQA, by Muhammad b. 
Mahmud AL-SAMARQANDl (/. 6/ 12th century). 

[A short general treatise on Sufism; foil. 1-400.] 

Autograph. 

Undated, 6/ 1 2th century. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(2) MANAQIB AL-SHAIKH ABl 'UMAR. 

[An anonymous biography of Abu 'Umar Muhammad b. Ahmad 
b. Muhammad b. Qudama al-MaqdisI al-Dimashqi (d. 607/1210), 
compiled by one of his nephews; foil. 40^-65.] 

Copyist, Jum'a b. Ghanim b. Salim al-Basrl. 

Undated, 10/1 6th century. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

Foil. 65. 18-2x13-5 cm. Two scholars' naskh hands. 
Undated, 6/ 12th and io/i6th century. 

337° 
ADAB AL-KATIB, by Abu Muhammad f Abd Allah b. Muslim 
B. QUTAIBA al-Dlnawarl al-MarwazI (d. 270/884 or 276/889). 
[A well-known treatise on orthography and lexicography.] 
Foil. 124. 25-3x17-5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Copyist, f Abd al-Rahman b. r AlI b. al-jauzl (d. 597/1200). 



5 2 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

Dated Muharram 543 (May 1148). 
Brockelmann i. 122, Suppl. i. 185. 
* This copy contains many interesting entries. 

337 1 
AL-IQTIDAB Fl SHARH ADAB AL-KUTTAB, by IBN 
AL-SlD (d. 521/1127). 

[A commentary on the Adab al-katib of IBN QUTAIBA (d. 
270/884 or 276/889).] 

Foil. 174. 26-2x19 cm. Good scholar's maghribl. 

Undated, 6/1 2th century. 

Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 185. 

337 2 

AL-IQTISAD FI 'L-TTIQAD, by Abu Hamid AL-GHAZALl 
(d. 505/1 1 11). 

{A well-known treatise on Muslim dogmatics.] 
Foil. 80. 22-5x17-3 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Dated 17 Muharram 517 (17 March 1123). 
Brockelmann i. 421, Suppl. i. 746. 

3373 

( 1 ) AL-RISALAT AL-DAMTA. 

[An anonymous Druse tract; foil. 3-150.] 

(2) RISALAT AL-RIDA WA'L-TASLlM, by QA'IM AL- 
ZAMAN Hamza b. 'All b. Ahmad (/. 405/1016). 

[A letter; foil. 1 5*2-24.6.] 

(3) RISALAT AL-TANZlH, by QA'IM AL-ZAMAN. 
[A letter; foil. 24^-34^.] 

(4) RISALAT AL-NISA' AL-KABlRA, by QA'IM AL- 
ZAMAN. 

[A letter; foil. 35*7-42^.] 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 53 

(5) AL-SUBHAT AL-KA'INA, by QA'IM AL-ZAMAN. 
[A letter; foil. 42.a-4.6a.] 

(6) SI JILL AL-MUJTABA, by QA'IM AL-ZAMAN. 
[A letter; foil. 460-47^.] 

(7) TAQLID AL-RIDA\ by QA'IM AL-ZAMAN. 

[A letter to Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad b. Wahb al-Qurashi 
al-Da'I; foil. 47^-5 la.] 

(8) NUSKHA TAQLID AL-MUQTANA, by QA'IM AL- 
ZAMAN. 

[A letter to Baha' al-Dln Abu '1-Hasan 'All b. Ahmad al- 
Sammuql al-Da r I; foil. 51&-556.] 

(9) MUKATABAT AHL AL-KIDYAT AL-BAIDA\ by 
QA'IM AL-ZAMAN. 

[A letter; foil. 5 $b-$ 6a.] 

(10) RISALAT AL-INSINA\ by QA'IM AL-ZAMAN. 
[A letter; foil. 56^-57*?.] 

(11) shart al-imam sahib al-kashf, by qa'im al- 

zamAn. 

[A general rescript; foil. 57^—58^.] 

(12) AL-RISALAT ALLATl URSILAT ILA WALl AL- 
C AHD, by QA'IM AL-ZAMAN. 

[A letter; foil. $<)a-6oa.] 

(13) RISALA KHUMAR IBN JAISH AL-SULAIMANl 
AL-'AKKAWl, by QA'IM AL-ZAMAN. 

[A letter; foil. 60^-62^.] 

(14) AL-RISALAT AL-MUNFADHAT ILA 'L-QADI, by 
QA'IM AL-ZAMAN. 

[A letter to the QadI '1-Oudat Ahmad b. Muhammad b. al- 
'Auramm; foil. 62^-63^.] 



54 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

( 1 5) MUNAJAT AL-HAQQ. 
[A Druse prayer; foil. 6^.a-6U.] 

(16) AL-DU r A> AL-MUSTAJAB. 
[Another prayer; foil. 690-72*.] 

(17) AL-TAQDlS. 

[Another prayer; foil. 72^-73^.] 

(18) DHIKR MA'RIFAT AL-IMJM. 
[Names of the Druse leaders; foil. 73^-74,$.] 

(19) RISALAT AL-TAHDHlR JVA'L-TANBlH by QA'IM 
AL-ZAMAN. , y u in 

[Admonitions; foil. 74^-780.] 

(20) RISALAT AL-FDHAR WA'L-INDHAR, by QA'IM 

AL-ZAMAN. 3 * 

[A similar tract; foil. 78*2-8 1^.] 

(21) RISALAT AL-GHAIBA, by ABU YA'LA (ft r/nth 
century). 0I 

[A rescript; foil. 81 £-89*.] 

(22) TAQSIM AL~<ULUM WA-ITHBAT AL-HAQQ WA- 

KASHF AL-MAKNUN, by Ismail b. Muhammad b. Hamid 

AL-TAMlMl al-Dn (/. 5/1 nh century). 

[A statement of Druse beliefs as derived from Oa'im al-Zaman- 
foil. 89^-102^] 

(23) RISALAT AL-ZINAD, by AL-TAMlMl. 
[A similar tract; foil. 102^-107^.] 

(24) RISALAT AL-SHAM'A, by AL-TAMlMl. 
[A similar tract; foil. ioSa-1 13a.] 

(25) RISALAT AL-RUSHD WA'L-HIDATA, by QA'IM AL- 
ZAMAN. J 

[A similar tract; foil, n^a-nga.] 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 55 

(26) SHI'R AL-NAFS, by AL-TAMlMl. 
[A poem; foil. 11 9^-1 210.] 

(27) MITHAQ WALI AL-ZAMAN. 

[A form of oath of allegiance; foil. 121^-1220.] 

(28) MITHAQ AL-NISA\ by QATM AL-ZAMAN. 

[A rescript for the instruction of Druse women; foil. 1 22^-1 26b.] 

(29) KASHF AL- HAQA'IQ, by QA'IM AL-ZAMAN. 
[Druse doctrines; foil. 126^-144^.] 

(30) DHIKR MA'RIFAT AL-ARBA' WA-KHAMSlN 
FARlDA. 

[A Druse tract; foil. 144^-148.] 

Foil. 151. 20 x 147 cm. Calligraphic naskh. 

Dated 1229 (18 14). 

See Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 716-18. 

3374 
AL-FRAB, by Fakhr al-Din AL-RAZI (d. 606/1209). 
[A treatise on some aspects of Arabic grammar.] 
Foil. 143. 26-5 x 1 8-8 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Copyist, Yusuf b. 'All b. Yusuf al-Khatlb. 
Dated Sha'ban 780 (December 1378). 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

3375 
AL-JAMF AL-SAHIH, by AL-BUKHARI (d. 256/870). 

[The tenth part of the celebrated .collection of Traditions ; see 
Nos. 3080, 3177.] 

Foil. 200. 26- r x 17-9 cm. Excellent naskh. 

Copyist, Shihab al-Din Ahmad b. Mahmud al-Bailunl. 

Undated, r 1/ 17th century. 



5 6 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

3376 

IHTA 'ULUM AL-DIN, by Abu Hamid AL-GHAZALl (d. 

505/1 1 11). 

[The first quarter of the celebrated ascetic theology; see No. 
3353-] 

Foil. 233. 24-3 x 1 6 -5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 6/ 12th century. 

* Fol.-233* contains a reading-note dated Rabf II 572 (October 
1 176) and signed by Ahmad b. Yusuf b. al-Azraq (J. 570/1 174). 

3377 
AL-ALFAZ AL-KITABlTA, by f Abd al-Rahman b. f Isa b. 
Hammad AL-HAMADHANl (d. 320/932). 

[A treatise on Arabic synonyms for the use of secretaries, also 
known as A/faz al-ashbah ival-nazair.] 

Foil. 73. 19x13-3 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Abu '1-Fada'il Yahya b. Abl Bakr b. Yahya al-Rudhara- 
warl. 

Dated 6 Muharram 549 (23 March 1 154). 
Brockelmann i. 127, Suppl. i. 195. 

337 8 
AL-BIDATA WA'L-NIHAYA, by IBN KATHlR (d. 774/ 
J 373)- 

[A volume of the extensive annals of Muslim history, containing 
the years 64-126/683-743.] 

Foil. 213. 27-4 x 18 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 8/ 14th century. 

Brockelmann ii. 49, Suppl. ii. 48. 

3379 

AL-BASIT FI 'L-FURV, by Abu Hamid al-GHAZALI 
(d. 505/1 1 n). 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 57 

[The ninth volume of the large treatise on Shafi'I jurisprudence.] 
Foil. 263. 20-3 x 14-3 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Copyist, 'Uthman b. Yusuf al-Khatlb. 

Dated, at the Fadillya Madrasa, Qalyub, 25 Rabf II 607 
(16 October 1 210). 

Brockelmann i. 424, Suppl. i. 752. 



338o 

SHARH AL-MUHADHDHAB, by Mubyi al-Dln AL- 
NAWAWl(d. 676/1278). 

[The fourth volume of an extensive commentary on al-Muhadh- 
dhab, the well-known treatise on ShafiT jurisprudence by AL- 
SHIRAZI(d. 476/1083).] 

Foil. 244. 1 6-8 x 19-5 cm. Rather cursive scholar's naskh. 

Autograph. 

Dated (fol. la) 673 (1274). 

Brockelmann i. 387, Suppl. i. 669. 



338i 

AL-TABSIRA JVA'L-TADHKIRA, by AL-TRAQl (d. 806/ 
1404). 

[A metrical epitome of the Ma'rifat an-wa 'ulum al-hadlth^ a 
well-known treatise on the science of Traditions by IBN AL- 
SALAH (d. 643/1245).] 

Foil. 25. 25-3 x 17*1 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, early 9/ 15th century. 

Brockelmann i. 359, ii. 66, Suppl. i. 612. 

* Fol. 25^ contains a reading-certificate and ijaza dated 811 
(1408) and signed by Abu V Abbas Ahmad b. 'Umar b. Ahmad 
al-Shabb al-Ta'ib al-Shadhill al-Misrl (d. 832/1429). 



BS311 



5 8 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

3382 

(1) TUHFAT AL-MUHTAj ILA ADILLAT AL-MINHAJ, 
by IBN AL-MULAQQIN (d, 804/1401). 

[A collection of sound Traditions relating to Islamic law, based 
upon the Minhaj al-talibln, the SharTl law-manual of AL-NAWAWl 
(d. 676/1278); foil. i-i33<| 

Dated 4 Ramadan 755 (22 September 1354). 

Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 680. 

* Ibn al-Mulaqqin himself has added entries on fol. \b and 
fol. 133*. 

(2) IDAH AL-IRTirAB, by IBN AL-MULAQQIN. 

[Notes clarifying names and titles occurring in the author's 
Tuhfat al-muhtaj tla ahadtth al-Minhaj\ foil. 133^-141.] 
Dated 21 Ramadan [755] (8 October 1354). 
Brockelmann ii. 93, Suppl. ii. 109. 

* Ibn al-Mulaqqin has added entries on fol. 133^ and fol. 141^. 

(3) TADHKIRAT AL-MVHTAJ ILA AHADlTH AL- 
MINHAJ, by IBN AL-MULAQQIN. 

[Notes on 87 Traditions occurring in the Minhaj al-wusul ila 'Urn 
al-usiil, a treatise on the principles of Shafi'I jurisprudence by AL- 
BAIDAWI (d. 716/13 16); foil. 142-53.] 

Dated 26 Shauwal 755 (13 November 1354). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

* Ibn al-Mulaqqin has added entries on fol. 142^. 

(4) AL-TADHKIRA FI 'ULtJM AL-HADITH, by IBN AL- 
MULAQQIN. 

[A short tract on the science of Traditions; foil. 154-6.] 
Dated 11 Jumada II 765 (16 March 1364). 
Brockelmann ii. 93, Suppl. ii. 109. 

* Ibn al-Mulaqqin has added an entry on fol. 1 54^. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 59 

Foil. 156. 27*7 x iQ«4 qm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Copyist, Shams al-Dln Abu c Abd Allah Muhammad b. Sulaiman 
b. 'Awad al-Bakrl al-Shafi'I. 

Dated 755 (1354) and 765 (1364). 

33 8 3 
AL-NUR Fl 'AD AD AL-AITAM WA'L-SHUHtJR, by IBN 
AL-JAUZl (d. 597/1200). 

[Sermons appropriate for certain days of the year.] 

Foil. 65. 25*2 x 17-2 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 9/ 15th century. 

Brockelmann, Sup pi. iii. 1245. 

3384 

AL-JAMT AL-SAHlH, by MUSLIM (d. 261/875). 

[The fourth quarter of the Traditions collection; see Nos. 3093, 

33 2 4-] 

Foil. 240. 25-3 x 18 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Abi '1-Qasim al-MaidumT. 

Dated, at the Dar al-Hadlth al-Kamiliya, Cairo, Jumada I 678 
(October 1279). 

3385 
AL-RISALAT AL-ASLlTA, by AL-SHAFI'I (d. 204/820). 

[A fundamental treatise o~ the principles of Shafi'I jurisprudence.] 

Foil. 74. 26-6 x 17-8 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, 'All b. Muhammad b. Muhammad al-Marhall. 

Dated 3 Sha'ban 775 (18 January 1374). 

Brockelmann i, 178, Suppl. i. 303. 

3386 

SHARH AL-UMDA FI y L-AHKAM, by TaqI al-Dln Abu 
'I-Fath Muhammad b. 'All b. Wahb B. DAQIQ AL-'ID al- 
Manfalutl (d. 702/1302). 



6 ° DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

[A commentary on the 'Umdat al-ahkam, a collection of Tradi- 
tions relating to Islamic law by AL-JAMMA'lLl (d. 600/1203).] 

Foil. 156. 28x21-5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Isma'Il al-Saba r I 
al-Rahlml. 

Dated 5 Dhu '1-Qa'da 733(18 July 1333). 

Brockelmann i. 356, Suppl. i. 605. 

* Fol. 156^ contains an ownership entry dated Jumada I 780 
(September 1378) and signed by Yunus (Dhu '1-Nun) b. Husain 
h. 'All al-Alwahl al-Shafi'I (d. 842/1439). 

3387 
SHARH AL-MIFTAH, by Nizam al-Din al-Hasan b. Muham- 
mad b. al-Husain al-A r raj al-Qummi AL-NlSABURl (/. early 
8/ 1 4th century). 

[A commentary on the third part of the Mtftah al-ulum, a well- 
known philological encyclopaedia by Siraj al-Din Abu Ya'qub 
Yusuf b. Abl Bakr b. Muhammad AL-SAKKAKl (d. 626/1229).] 

Foil. 313. 23-5 x 15-3 cm. Rather cursive scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Karlm b. Taj b. Kamal b. Saif b. Wajlh al-Bilahaurl. 

Dated, at Ahsanabad, 21 Shauwal 766 (1 1 July 1365). 

For other commentaries on the Mtftah al-ulum, see Brockel- 
mann i. 294-6, Suppl. i. 515-19. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

3388 

SHARH MA FI 'L-MAQAMAT AL-HARlRlTA, by AL- 
'UKBARl(d. 616/1219). 

[A commentary on al-Maqdmat, the well-known essays of AL- 
HARlRl (d. 516/1222).] 

Foil. 78. 24-3 x 167 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Mahmud b. Ahmad b. Hamid al-BahisI. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 61 



Dated Rajab 688 (July 1289). 
Brockelmann i. 277, Suppl. i. 487. 



33 8 9 
SHIFA 3 AL-SUDtJR, by Abu Bakr Muhammad b. al-Hasan AL- 
NAQQASH al-Mausili (d. 351/962). 

[The first volume of a commentary on the Quran.] 

Foil. 205. 21-3x14 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, early 6/ 12th century. 

Brockelmann i. 52i,jyippl. i. 334. 

* This volume contains a number of study-entries, including one 
on fol. 720 dated 53 1 (1 137) and countersigned by Abu '1-Barakat 
c Abd al-Wahhab b. al-Mubarak b. Ahmad al-Anmatl (d. 538/ 

339° ft") 

(1) TARJAMAT AL-IMAM AL-SHAFrl, by IBN KATHlR 
(d. 774/1373). 

[A biography of the founder of the ShafVi school of jurisprudence; 
i. foil. 1-37.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(2) TABAQAT AL-FUQAHA' AL-SHAFFlrlN, by IBN 
KATHlR. 

[Biographies of distinguished Shafi'I scholars; followed by addi- 
tional biographies supplied by 'Afif al-Dln b. Jamal al-Din al- 
MuzafFarl, and extracted from the Nuzhat al-tullab ft manaqtb al- 
ashab of Muhyl al-Din Abu '1-Fadl Sulaiman b. Ja'far b. al-Hasan 
al-Isna'i al-Shafi'I al-Misri (d. 756/1355); i. fol. 38-ii.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

Foil. 141, 124. 26 x 18 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Dated, at Mecca, Jumada II 749 (September 1348). 



62 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

3391 (i, ii, iii, iv) 

FATH AL-'AZlZ Fl SHARH AL-WAJIZ, by AL-RAFFl 
(d. 623/1226). 

[The tenth, fifteenth, eighteenth, and twentieth volumes of the 
elaborate commentary on al-JVajtz, the short summary of Shafi'i 
jurisprudence by Abu Hamid AL-GHAZALl (d. 505/1 1 1 1); see 
No. 3233.] 

Foil. 224, 247, 189, 227. 26-5x18-3 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Undated, 7/1 3th century. 

339 2 

AL-'IQD AL-FARlD LIL-MALIK AL-SA'lD, by AL- 

f ADAWI(d. 652/1254). 

[A manual of royal manners and ethics; see No. 3 197.] 
Foil. 230. 2 2 -3 x 16 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Undated, 8/ 14th century. 

3393 
'UrUN AL-TAJVARlKH, by Salah al-Dln Abu 'Abd Allah 
Muhammad B. SHAKIR b. Ahmad al-Darani al-Dimashql al- 
Kutubi (d. 764/1363). 

[The twentieth /volume of a history of the Caliphate, covering 
the years 4 10-59/10 19-67.] 

Foil. 200. 267 x r 8-5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Dated Jumada I 760 (April 1359). 

Brockelmann ii. 48, Suppl. ii. 48. 

3394 
FUTZJH AL-WAHHAB, by Nasir al-Dln Abu '1-Fadl Muham- 
mad b. Musa b. Muhammad AL-HUDHBANI (d. 858/1454). 

[A biography of Abu Bakr b. f AlT al-Mausill al-Shaibanl (d. 797/ 
J 395)» with a general account of Sufi doctrine and practice.] 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 
Foil. 176. 21-3x16 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Copyist, 'Abd al- Wahid al-Saiyarl. 
Dated 15 Rabi f II 807 (21 October 1404). 
Brockelmann ii. 122. 



3395 
AL-FARlD FlTRAB AL-QUR'AN AL-MAJlD, by Munta- 
khab al-Dln b. Abi 'l-'Izz b. Rashld al-Dln AL-lf AJ^DAnI al- 
Muqri' al-Shafi f I (d. 643/ 1 245). — _— 

[The first volume of a commentary on the Qur'an.] 
Foil. 259. 27-3x18-5 cm. Clear scholar's^iaskh. 
Undated, 8/ 14th century. 

Brockelmann i. 414, Suppl. i. 736. 

3396 
AL-KAWAK1B AL-DARARl Fl TAFSlR AL-QUR'JN 
AL-KARIM, by 'Ala 9 al-Dln Abu '1-Hasan 'All b. Husain b. 'Urwa 
B. ZAKNtJN al-Mashriql al-Dimashql al-Hanball (d. 837/1433). 

[The thirty-fifth volume of a massive commentary on the Qur'an.] 

Foil. 256. 27-7 x 19 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. Mahmud b. Badr al-Hanball 
(d. 900/1495). 

Dated 30 Jumada I 827 (30 April 1424). 
Brockelmann, Suppl. ii. 985. 

3397 

MUKHTASAR AL-WAJIZ FI 'L-FIQH, by Amln al-Dln Abu 

1-lzz Khalid b. Abi '1-Khair AL-TIBRIZI (/. 7 /i 3 th century). 

[An epitome of ' al-Wajlz, the short summary of ShafTl juris- 
prudence by Abu Hamid AL-GHAZALl (d. 505/1 1 ii).] 

Foil. 60. 17-8x12-6 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 7/ 1 3th century. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 



64 .DESCRIPTION'S OF MANUSCRIPTS 

3398 

SHARH AL-MUHADHDHAB, by Muhyl al-Dln AL- 
NAWAWl(d. 67.6/1278). 

[The third volume of the commentary on al-Muhadhdhab^ the 
Shafi'I law-manual by AL-SHlRAZl (d. 476/1083); see No. 
3380.] 

Foil. 284. 26-3 x 1 8 -5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 8/ 14th century. 

3399 

(1) AL-FARA'ID, by AL-ZAHIDl (d. 658/1260). 

[A treatise on the Hanafl laws of inheritance; foil. i-ioia.] 
Dated 18 Jumada I 679 (15 September 1280). 
No other- copy appears to be recorded. 

(2) AL-GHURAR WA'L-DVRAR, by AL-ZAHIDI. 
[A tract on the laws of inheritance; foil. ioib-i 130.] 
Dated 19 Jumada I 679 (16 September 1280). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(3) TAKHRlJ MASA'IL AL-FARA'ID, by AL-ZAHIDl. 
[Tables illustrating the laws of inheritance; foil. 1 13^-133^.] 
Dated 1 Jumada II 679 (28 September 1280). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(4) RISALA FI 'L-HAID, by AL-ZAHIDl. 

[A tract on menstruation and the purification of women; foil. 

I 33^- I Si-] 

Dated 25 Rajab 679 (20 November 1280). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(5) RISALA FI MASA'IL AL-HAID, by Najm al-Din Qasim 
b. Muhammad AL-HAIYAD (/. 679/1280). 

[A tract on menstruation and purification; foil. 152-67.] 
Dated 28 Rajab 679 (23 November 1280). 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 65 

Foil. 167. 1 8-3 x 14-9 cm. Rather cursive scholar's naskh. 
Copyist, Shuja' b. Arsalan b. Abi '1-Hasan al-HijjI. 
Dated 679 (1280). 

3400 

(1) AL-MUNTAQA MIN KITAB HADl 'L-QULtJB ILA 
'ALLAM AL-GHUT17B, by Shams al-Dln Abu '1-Fath Muham- 
mad b. Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. Muqbil al-Khatlb AL-BIL- 
BAISI al-MaqdisI al-Dimashql al-Wafa'I al-Shafi'I (d. 937/1 53 1). 

[Selections from the Had! 'l-qulub ila 'Allam al-ghuyub, Sufi 
sermons by Muhyl al-Dln Abu VAbbas Ahmad b. 'All b. Yusuf 
al-Qurashl AL-BtJNl (d. 622/1225); foil. 1-56.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(2) AL-MUNTAQA MIN KITAB MANHAL AL-ADHB, 
by AL-BILBAISl. 

[Selections from the Manhal al-adhb^ further Sufi sermons by 
AL-BUNl; foil. 57-123.] 

Dated 6 Dhu '1-Qa f da 907 (13 May 1502). 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(3) AL-DURRAT AL-NAITIRA MIN AL-RITAD AL- 
NADIRA, by AL-BILBAISl. 

[Selections from al-Riydd al-nadira ft manaqib al- ashara. Tradi- 
tions and anecdotes about the Ten Companions guaranteed Para- 
dise, by Muhibb al-Dln AL-TABARl (d. 694/1294); foil. 124- 
69.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(4) AL-MUNTAQA MIN KITAB 'UDDAT AL-SABIRlN, 
by AL-BILBAISL 

[Selections from the 'Uddat al-sabirtn nva-dhakhirat al-shakirin, 
a Sufi treatise by IBN QAIYIM AL-JAUZIYA (d. 75 I / I 35°); 
foil. 170-9^.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

B *SP v 



66 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

(5) AL-MUNTAQA MIN KITJB IBTILA* AL-AKHTAR 
by AL-BILBAISI. 

[Selections from the Ibtila al-akhyar bi U-nisS 9 al-ashrar, on how 
holy men have been tempted by evil women, by Shams al-Din 
Isma'Il b. Nasr b. Muhammad B. AL-QITA al-Shan'I; foil. 170^- 
188?.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(6) TUHEAT AL-SAMr WA\L-QARl ' Fl KHATM SAHlH 
AL-BUKHARI, by AL-BILBAISI. 

[Selections from the 'Umdat al-qar? wa l-sdmi ft khatm al-Sahih 
al-jami\ annotations on al-Jam? al-sahih of AL-BUKHARl (d. 
256/870) by Shams al-Din AL-SAKHAWI (d. 902/1497); foil. 
188/2-207.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

Foil. 207. 26-4 x 17-8 cm. Rather cursive scholar's naskh. 

Autograph. 

Dated 907 (1502). 



34oi 
AL-MAWAHIB AL-ILAHlTA WA'L-QAWA'ID AL- 
MALIKlT A, by Abu "'Abd Allah Muhammad b. f Abd Allah b. 
f Abd al-Mun f im al-Hasanl AL-JARAWANl al-Shafi'i (d. 813/ 
1410). 

[A treatise on ShafiTjurisprudence, with specimens of legal forms 
current in Egypt.] 

Foil. 165. 25-4x17-5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Abu '1-Fadl Muhammad b. f Ali b. Abl Bakr b. al-Radr 
al-Ansaii. 

Dated, at Mecca, 14 Rabf I 906 (8 October 1500). 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 67 

3402 

AL-WUSXJL ILA 'L-StJL Fl NAZM SlRAT AL-RASXJL, 
by Najm al-Dln Abu Nasr, Fath b. Musa b. Hammad al-ShafiY 
al- f UmarI AL-MAGHRIBI (d. 663/1264). 

[The first volume of a versification of the Slra Rasul Allah of 
IBN HISHAM (d. 218/834).] 

Foil. 221. 26-1 x 18 cm. Fine scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 7/ 1 3th century. 

For an epitome, see Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 206. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 



3403 
AL-KIFATA Fl <ILM AL-KITABA, by r Abd Allah b. 'Umar 
b. Muhammad AL-TIBRlZl. 

[A treatise on writing and its utility in law, with specimens of 
legal documents.] 

Foil. 60. 25-8 x 16-3 cm. Rather cursive scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Habib Allah b. 'Abd al-Karim b. 'Abd al-'AzTz al- 
Malikl. 

Dated 10 Dhu '1-Qa r da 775 (23 April 1374). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

* This copy was transcribed from the author's autograph. 

3404 

AL-KAFl Fl SHARH AL-WAFl; by Hafiz al-Dln Abu '1- 
Barakat f Abd Allah b. Ahmad AL-NASAFl (d. 710/13 10). 

[The third volume of a commentary on al-Wafi Ji 'l-furu\ the 
author's own digest of Hanafl jurisprudence.] 

Foil. 231. 22-i x 14-9 cm. Rather cursive scholar's naskh. 

Dated 2 Shauwal 738 (23 April 1338). 

Brockelmann ii. 196, Suppl. ii. 265. 



68 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

3405 

SHARH AL-MUSNAD LIL-IMAM AL-SHAFI'I, by AL- 
RAFrl (d. 623/1226). 

[The first volume of a commentary on al-Musnad, a collection 
of Traditions extracted by Abu Ja'far Muhammad b. Matar al- 
Shafi'I AL-NlSABDRl (/. early 3rd/ 9 th century) from al-Mabsut, 
the Shafi'I law-manual of AL-SHAFrl (d. 204/820).] 

Foil. 273. 26 x 18 -2 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, f Abd al- Rahman b. f Umar b. Ahmad al-Karkhl al- 
Qazwlni. 

Dated 20 Jumada I 655 (5 June 1257). 

For other commentaries, see Brockelmann i. 179, Suppl. i. 305. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

3406 

(1) SHARH AL-ANWA\ by Nasir al-Haqq c Izz al-Dln f Abd al- 
'Azlz b. c Abd al-Salam AL-SULAMl (d. 660/1262). 

[A commentary on al-Anwa% the author's own tract on Muslim 
theology; foil. 1-23^.] 
Brockelmann i. 431. 

(2) AL-ANWA\ by AL-SULAMI. 

[The text of the foregoing work; foil. 23^-25^.] 
Brockelmann i. 43 1 . 

(3) MANHAJ AL-ASLAIN, by Siraj al-Dln Abu Hafs 'Umar 
b. Raslan AL-BULQlNI al-Kinanl al- c Asqalani (d. 805/1403). 

[A brief outline of theology and jurisprudence; foil. 25^-52.] 

Dated 24 Muharram 830 (25 November 1426). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

On fol. 53# Ibn Tiilun (d. 953/1546) has transcribed a poem by 
c Aflf al-Dln f Abd Allah b. As'ad b. ' All al-Yafi f I, and a brief bio- 
graphy dating his death as 778 (1376). 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 69 

(4) DAF' SHUBAH MAN SHABBAHA WA-TAMARRAD 
WA-NASABA DHALIKA ILA y L-SAITID AL-JALlL 
AL-IMAM AHMAD, by AL-HISNl (d. 829/1426). 

[An attack on Ibn Taimlya and his school for alleged false 
attribution of doctrine to Ahmad b. Hanbal the founder of the 
Hanball school of jurisprudence; foil. 55-174-] 

Brockelmann ii. 95. 

Ibn Tulun has added a brief note on fol. 1 74^. 

(5) AL-RISALAT AL-MARDlTA FI 'L-RADD 'ALA 
MAN TUNKIR AL-ZITARAT AL-MUHAMMADITA, by 
TaqI al-Dln Al .. ' Abd Allah Muhammad AL-SA'Dl al-Maliki. 

[A reply to afatwti of Ibn Taimlya condemning the visitation of 
the Prophet Muhammad's grave; foil. 175-8.] 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(6) AL-FTIBAR Fl BAQA' AL-JANNA WA'L-NAR, by 
TaqI al-Dln AL-SUBKl (d. 756/1355). 

[A reply to a passage in the writings of Ibn Taimlya alleging that 
heaven and hell are not eternal; foil. 179-209.] 

Brockelmann, Suppl. ii. 103. 

Ibn Tulun has inscribed on fol. \b a mithal sharif of al-Malik 
al-Nasir, dated 12 Ramadan 754 (11 October 1353), condemning 
as heretical the doctrines of Ibn Taimlya. 

Foil. 212. 18-7x14 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Ahmad b. Muhammad b. 'All al-Qattan al-Nasikh. 

Dated 830 (1426). 

3407 
(1) MXJQID AL-ADHHAN WA-MVQIZ AL-WASNAN, by 
Jamal al-Dln Abu Muhammad f Abd Allah b. Yusuf b. r Abd Allah 
B. HISHAM al-NahwI (d. 761/1360). 

[A tract on difficult points of Arabic grammar; foil. 10^-15.] 

Dated 3 Dhu '1-Qa'da 904 ( 1 3 June 1 499). 



7° DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

Brockelmann ii. 24, Suppl. ii, 18. 

Foil, i-ioa contain extracts from al-Durar al-kamina of Ibn 
Hajar (d. 852/1449) and the Ghaith al-adib of Salah al-Dln al- 
Safadi (d. 764/1363). 

(2) AL-NAHJAT AL-MARDlTA SHARH AL-ALFlTA, by 

AL-SUYOTl(d. 911/1505). 

[A commentary on al-Alflya fi U-nahw, the famous metrical 
Arabic grammar by IBN MALIK (d. 672/1274); foil. 16-112.]- 

Dated 29 Dhu '1-Qa'da 904 (8 July 1499). 

Brockelmann i. 298, Suppl. i. 524. 

Foil. 1 12. 18 -4 x 13-3 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Ahmad b. c Abd al-Haqq b. Muhammad b. c Abd al- 
Haqq b. Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 
Muhammad b. f Abd al- c Al al-Sunbati (d. 950/1543). 

Dated, at Mecca, 904 (1499). 

34o8 

TIRAZ AL-MAHAFIL Fi ALGHAZ AL-MASA'IL, by AL- 

ISNAWl(d. 772/1370). 

[A treatise on special problems of Shafi'I jurisprudence.] 

Foil. 171. 24-8x16-8 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, f Abd al-Rahman b. f Umar b. c Abd Allah b. Khalaf al- 

Ash'arl al-Shafi c I. 

Dated 18 Rajab 781 (30 October 1379). 
Brockelmann ii. 91, Suppl. ii. 107. 

34°9 
SHARH AL-MUSNAD LIL-IMAM AL-SHAFFl, by AL- 
RAFri(d. 623/1226). 

[The second volume of a commentary on al-Musnad, Traditions 
extracted from al-Mabsut, of AL-SHAFIT (d. 204/810); see No. 
3405-] 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 7 i 

Foil. 134. 27-6 x 19-8 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Undated, 8/ 1 4th century. 

AL-FAWA'ID Fl SHARH AL-ZAWA'ID, by AL-AQFAHSl 
(d. 808/1405). 

[Glosses on the Zawa'id al-Minhaj (or Nihayat al-su'ul), a com- 
mentary by AL-ISNAWl (d. 772/1370) on the Minhsj al-wusul, a 
Shafl'1 law-manual by AL-BAIDAWl (d. 716/13 16).] 

Foil. 153. 267 x177 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Dated 15 Shauwal 898 (30 July 1493). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

MA'RIFAT ANJVA* 'ULtJM AL-HADITH, by IBN AL- 
SALAH(d. 643/1245). 

[A well-known treatise on the science of Traditions.] 

Foil. 116. 21 xi 6-2 cm. Fine scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, 'Umar b. Ibrahim b. 'Abd Allah b. 'Abd Allah b. 
Muhammad b. al-'Ajaml al-Shafi'I (d. 777/1375). 

Dated 8 Rabi r Il73i (^January 133 1). 

Brockelmann i. 359, Suppl. i. 610-1. 

3412 

AL-MZTJAM Fl TARAJIM RIJAL AL-KUTUB AL- 
SITTA, by IBN 'ASAKIR (d. 571/1 176). 

[A biographical dictionary of traditionists whose names occur in 
the six canonical books.] 

Foil. 91. 1 6 -5 x 13 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Aiyub b, 'All b.. Ibrahim al-Rab'I al-Mu'addib. 

Dated 15 Ramadan 63 1 (14 June 1234). 

Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 567. 



72 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

34^3 

AL-FAWA'ID AL-MUNTAQAT AL-GHARJ'IB AL- 
HISAN AN AL-SHUTtJKH AL-'AWALl, by Abu Bakr 
Muhammad b. 'Ubaid Allah b. Muhammad b. al-Shakhlr AL- 
SAIRAFI (d. 378/988). 

[A small selection of Traditions.] 

Foil. 24. 17-2 x 1 2*8 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, 'All b. al-Hasan b. Hibat Allah b. 'Abd Allah [b. 
'Asakir] al-Shafil (d. 571/1 176).' 

Dated Rajab 523 (July 1 129). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

* This copy contains many interesting entries. 

34*4 
AL-JAM' BAIN AL-SAHlHAIN, by Abu Hafs f Umar b. 
Badr b. Said AL-MAUSILI (d. 622/1225). 

[A concordance of the Tradition collections of al-Bukharl and 
Muslim, arranged alphabetically by subjects.] 

Foil. 197. 27 x18 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Nur al-Dln 'All b. Badr al-Din Hasan b. Jalal al-Dln 
Muhammad al-Shafil. 

Dated 22 Safar 972 (29 September 1564). 

Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 610. 

3415 
MASHARIQ AL-ANWAR AL-NABAWITA, by Radi al-Dln 
Abu '1-Fada'il al-Hasan b. Muhammad b. al-Hasan AL-SAGHANI 
al- r Adawi al-Hindl al-Hanafl (d. 650/1252). 

[A collection of Traditions.] 

Foil. 111. 20-8x15-2 cm. Excellent Spanish maghribl. 

Copyist, 'Abd Allah b. Muhammad b. Abl Bakr al-Ghassanl al- 
Andalusl. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 73 

Dated Jumada II 63 7 (January 1240). 
Brockelmanni. 361, Suppl. i. 613. 

* Foil. mb contains a study-note which has been countersigned 
by the author. 

34i6 

AL-IRSHAD FI UStJL AL-VTIQAD, by IMAM AL- 
HARAMAIN Abu '1-Ma'alI f Abd al-Malik b. f Abd Allah b. 
Yusuf al-Juwainl (d. 478/1085). 

[A polemical treatise on Muslim theology.] 

Foil. 143. 21 «5 x 15*7 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 6/ 12th century. 

Brockelmann i. 390, Suppl. i. 672. 

3417 
TAKHRlJ AHADlTH AL-UMM, by AL-BAIHAQl (d. 458/ 
1066). 

[A recension of the Traditions occurring in the Kitab al-Umm, 
the collected juridical writings of AL-SHAFFI (d. 204/820).] 

Foil. 291. 24 a. 1 6-2 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 6/ 12th century. 

Brockelmann i. 363, Suppl. i. 619. 

34i8 
AL-MVJIZ MIN MUJIZ AL-TAFSlR, by Ahmad b. 
Mahmud b. Muhammad AL-NU f MANI [ft. 626/ '1229). 

[An abridgement of al-Mujiz ji 'I-tafsir, a commentary on the 
Qur'an by Muntakhab al-Din Abu '1-Futuh As'ad b. Muhammad 
AL-'IJLl(d. 600/1203).] 

Foil. 177. 27x18-8 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Autograph. 



B 3311 



74 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

Dated 6 Rajab 626 (31 May 1229). 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 



3419 

(1) AL-JAWARIR AL-ZAWAHl Fl DHAMM AL- 
MALJ'IB WA'L-MALAHI, by Shams al-Dln Abu '1-Barakat 
Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Muhammad B. AL-KAIYAL al-Shafi f I 
(d. 938/1532). 

[A treatise condemning unlawful games and amusements, in- 
cluding divination, some forms of poetry, and music; foil. 1-770.] 
Dated 10 Muharram 891 (16 January i486). 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(2) AL-ANJUM AL-ZAWAHIR Fl TAHRlM AL-QIRA'A 
BI-LUHXJN AHL AL-FISQ IPA'L-KABA'IR, by IBN AL- 
KAIYAL. 

[A condemnation of improper methods of chanting the Qur'an; 
foil. 79-100.] 

Dated 12 Muharram 891 (18 January i486). 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

Foil. 101. 18 x 13-5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Autograph. 

Dated 891 (i486). 

3420 

(1) 'IMAD AL-RIDA' BI-BATAN ADAB AL-QADA\ by 
IBN AL-ANSARl (d. 926/1520). 

[An abridgement of the Adab al-qada\ a treatise on lawsuits and 
the judging of points of litigation by Sharaf al-Din f Isa b. 'Uthman 
AL-GHAZZl (d. 799/1397); foil. 1-63.] 

Copyist, Ahmad b. Muhammad b. 'Umar b. al-Himsi al-Ansari 
al-Shafi f I(d. 934/1528). 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 75 

Dated, at Cairo, 1 1 Rabl f II 904 (26 November 1498). 
Brockelmann, Suppl. ii. 1 8. 

(2) MVQADDIMA FI 'L-KALAM 'ALA 'L-BASMALA 
WA'L-HAMDALA, by IBN AL-ANSARI. 

[A tract on the meanings and uses of various pious formulae, also 
called Risalafi 'l-basmala wci l-hamdala; foil. 65-70*?.] 
Copyist, Muhammad al-Barmunl al-MaqdisI. 
Dated, at Cairo, 907 (1501). 
Brockelmann ii. 99, Suppl. ii. 1 18. 

(3) FIHRIST MU'ALLAFAT AL-SUTUTI, by AL-SUYUTl 

(d. -911/1505). 

[A list of the author's own works; foil. 71-79.] 
Copyist, Ibn al-HimsI. 
Dated 9 Dhu '1-Hijja 903 (29 July 1498). 
Brockelmann, Suppl. ii. 179. 

(4) AL-MUFAKHARA BAIN AL-TAILASAN WA y L- 
TARHA, by AL-SUYUTl. 

[An imaginary dispute between two varieties of Persian robe; 
fol. 80.] 

Copyist, Ibn al-Himsi. 

Dated, at Cairo, 1 5 Rabf II 904 (30 November 1498). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

* Jalal al-Dln al-Suyutl has appended his autograph authorization 
in favour of Ibn al-Himsi. 

(5) AL-NUQATA, by AL-SUYUTI. 

[A well-known epitome of the fourteen Islamic sciences; foil. 81- 
100]. 
.Copyist, Muhammad b. Isma'Il b. Ahmad. 
Dated 12 Rajab 940 (27 January 1 534). 
Brockelmann ii. 156, Suppl. ii. 195. 



76 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

(6) AL-TUHFAT AL-QUDSlTA, by IBN AL-HA'IM (d. 815/ 
1412). 

[The laws of inheritance in verse; foil. 10 1-5.] 

Undated, 1 0/ 1 6th century. 

Brockelmann ii. 125, Suppl. ii. 155. 

Foil. 106. 18 x 13-6 cm. Three scholars' naskh hands. 
Various dates, 1 0/ 1 6th century. 

3421 (i, ii, iii) 

AL-GHURAR AL-BAHlTA Fl SHARH AL-BAHJAT 
AL-JVARDlTA, by IBN AL-ANSARl (d. 926/1521). 

[An elaborate commentary on al-Bahjat al-Wardiya^ a versifica- 
tion, by IBN AL-WARDl (d. 749/1348), of al-Hawl al-saghtr, 
a well-known Shafi'I law-manual by AL-QAZWlNl (d. 665/ 
1266).] 

Foil. 208, 197, 179. 27-3 x 18-4 cm. Good scholar's naskh.. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Yusuf b. Sulaiman al- 
Munawl al-Shafi'I al-'AsIlI {fl. 900/1494). 

Dated 901-9 (149 5-1 503). 

Brockelmann i. 394, Suppl. i. 679. 

3422 

IKHLAS AL-NAWI, by Sharaf al-Dln Isma'Il b. Abl Bakr al- 
Muqri' AL-YAMANl (d. 837/1433). 

[The second quarter of a commentary on the Irs had af-ghawj, 
the author's own epitome of al-Hawl a/-sag/itr, the well-known 
Shafi'I law-manual by AL-QAZWINl (d. 665/1266).] 

Foil. 217. 26-8 x 17-8 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, f Umar b. 'All b. f Umar b. Muhammad b. Mahmud b. 
Muhammad b. Yusuf b. 'Abd al-Rahman. 

Dated Jumada II 856 (August 1452). 

Brockelmann i. 394, Suppl. i. 679. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 77 

3423 

'UJJLAT AL-MUHTAJ ILA TAUJlH AL-MINHAj, 
by IBN AL-MULAQQIN (d. 804/1401). 

[The first volume of the short commentary on the Mtnhaj al- 
talibtn, the ShafiT law-book by Muhyl al-Dln AL-NAWAWl (d. 
676/1278); see No. 3360.] 

Foil. 254. 27-7 x 18 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Ibrahim b. Ahmad al-Zara'I. 

Dated 27 Jumada I 852 (29 July 1448). 

3424 
ISLAH AL-USTUQUSAT, by Athlr al-Dln al-Mufaddal b. 
'UmarAL-ABHARl (d. 663/1265). 

[A revised translation of Euclid's Element a.] 

Foil. 126. 24-7x17 cm. Clear scholar's taliq. Diagrams. 

Copyist, 'All b. f Umar b. 'All al-Qazwinl (d. 675/1276). 

Undated, 7/ 13th century. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

3425 

( 1) N ATI J AT AL-FIKAR Fl AMRAD AL-BASAR, by Fath 
al-Dln Abu V Abbas Ahmad b. 'Uthman b. Hibat Allah al-Tablb 
AL-MAQDISI {Ji. 640/1243). 

[A treatise on ophthalmology; foil. 1-146.] 
Dated Rabf II 834 (January 1432). 
Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 898. 

(2) JAM!' KITAB JALINUS FI 'L- AMRAD AL- 
HADITHA FI 'L-AIN. 

[An anonymous illustrated catalogue of the ninety-one diseases 
of the eye, stated to be a summary of Galen's writings on the sub- 
ject; foil. 141-56.] 

Any other copy ? 



78 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

(3) AL-NITAHA Fl <ILM AL-'AIN. 

[The fourth part of an anonymous treatise on ophthalmology 
foil. 157-233.] 

Dated Rajab 834 (April 143 1 ). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

Foil. 234. 17.4 x 12-6 cm. Good scholar's naskh. Diagrams. 
Copyist, Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Husain al-TusI al-HarawI. 
Dated 834 (143 1). 

3426 
SHARH AL-MUFADDALlTAT. 

[An imperfect copy of a commentary on al-Mufaddaltyat, an 
anthology of early Arabic poetry compiled by AL-MUFADDAL 
b. Muhammad b. Ya'la al-r)abbl (d. betw. 164/780 and 170/786).] 

*oll. 181. 22-3 x 1.6-9 cm- Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 5/1 1 th century. 

See Brockelmann i. 19, Suppl. i. 37. 

3427 
AL-ZUHD WA>L-RAQA>IQ, by <Abd Allah B. AL-MUBA- 
RAK al-Hanzall al-MarwazI (d. 181/797). 

[The sixth and seventh parts of a compilation of Traditions and 
sayings of early Muslims relating to self-discipline.] 

Foil. 54. 24-3 x 1 6-8 cm. Fine scholar's naskh. 
Undated, 7/ 1 3th century. 

Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 256. 

3428 
MUKHTASAR AL-RAUDA, by Shams al-Dln Abu 'Abd Allah 
Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Qalyubl al-Qahirl al- 
Shafi'I al-Ansarl AL^HIJAZI (d. 849/i 44 5)r 

[The second volume of an abridgement of the Raudat al-talibin, 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 79 

a commentary by Muhyl al-Din AL-NAWAWl (d. 676/1278) on 
al-Wajlz, the short treatise on Shafi'I jurisprudence by Abu Hamid 
AL-GHAZALI (d. 505/1 1 1 1).] 

Foil. 270. 24-2 x 16 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Autograph. 

Dated 15 Shauwal 835 (15 June 1432). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

3429 
IHTA> 'ULUM AL-DiN, by Abu Hamid AL-GHAZALl (d. 

5°5/iih)- 

[The fourth volume of the celebrated treatise on mystical theo- 
logy; see Nos. 3353, 3376.] 

Foil. 289. 25-5x17 cm. Good scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 6/ 1 2th century. 

343° 
TAFSIR AL-QUR'AN, by IBN KATHlR (d. 774/1373). 
[The first volume of a commentary on the Qur'an; see No. 3 143.] 
Foil. 224. 26-7 x 1 8 -3 cm. Excellent scholar's naskh. 
Copyist, Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Ahmad b. al-Muhibb (d. 776/ 

1374). 
Undated, 8/ 14th century. 

343 1" 
TANBlH AL-TALIB PPA-IRSHAD AL-DARIS, by Muhyl 
al-Din Abu '1-Mafakhir f Abd al-Qadir b. Muhammad b. f Umar 
AL-NU f AIMlal-Shafi f i(d. 927/1521). 

[A history of the colleges, schools, and mosques of Damascus.] 
Foil. 206. 26-5 x 18 cm. Good scholar's naskh. 
Undated, early 10/ 1 6th century. 



8o DESCRIPTION'S OF MANUSCRIPTS 

Brockelmann ii. 133, Suppl. ii. 164. 

* This copy was transcribed from the author's draft during his 
lifetime, and has additional materials on the margins. 

3432 (i.ii) 

AL-GHURAR AL-BAHlTA Fl SHARH AL-BAHJAT 
AL-WARDlTA, by IBN AL-ANSARl (d. 926/1521). 

[The first two volumes of a commentary on al-Bahjat al-Wardtya 
of IBN AL-WARDl (d. 749/1348); see No. 3421.] 

Foil. 228, 259. 277x18-5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Autograph. 

Undated, 9/ 15th century. 



3433 
AL-TA'RlKH AL-KABlR, by AL-BUKHARl (d. 256/870). 

[A biographical dictionary of traditionists.] 

Foil. 447. 267 x 17-8 cm. Two scholars' naskh hands. 

First part undated, 6/ 12th century. Copyist of second part (from 
fol. 220) Abu '1-Makarim 'Abd al-Warjth b. 'Abd al- Rahman b. 
r Abd al-Warith al-Khallll al-QazwIm. 

Dated 6 Sha'ban 612 (30 November 121 5). 

Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 264. 

3434 (i> ") 
AL-UMM, by AL-SHAFI r I (d. 204/820). 

[The fundamental treatise of the Shafi r I school of jurisprudence, 
edited and arranged by Siraj al-Dln al-Bulqlnl (d. 805/1403).] 

Foil. 303, 228. 28-4 x 19-5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Naqlb. 

Dated 18 Jumadall 790 (24 June 1388). 

Brockelmann i. 179, Suppl. i. 304. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 81 

3435 
AHASIN AL-M AHASIN, by Burhan al-Dln Abu Ishaq Ibrahim 
b. Ahmad b. Muhammad AL-RAQQl al-Dimashql (d. 7°3/ I 3°3)- 
[An epitome of the Safwat al-safwa, an abridgement by IBN 
AL-JAUZl (d. 597/1200) of the Hilyat al-auliya\ biographies of 
Muslim saints and Sufis by Abu Nu'aim AL-ISFAHANl (d. 430/ 

1038).] 
Foil. 190. 26-7 x 1 8 -3 cm. Good scholar's naskh. 
Undated, 8/ 14th century. 
Brockelmann i. 362, Suppl. i. 617. 

343 6 
RAUDAT AFHJM DHAWl >L-ALBAB, by Abu Bakr AL- 
BAGHDADl(/. 5/1 ith century). 

[The second volume of a commentary on difficult points occurring 
in the ShihSb al-akhbar of AL-QUDA f I (d. 454/1062); see No. 

3 2 5 I -1 

Foil. 199. 26 x 17 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, early 6/ 1 2th century. 

3437 
LAWAMF ANWAR AL-QULtJB, by Abu '1-Ma f all 'Azlzl b. 
'Abd al-Malik b. Mansur SHAIDHALA al-jlli (d. 494/1 100). 

[A treatise on mystical love.] 

Foil. 162. 23-4x17 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 6/ 1 2th century. 

Brockelmann i. 433, Suppl. i. 775. 

343 8 
ARA'IS AL-MAJALIS Fl QISAS AL-ANBITA', by Abu 
Ishaq Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Ibrahim AL-THA f LABl al- 
Nlsaburl (d. 427/1036). 



B3311 M 



82 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

[Biographies of the prophets.] 
Foil. 260. 25 7 x 1 6 -5 cm. Clear naskh. 
Copyist, Ahmad b. f AH al- f AbbadI. 
Dated, at Safad, Muharram 846 (May 1442). 
Brockelmann i. 350, Suppl. i. 592. 

3439 

AL-MUSTASFA MIN AL-MUSTAUFA, by AL-NASAFl (d. 
710/1310). 

[A commentary on al-Fiqh al-nqfi\ a treatise on Hanafl juris- 
prudence by Nasir al-Din Abu '1-Qasim Muhammad b. Yusuf 
AL-SAMARQANDl al-Husainl al-Madani (d." 656/1258).] 

Foil. 239. 28x17-2 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Dated, at Khujand, Jumada II 702 (February 1303). 

Brockelmann i. 381, Suppl. i. 655. 

344° 
SHARH AL-ALFITA, by AL-lRAQl (d. 806/1404). 

[A commentary, also known as the Fath al-Mughlth, on the 
author's own al-AIfiya (or Tabsirat al-mubtadi wa-tadhkirat al- 
muntahi, or al-Tabsira wal-tadhkira), a versification of the Ma'rifat 
anwa 'ulum al-hadith, the well-known treatise on the science of 
Traditions by IBN AL-SALAH (d. 643/1245).] 

Foil. 136. 27-5 x 17-8 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, f Abd Allah b. Ahmad b. f Isa b. Abi '1-Oasim al- 
Mardawl. 

Dated 1 1 Jumada II 86 r (6 May 1457). 
Brockelmann i. 359, Suppl. i. 612. 

344i 
AL-MVKHTAR FI MANAQIB AL-ABRAR, by Majd al-Din 
IBN AL-ATHlR (d. 606/1210). 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 83 

[Biographies of the Companions and their followers, being selec- 
tions from the Manaqib al-abrar of Majd al-Dln al-Husain b. Nasr 
b. Muhammad B. KHAMlS al-Ka r bi al-Mausill al-Juhani (d. 552/ 

11 $7)-} 
Foil. 216. 22-2 xi 5^1 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Copyist, Ibrahim b. Yusuf. 
Dated 14 Jumada II 748 (21 September 1347). 
Brockelmann i. 357, Suppl. i. 609. 



3442 

AL-MANAFF FI FAWA'ID AL-NAFF, by HAMlD AL- 
DIN c Ali b. Muhammad b. c AlI al-Darlr al-Ramushl al-Bukhari 
(d. 667/1369). 

[A commentary on al-Fiqh al-naji\ a manual of Hanafl jurispru- 
dence by Nasir al-Dln AL-SAMARQANDl (d. 656/1258).] 

Foil. 313. 18/7X 15 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. f Abd al-Razzaq al-Adlb. 

Dated, at Nasaf, 14 Raj ab 670 (15 February 1272). 

For other commentaries on al-Fiqh al-nafi\ see Brockelmann i. 
381, Suppl. i. 655. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 



3443 

AL-KAFI FI 'L-NAZM AL-SHAFl, by Muzhir al-Dln Abu 
Muhammad Mahmud b. Muhammad b. al-'Abbas b. Arsalan al- 
'AbbasI AL-KHWARIZMI ai-Shaf?I (d. 568/1173). 

[The first volume of a treatise on Shafi'I jurisprudence.] 

Foil. 222. 21-8x15 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 6/ 1 2th century. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 



84 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

3444 

AL-MUHALLA Fl SHARH AL-MUJALLA, by Abu 
Muhammad C AH b. Ahmad b. Said B. HAZM al-AndalusI (d. 
456/1064). 

[The eighth volume of a monumental treatise on Shafil juris- 
prudence.] 

Foil. 344. 26 x 17-5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Undated, 6/ 12th century. 
Brockelmann i. 399, Suppl. i. 695. 



3445 
FAWA'ID AL-HADlTH, by Abu '1-Qasim Tammam b. Muham- 
mad b. 'Abd Allah B. AL-JUNAID al-Razi (d. 414/1023). 

[A collection of Traditions.] 

Foil. 120. 26-5 x 17-8 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, C A1I b. al-Hasan al-AdfuwI al-Shafil al-Khatib. 

Dated, at Cairo, 27 Dhu '1-Qa'da 887 (7 January 1483). 

Brockelmann i. 166, Suppl. i. 278, 949, ii. 946. 

* This copy is stated to have been transcribed from one in the 
hand of Abu Muhammad al-Mundhirl (d. 656/1258). 



3446 
JAWAHIR AL-NAFA'IS LI-TAHDHlB AL-NUFVS AL- 
KHASA'IS, by Ahmad b. Ibrahim b. Abl Bakr B. AL-TURKl 
al-Qadirl al-Halabi (/. 854/1450). 

[Lectures on various religious and legal subjects.] 

Foil. 240. 27x18 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Autograph. 

Dated 854 (1450). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 85 

3447 
AL-JAMF BAIN AL-SAHlHAIN, by Abu Nu'aim f Ubaid 
Allah b. al-Hasan b. Ahmad B. AL-HADDAD al-Isbahanl (d. 
517/r r.23). 

[A concordance of the Tradition collections of al-Bukharl and 
Muslim.] 

Foil. 399. 27*4x21 cm. Fine scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Ahmad b. f Abd Allah b. Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah b. 
al-Husain al-Farifanl. 

Dated 23 Dhu '1-Qa'da 510 (29 March 1 1 17). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

* The author has corrected this copy and signed notes on fol. 30 
and fol. 399^. The volume contains many other interesting entries. 

3448 . 
AL-ISTIFA 3 LI-BATAN MA'AM 'L-SHIFA\ by Shams al- 
Dln Muhammad b. Muhammad, b. Muhammad b. Ahmad AL- 
DALAjI(d. 947/1540). 

[The second volume of a commentary on al-Shtfa ft tarlfhuquq 
a/-Mustafa, the well-known biography of the Prophet Muhammad 

by lYAD(d. 544/1149)-] 

Foil. 208. 26-6 x 17-8 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Dated 18 Dhu '1-Hijja 948 (4 April 1542). 

Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 631. 

3449 
KASHF AL-RAQA'IQ SHARH KANZ AL-DAQA'IQ, by 
Yusuf b. Mahmud b. Muhammad al-Razi AL-ZAHRANI (d. 

794/I39 2 )- 

[The second half of a commentary on the Kanz al-daqd'iq, a 

popular outline of Hanafl jurisprudence by AL-NASAFI (d. 710/ 
Foil. 164. 27x18-1 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 



86 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

Copyist, Fath Allah b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abl Bakr b. Ahmad 

b. tlasan b...al-.Farjuti al-Manfalutl al-Hanafl (b. 856/1452). ' 
Dated 20 Dhu '1-Qa f da 884 (2 February 1480). 
Brockelmann ii. 197, Suppl. ii. 266. 

345° 
KASHF AL-ASRAR Fl SHARH AL-MANAR by AL- 
NASAFl(d. 710/13 10). ' ' 

[A commentary on the Manor a/-anwar, the author's own outline 
of Hanafi jurisprudence.] 

Foil. 246. 24 x 1 6-3 cm. Three scholars' naskh hands. 
Undated, 8/ 14th century. 
Brockelmann ii. 196, Suppl. ii. 263. 

345 1 
HATAT AL-HATAWAN, by AL-DAMlRl (d. 808/1405). 

[The second volume of the celebrated zoology; see Nos.3115, 
3186.J 

Foil. 268. 32-3 x 24-5 cm. Fine naskh. 

Dated 875 (1470). 

* Ex libris Sultan Qait-Bay (d. 910/1496). 

345 2 
(1) AL-FAWA'ID AL-MUNTAQAT AL-GHARA'IB AL- 
H1SAN 'AN AL-SHUTUKH AL-<AWALl, by Abu '1-Husain 
Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah b. al-Husain B. AKHl MlMl al-Daqqaq 
al-Baghdadi (d. 390/1000). 

[A small collection of Traditions; foil. 1-34.] 
Copyist, f Abd al-Khaliq b. Muhammad b. Hibat Allah b. Abl 
Hashim al-Qurashl al-Shafi r I. 

Dated 29 Sha'ban 600 (2 May 1204). 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS g 7 

(2) AL-FAWA'ID AL-MUNTAQAT AN AL-SHUrVKH 
AL-AWAL1, by Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. r Abd 
Allah SIBT ABI MUSLIM b. Abl Salih al-Qurashl al-Jallab (/. 
5/1 ith century). 

[A selection of Traditions; foil. 35—45.] 

Copyist, Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Ilyas. 

Dated 21 Rabf II 628 (16 February 1231). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

Foil. 45. 16-3x11-8 and 16-8 x 12-7 cm. Two scholars' naskh 
hands. 

Dated 600 (1204) and 628 (1231). 

* This volume contains many interesting entries. 

3453 
(r) ASRAR AL-'ARABITA, by Kamal al-Dln Abu '1-Barakat 
'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad b. r Ubaid Allah AL-ANBARl 
(d. 577/1 181). 

[A treatise on Arabic grammar; foil. 1-85.] 

Brockelmann i. 282, Suppl. i. 495. 

(2) AL-RFATA Fl TAJWID AL-QUR'AN, by Abu 
Muhammad Makl b. Hammush b. Mukhtar AL-QAISl al-Muqri' 
(d. 437/1045). 

[A treatise on the recitation of the Qur'an; foil. 86-135.] 
Brockelmann i. 407, Suppl. i. 718-19. 

(3) AL-INBA* FI TAJWID AL-QUR'A'N, by Abu '1-Asbagh 
r Abd al- r AzIz b. r AlI b. Muhammad b. r Abd al-'AzIz B.. AL- 
TAHHAN al-Sulaml al-Simatl al~AndalusI. 

[A brief tract on the recitation of the Qur'an; foil. 136-9^] 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(4) MUQADDIMA FI 'L-TAJWlD, by IBN AL-TAHHAN. 
[A very brief tract on the same subject; foil. 139^-141.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 



88 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

(5) AL-TAHSlL FI TILAWAT AL-TANZlL, by TaqI al-Dln 
Khaz'al b. 'Askar b. Khalll al-Muqri 9 AL-SHINNA'I (/. 595/ 
1 199). 

[A short treatise on the recitation of the Qur'an; foil. 142-7.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

Foil. 147. 24-7 x 17-2 cm. Good scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Sawar b. r Umar. 

Dated 2 Rajab 595 (30 April 1 199). 

* The volume contains a number of reading-entries dated 595 
(1199) and countersigned by al-Shinna'I, the authoV of the fifth 
tract. 

3454 

AL-JARH tFA'L-TA'DlL, by IBN AL-JAUZI (d. 597/1200). 
[A biographical dictionary of weak and rejected traditionists.] 
Foil. 137. 21-1x15-3 cm. Two hands, the first a fine maghribl, 

the second a clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist (of second part), r Abd al-Qadir b. Muhammad b. 

Muhammad b. Nasr Allah al-Qurashl al-Hanafi al-Qadirl (d. 775/ 

Dated 7 Safar 716(1 May 1 3 1 6). 
Brockelmann i. 503, Suppl. i. 917. 

3455 
BAD' AL-DUNTA WA-QISAS AL-ANBITA\ by*Abu r Abd 
Allah (Abu Bakr, Abu '1-Hasan) Muhammad b. c Abd Allah ( r Abd 
al-Malik, Hasan) b. Muhammad AL-KISA'I (fi. 5/1 ith century). 

[A substantial part of the history of creation and the prophets.] 

Foil. 223. 26-1 x 18 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, 'All b. Raslan b. r Abd Allah al-DimashqL 

Dated, at Aleppo, 2 Jumada I 877 (5 October 1472). 

Brockelmann i. 350, Suppl. i. 592. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 89 

3456 

AL-TA'LlQAT AL-WAFlTA BI-SHARH AL-DURRAT 
AL-ALFlTA, by Jamal al-Dln Abu Bakr Muhammad b. Ahmad 
b. Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah al-Bakrl al-Andalusi AL-SHARlSHI 
(d. 685/1286). 

[The second half of a detailed commentary on al-Durrat al- 
alftya, a. metrical Arabic grammar by Abu Zakariya' Yahya b. 
'Abd al-Mu'ti b. 'Abd al-Nur AL-ZAWAWl al-Maghribi al- 
Jaza s irl(d. 628/1231).] 

Foil. 225. 25x19-5 cm. Clear scholar's Spanish maghribl. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Aiyub b. 'Abd al-Qahir b. Barakat b. 
Abi '1-Fath al-Muqri' al-Hanafl al-Halabl (d. 705/1305). 

Dated, at Damascus, 11 Dhu '1-Hijja 679 (3 April 128 1). 

Brockelmann i. 303, Suppl. i. 530. 

* The author has inscribed notes on fol. ia and fol. 225^. 

3457 
KASHF AL-LITHAM 'AN WAJH AL-TAURITA WA'L- 
ISTIKHDAM, by TaqI al-Dln Abu '1-Mahasin Abu Bakr b. 'All 
b. 'Abd Allah B. HIJJA al-HamawI al-Qadin al-Hanafl (d. 837/ 

H34)- 

[A treatise on certain poetical figures with illustrations.] 
Foil. 113. 18-3x13 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Copyist, Ahmad b. Imam al-Salihlya. 
Dated Safar 868 (October 1463). 
Brockelmann ii. 16, Suppl. ii. 9. 

* Fol. 1 a contains an ownership entry by 'Abd al-Ghanl al- 
NabulusI (d. 1143/1731). 

3458 

(1.) NAZM AL-QANA'A FI-MAN RAWA LAH AL- 
JAMA'A, by Abu '1-Fida' Isma'Il b. Muhammad B. BARDIS 
al-Ba'H al-Hanball (d. 785/1385). 

B3311 N 



9° DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

[A metrical register of famous traditionists; foil. 1-14^.] 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(2) AL-INTIKHAB FI 'KHTISAR KASHF AL-NIQAB, by 
IBN BARDIS. 

[A metrical epitome of the Kashf al-niqab, a register of famous 
traditionists by AL-'ALA'I (d. 761/1359); foil. 14^-20^.] 
Brockelmann ii. 34. 

(3) DHIKR MAN ISHTAHARA BI-KUNTATIH MIN AL- 
A'TAN, by AL-DHAHABI (d. 748/1348). 

[An alphabetical register of traditionists commonly known by 
their kunyas; foil. 20^-38.] 

* This copy was transcribed from the author's autograph. 

Foil. 38. 18-8x14 cm. Rather cursive scholar's naskh. 
Copyist, Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Musa al-Kufairl (d. 831/ 
1427). 

Dated 7 Rabf II 813 (10 August 1 410). 

3459 
AL-ARBA'IN Fl IRSHAD AL-SALIKlN ILA MANAZIL 
AL-MUTTAQIN, by Abu 'l-Futtih Muhammad b. Muhammad 
b. f AH b. Muhammad al-Ta'I AL-HAMADHANl (d. 555/1 160). 

[Forty select Traditions for the use of Sufis.] 

Foil. 48. 18x13-4 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Dated 28 Sha'ban 610 (12 January 1214). 

Brockelmann i. 356. 

3460 

MANAQIB 'UMAR IBN r ABD AL-'AZlZ, by IBN AL- 
JAUZl(d. 597/1200). 

[A biography of the Caliph c Umar II.] 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 91 

Foil. 91. 19-5 x 1 4*2 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Undated, 6/ 12th century. 
Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 916. 

3461 
AL-DURR AL-NAZlM Fl AKHBAR MtJBA AL-KALlM, 
by Najm al-Dln Abu '1-Baqa' Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. f Abd 
Allah B. JAMA'A al-MaqdisI al-Shafi'I (d. 901/1496). 

[A biography of the Prophet Moses, with an account of his 
virtues and miracles.] 

Foil. 1 14. 17-7 x 13 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Dated 9 Dhu '1-Hijja 902 (18 August 1497). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

* Fol. \b contains an entry signed by Ahmad [b. f Abd al-Latif] 
al-Barblr (d. 1226/1811). 

3462 

IBRAZ AL-MA e ANl MIN HIRZ AL-AMANl, by ABO 
SHAMA(d. 665/1267). 

[The first half of a commentary on the Hirz al-amarii wa-wajh 
al-tahdrit^ a metrical treatise on Quranic variants by AL-SHATIBl 
(d. 590/1 194); see No. 3179.] 

Foil. 190. 26-8 x 17-9 c: 1. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad al-Fasih al-Murri 9 . 

Dated Rajab 773 (February 1372 

3463 

IRTITAH AL-AKBAD BI-ARBAH FAQD AL-AULAD, by 

Shams al-Dln AL-SAKHAWl (d. 902/1497). 

[A treatise in consolation of those bereaved of their children.] 
■Foil. 160. 18-4x14 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Copyist, Abu Bakr b. f Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad b. Abl 



92 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

Bakr b. 'Uthman b. Muhammad al-Sakhawi al-Shafi f I (d. 893/ 
1488). 

Dated 24 Dhu '1-Hijja 864 (10 October 1460). 

Brockelmann, Suppl. ii. 33. 

* Fol. 160^ contains a number of interesting entries including 
one in the hand of r Abd al-Basit b. Musa al- r AlmawI (d. 98 1/ 1 573). 

3464 

(1) SHARH ADAB AL-QADl, by al-Sadr al-Shahld Husam al- 
Dln 'Umar b. r Abd al-'AzIz B. MAZA al-Bukharl (d. 536/1 141). 

[A commentary on the Adab al-qadt, a. treatise on the judging 
of cases according to HanafMaw by Abu Bakr Ahmad b. 'Umar 
( f Amr) al-Shaibani AL-KHASSAF (d. 261/874); foil. 1-292*.] 

Brockelmann i. 173, Suppl. i. 292. 

(2) SHARH KITAB AL-NAFAQJT, by IBN MAZA. 

[A commentary on the Kitab al-nafaqat, a brief tract on financial 
obligation by AL-KHASSAF; foil. 292^-315.] 
Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 293. 
Foil. 315. 25 x 1 6 -9 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Undated, 6/ 1 2th century. 

3465 
SHARH AL-MAQASID, by AL-TAFTAZANI (d. 792/1390). 

[A commentary on the author's own Maqasid al-talibln ft usul 
al-din, a treatise on Muslim theology.] 

Foil. 246. 23 -6 x 1 5-5 cm. Rather cursive scholar's ta'liq. 

Dated 19 Sha'ban 786 (26 September 1384). 

Brockelmann ii. 216, Suppl. ii. 304. 

3466 
ZAHR AL-RABI\ by Zain (Taj) al-Dln Muhammad b. Abi 
Bakr.b. 'Abd al-Muhsin AL-RAZI al-Hanafi (fl. late 7/ 13th 
century). 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 93 

[An epitome of the Rabf al-abrar fima yasurr al-khawatir wdl- 
afkar, an anthology of memorable sayings by AL-ZAMAKH- 

SHARI(d. 538/1 144).] 

Foil. 141. 19x13 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, 'AH b. c Abd Allah b. r Abd al-Rahman al-Shibll al- 

Hanafi. 

Dated 28 Jumada II 748 (5 October 1347). 

Brockelmann i. 292, Suppl. i. 512. 

3467 
AL-AMALl .iL-MUTLAQA, by TaqI al-Din Abu '1-Fadl f Abd 
al-Rahman b. Ahmad' b. Isma c Il B. AL-QALQASHANDl al- 
Oahirl al-Shafi c I (d. 871/1467). 

[Notes of a series of lectures On Traditions delivered in the Azhar 
Mosque, Cairo, during 853/1449.] 

Foil. 17. 18-4x13-7 cm. Rather cursive scholar's naskh. 

Autograph. 

Dated, at Cairo, 12 Rabl c II 853 (4 June 1449). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

3468 

(1) AL-NUBADH Fl UStJL AL-FIQH, by IBN HAZM (d. 
456/1064). 

[A short summary of the principles of the Zahirl school of theo- 
logy and jurisprudence; foil. 1-33.] 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(2) NUBDHA FI 'L-BUrU\ by IBN HAZM. 

[A tract on the things whose sale was prohibited by the Prophet 
Muhammad; foil. 34-36^/.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(3) MASA'ILAL-BARIZ^by Sharaf al-Din Abu '1-Qasim Hibat 



94 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

Allah b. Najm al-Dln b. f Abd al-Rahim B. AL-BARIZl al- 
Juhanl al-HamawI (d. 738/1338). 

[Answers to certain problems of Shaf?r law proposed by Jamal 
al-Dln al-lsnawl (d. 772/1 3 70) ; foil. 3 6^-78.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(4) AJWIBA MASA'IL AL-BARIZl, by Jamal al-Dln Muham- 
mad b. Ahmad b. Muhammad B. AL-SHARlSHl al-ShafTl (d. 
779/1377). 

[Further replies to some of the problems proposed in the preceding 
tract; foil. 79-87.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

Foil. 91. 18.5 x 137 cm. Excellent scholar's naskh. 
Copyist, Ahmad b. 'Abd al- Rahman b. al-Husbam. 
Dated Dim '1-Hijja 787 (January 1386). 

3469 

(1) AL-ANJUM AL-ZAHIRAT 'ALA HALL ALFAZ AL- 
WARAQAT, by Shams al-Dln Muhammad b. Fakhr al-Dln b. 
'Uthman AL-MARIDINI al-Shafi r I (/. 860/1456). 

[A commentary on al-Waraqat, a summary of Shafi'I juris- 
prudence by IMAM AL-HARAMAIN (d. 478/1085); foil. 1-3 9 .] 
Dated Rabr II 954 (May 1 547). 

For other commentaries on al-Waraqat, see Brockelmann i. 389, 
Suppl. i. 671-2. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(2) SHARK AL-WARAQAT, by Kamal al-Dln Abu Muhammad 
Muhammad b. Muhammad b. f Abd al-Rahman B. IMAM AL- 
KAMILIYA al-Qahirl al-Shafi'I (d. 874/1469). 

[A commentary on the same work; foil. 40-80.] 
Brockelmann i. 389, Suppl. i. 672. 

(3) AL-ZUBDA FI 'L-UStJL LIL-TALIB LIL-WUSVL, by 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 95 

Shihab al-Dln Ahmad b. Muhammad b. f Abd al-Rahman B. 
RAJAB al-Tukhl al-Shafi'I (d. 893/1448). 

[A versification of al-Waraqat\ foil. 81-89.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(4) AL-LUMA' Fl e ILM AL-HISAB, by IBN AL-HATM 
(d. 815/1412). 

[A well-known tract on arithmetic for lawyers; see No. 3234 (1), 
3362 (2); foil. 90-105.] 

Foil. 10S. 20-8 x 15-2 cm. Good scholar's naskh. 
Copyist, f Abd . -Malik b. Yahya b. Hasan b. Shahln Malik al- 
Mu'addib al-Shari r I al-Ash'ari al-'AlawI. 
Dated, at Horns, 954-5 (1547-8). 

347o 
'UMDAT AL-MUNTAHIL WA-BULGHAT AL-MURTA- 
HIL, by TaqI al-Dln Abu '1-Fadl Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 
Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah B. FAHD al-Hashiml 
al-Makkl al-Shaf?I (d. 871/1466). 

[A learned miscellany of Traditions and stories.] 

Foil. 72. 18x13-5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Autograph. 

Dated, at Mecca, 15 Ramadan 842 (1 March 1439). 

Brockelmann, Suppl. ii. 225. 

3471 

FATH AL-^AZIZ Fl SHARH AL-WAJIZ, by AL-RAFrl 
(d. 623/1226). 

[The second volume of the commentary on al-JVajlz, the short 
Shafi'I law-manual by Abu Hamid AL-GHAZALl (d. 505/1 in); 
seeNos. 3233, 3391.] 

Foil. 212. 25*3 x 17-7 cm. Fine scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 7/ 1 3 th century. 



9 6 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

347 2 

FATH AL-AZlZ Fl SHARH AL-WAJIZ, by AL-RAFH 

(d. 623^1226). 

[The third volume of the foregoing work.] 

Foil 180. 26-7 x 1 8-5 cm. Fine scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 7/ 1 3 th century. 

3473 
AL-NUTAF AL-HISAN, by Sharaf al-Dln al-Qasim b. al- 
Husain AL-DAMRAGHI al-GhaznawI (d. 854/1459). 

[A detailed discussion of points of Hanafl jurisprudence.] 

Foil. 199. 25-2x17-8 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Salih b. Mlka'il b. Jibra'il al-Hanafl. 

Dated 25 Rabf II 860 (2 April 1456). 

Brockelmann ii. 198, Suppl. ii. 270. 

3474 
SHARH AL-FUSXJS f ALA LISAN AHL AL-LUBB WA'L- 
KHUSUS, by c Abd Allah Efendl al-Ruml AL-BUSNAWl (d. 
1 054/ 1 644). 

[An extensive commentary on the Fusus al-hikam, the celebrated 
treatise on Sufi theosophy by IBN f ARABl (d. 638/1 240).] 

Foil. 514. 28 x 1 8-2 cm. Clear scholar's ta'llq. 

Autograph. 

Dated 1024 (161 5). 

For other commentaries on the Fusus al-hikam, see Brockelmann 
i. 442-3, Suppl. i. 792-4. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

3475 
AL-JAMF AL-MUHARRAR AL-SAHIH AL-WAJIZ Fl 
TAFSlR AL-QUR'AN AL- f AZlZ, by ; Abd al-Haqq b. Abl 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 97 

Bakr Ghalib b. 'Abd al-Malik B. 'ATlYA al-Muharibl al-Gharnatl 

« • • 

(d. 542/1147). 

[The first volume of a commentary on the Quran.] 
Foil. 149. 21-8x16-3 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Undated, 6/ 12th century. 
Brockelmann i. 412, Suppl. i. 732. 

347 6 
FUSVL AL-IHKAM FI UStJL AL-AHKAM, by Zain al-Din 
Abu '1-Fath c Abd al-Rahlm b. Abl Bakr b. 'All al-Farghanl AL- 
MARGHlNANi al-Rishtanl (d. ca. 6joji2yi). 

[A detailed treatise on the adjudicating of law cases according to 
the Hanafl code.1 

Foil. 460. 26-3 x 1 6-5 cm. Rather cursive scholar's naskh. 

Dated 890 (1485). 

Brockelmann i. 382, Suppl. i. 656. 

3477 
AL-WASHT AL-MARQUM Fl HALL AL-MANZUM, by 
Diya' al-DlnlBN AL-ATHlR (d. 637/1239). 

[A well-known treatise on the art of elegant composition.] 

Foil. 115. 17-9x13-5 cm. Fine scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 7/1 3th century. 

Brockelmann i. 297, Suppl. i. 521. 

3478 
GHUNTAT AL-LABIB r INDA GHAIBAT AL-TABlB, by 
Shams al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Sa'id 
B. AL-AKFANl al-Sinjari al-Misrl al-Ansarl al-SakhawI (d. 749/ 

1348). 
[A treatise on first-aid medicine.] 
Foil. 71. 18-4x13*7 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 



n.wi 



9 8 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

Undated, 8/ 14th century. 
Brockelmann ii. 137. 

3479 
MANAQIB AL-IMAM AL-SHAFPl, by Fakhr al-Din AL- 
RAZI (d. 606/1209). 

[A biography of the founder of the Shafi'I school of jurisprudence; 
see No. 3198.] 

Foil. 95. 21-2x14 cm. Rather cursive scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Hammad 
al-Shafi f I al-'Abdarl al-HamawI. 

Dated, at the Hammadiya Madrasa, Hama, Muharram 850 
(April 1446). 

348o 
SHARH AL-KHULASA, by Badr al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah 
Muhammad b. Muhammad b. r Abd Allah B. MALIK al-Ta'I al- 
Jaiyanl(d. 686/1287). 

[A commentary on al-Alfiya f 'l-mhw, the celebrated metrical 
Arabic grammar by the author's father IBN MALIK (d. 672/ 
I2 74)-] 

Foil. 130. 26-2x18 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Yusuf al-Ansarl al- 
Hanafl. 

Dated 18 Rabr II 858 (17 April 1454). 
Brockelmann i. 298, Suppl. i. 522. 

348i 
'UJALAT AL-MUHTAJ ILA TAUJlH AL-MINHAJ, by 
IBN AL-MULAQQIN (d. 804/1401). 

[The second volume of the short commentary on the Minhaj ai- 
talibin, the Shafi'I law-book of Muhyl al-Din AL-NA WAWl (d. 
676/1278); see Nos. 3360, 3423.] 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 99 

Foil. 176. 27 x18 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Copyist, Ahmad b. Hasan b. Zaid al-'Uqbl al-Muqri*. 
Dated, at Cairo, 5 Dhu '1-Hijja 872 (26 June 1468). 

3482 
AL-FRAB, by IBN HAM (d. 456/1064). 

[A part of a polemical treatise in defence of Zahirl theology and 
jurisprudence.] 

Foil. 214. 17*2 x 13*1 cm. Clear scholar's Spanish maghribl. 

Dated 18 Jumada I 761 (6 April 1360). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

* This copy, transcribed from one dated 560 (1 165) that had 
been collated with the author's draft, contains notes that the book 
was also entitled a/~Is/iara, and that the part preserved was com- 
pleted by the author in Ramadan 445 (December 1053). 

3483 
f URF AL- BASH AM Fl MAN WALIYA FATWA DIMASHQ 
AL-SHAM, by Abu '1-FadI Muhammad Khalll b. 'All b. Muham- 
mad Murad AL-MURADl al-Husainl al-Hanafl (d. 1206/1791). 

[Biographies of the Muftis of Damascus from the Ottoman con- 
quest in 922 (15 16) to the year 1192 (1778).] 

Foil. 53. 287 x 16-4 cm. Excellent naskh. 

Autograph. 

Undated, late 1 2/1 8th century. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

3484 
AL-NAMAJ FI TAFSIR AL-RU'TA, by Abu '1-Tahir (Abu 
Ishaq) Ibrahim b. Yahya b. Ghannam al-Harranl al-Numain al- 
Hanball AL-MAQDISl (d. 674/1275 or 693/1294). 
\A treatise on the interpretation of dreams.] 



ioo DESCRIPTIONS^OF MANUSCRIPTS 

Foil. 183. 23-6x17-5 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Dated Rabr II 697 (January 1298). 
Brockelmann i. 498, Suppl. i. 913. 

3485 

(1) DAR AL-BA'S Fl TARK MUSAHABAT AL-NJS, by 
IBNTtJLtJN (d. 953/1546). 

[Epigrams on the avoiding of evil company; foil. 1-3.] 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(2) IFADAT AL-RA'IM LI-MASA'IL AL-NA'IM, by IBN 
TOLt)N. 

• 

[A note on legal questions relating to persons in a state of sleep; 
foil. 4-6a.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(3) DAUR AL-FALAK Fl HUKM AL-MA' AL-MUSTA'- 
MAL Fl 'L-BIRAK, by IBN f tJLt)N. 

[On the legality of ritual purification in still pools; foil. 6b- 14^.] 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(4) AL-QALA'ID AL-JAUHARlTA Fl TA'RlKH AL- 
SALIHlTA, by IBN TOLON. 

[The history and topography of the Salihiya quarter of Damascus,, 
with biographies of its famous men; foil. 14^-121.] 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

Foil. 121. 17-3 x 12-7 cm. Rather cursive scholar's naskh. 

Autograph. 

Undated, io/i6th century. 

3486 

(1) AL-DIRATA LI-ARK AM AL-RTAYA, by IBN AL- 
BARIZl(d. 738/1338). 

[An epitome of al-RVaya li-huquq Allah, the celebrated treatise 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 101 

on ascetic mysticism by Abu 'Abd Allah al-Harith b. Asad AL- 
MUHASIBl (d. 243/857); foil. 1-29.] 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. 'All b. Abl Ja'far al-Ma'arrl. 

Dated 15 Jumada I 773 (24 November 1371). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(2) \ SABA NAJD, by IBN AL-JAUZl (d. 597/1200). 
[A collection of thirty short sermons; foil. 3 i-6oa.] 
Copyist as of (1). 

Dated 12 Jumada II 773 (21 December 1371). 
Brockelmann i. 504, Suppl. i. 918. 

(3) MAS'ALA WUJUB TAKHMlS AL-GHANA'IM, by 
Muhyl al-Din AL-NAWAWl (d. 676/1278). 

[A short treatise on the obligation to contribute one-fifth out of 
booty to the poor-tax; followed (fol. Sjt>) by a rejoinder (jawab) 
by AL-FIRQAH (d. 690/1291); foil. 64-96.] 

Dated, at Damascus, 15 Muharram 723 (24 January 1323). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(4) FA'IDA Fl SHURUT AL-WUDtJ 3 . 

[A brief anonymous treatise on forty conditions connected with 
ritual washing; foil. 97-102.] 
Dated 884 (1479). 
Any other copy ? 

(5) MAWA'IZ, attr. to ZAIN AL-'ABIDlN 'All b. al-Husain 
al-Sajjad (d. 92/710). 

[A collection of five-line ethical poems, one for each letter of the 
alphabet; foil. 104- 11.] 
Undated, 8/ 14th century. 
Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 76. 

(6) BANAT SITAD, by KA'B B. ZUHAIR (/. ist/ 7 th century). 
[A famous panegyric of the Prophet Muhammad; foil. 112^- 

114^.] 



102 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

Brockelmann i. 39, Suppl. i. 68. 

(7) QASlDAT AL-BURDA, by Sharaf al-Dln Abii f Abd Allah 
Muhammad b. Sa 'Id al-DalasI AL-BUSlRl al-SanhajI (d. 694/ 
1296). 

[A celebrated poem in praise of the Prophet Muhammad, also 
called al-Kawmb al-durrtya ft madh khair al-bartya-, followed (fol. 
120*) by a prayer attributed to Ja'far b. Muhammad al-Sadiq, 
and (fol. 122) a prayer entitled Du f a' a/Satfj- foil. 1 14^-125.] 

Copyist, Yusuf b. Ibrahim. 

Dated 11 Dhu '1-Hijja 855 (4 January 1452). 

Brockelmann i. 265, Suppl. i. 467. 

(8) SHARH AL-BASMALA WA> L-HAMDALA, by IBN AL- 
ANSARl(d. 926/1521). 

[A short tract on two pious formulae; see No. 3420 (2)- foil 
I2 5^-i33-] 
Dated 21 Shauwal 985 (1 January 1577). 

(9) TAJRID AL-TAUHID, by Shihab al-Dln Ahmad b. 
Muhammad AL-GHAZALI (d. 517/1123). 

[A Sufi treatise; foil. 134-50.] 

Dated 20 Dhu '1-Hijja 999 (9 October 1591). 

Brockelmann i. 426, Suppl. i. 756. 

(10) MANZUMA FI 'L-KABA'IR, by BADR AL-DIN b. 
Radi al-Dln. 

[A poem on the mortal sins; foil, r 5 1-4.] 
Undated, 9/ 1 5th century. 
Any other copy ? 

(11) AL-MUTHALLATH, by Burhan al-Dln Ibrahim b. Sultan 
b. Ahmad AL-DIMASHQl (/. 890/1486). 

[A poem introducing words identical in letters but differing in 
vocalization and meaning; foil. 155-7^7.] 
Undated, 9/1 5th century. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 103 

No other copy appears 'to be recorded. 

* This copy was transcribed from the author's autograph. 

( 1 2) MUTHALLATHAN, by Izz al-Dln Abu Muhammad f Abd 
al-'Aziz b. Ahmad AL-DlRINI al-Damirl al-Dahrl (d. 697/ 

I2 97)- 

[Two poems similar to the preceding, doubtless extracted from 

al-Murabba f. U-muthallathat al-lughawiya; foil. 157^-161^.] 

Undated, 9/ 15th century. 

Brockelmann i. 452, Suppl. i. 811. 

(13) SHARH } 'UTHALLATH QUTRUB. 

[An anonymous metrical commentary on the Muthallath of Abu 
'All. Muhammad b. al-Mustamr QUTRUB (d. 206/821); foil. 
161^-164.] 

Undated, 9/ 15th century. 

Brockelmann i. 102, Suppl. i, 161. 

(14) AL-DURRAT AL-MUDl'A Fl QIRA'AT AL- 
A'lMMAT AL-THALATHAT AL-MARDlTA, by IBN AL- 
JAZARI (d. 833/1429). 

[A metrical treatise on the variant readings of the Qur'an; foil. 

1 6 5-74-] 
Undated, 9/ 15th century. 

Brockelmann ii. 202, Suppl. ii. 275. 

(15) AL-FRAB e AN QAWA'ID AL-FRAB, by Jamal al-Din 
IBN HISHAM (d. 761/1360). 

[A short tract on Arabic grammar; foil. 175-80.] 
Copyist, Muhammad b. 'All b. r Abd al-Rahman al-Hisni al- 
Hanafl al-Maqadlri al^Qurashl al- r Abbasi. 

Dated 24 Muharram 971 (13 September 1563). 
Brockelmann ii. 24, Suppl. ii. 18. 

(16) SHAWAHID AL-ALFlTA. 

[An anonymous compilation from the poets illustrating points 



104 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

occurring in al-Alfiya.fi '/-na/rw, the metrical Arabic grammar of 
IBN MALIK (d. 672/1274); foil. 181-207.] 

Undated, 8/ 1 4th century. 

Any other copy ? 

(17) AL-'IQD FI 'L-NAHW. 

[An anonymous metrical tract on Arabic grammar; foil. 208- 
21 2a.] 
Copyist, Ahmad b. Abl Bakr b. Abl f Umar al-Hilll al-MaqdisI. 
Undated, 8/ 14th century. 
Any other copy ? 

(18) AL-QASlDAT AL-KHAZRAJITA, by Diya' al-Dln Abu 
Muhammad 'Abd Allah b. 'Uthman AL-KHAZRAjI "(J. 650/ 
1252). 

[A metrical prosody; foil. 214-170.] 
Undated, io/i6th century. 
Brockelmann i. 312, Suppl. i. 545. 

(19) MANZUMA FI 'L-'ARUD, by IBN JABIR AL- 
HAUWARl(d. 780/1378). 

[A metrical prosody; foil. 217^-222^.] 
Undated, io/i6th century. 
Brockelmann ii. 14. 

(20) MANZXJMA FI y L- r ARUD. 

[An anonymous metrical prosody; foil. 222^-224.] 
Undated, io/i6th century. 
Any other copy ? 

(21) AL-ARtJD AL-ANDALUSI, by Abu 'Abd Allah Muham- 
mad b. Husain ABU 'L-JAISH al-AndalusI al-Ansarl al-Qistl (d. 
626/1229). 

[A short treatise on prosody; foil. 225-31.] 
Undated, 9/1 5th century. 
Brockelmann i. 310, Suppl. i. 544. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 105 

(22) AL-URJXJZAT AL-TASIMlNlTA, by IBN AL-YASI- 
MlNl(d. 601/1204). 

[A metrical algebra; see No. 3234 (3); foil. 233-5.] 
Undated, 9/ 1 5th century. 

(23) QASlDAT AL-MAMDtJD WA % L-MAQStJR, by Abu 
Bakr Muhammad b. al-Hasan B. DURAID (d. 321/934). 

[A poem on a point of Arabic grammar; foil. 239-41.] 
Undated, 8/ 14th century. 
Brockelmann i. 1 1 1, Suppl. i. 173. 

Foil. 244. 17 x 12-7 cm. Several scholars' naskh hands. 
Various dates, 8-io/i4-i6th century. 

3487 
AL-THULATHlTAT, by Abu f Abd al-Rahman 'ABD ALLAH 
b. Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Hanbal al-Shaibani (d. 290/903). 

[Traditions received at three removes from the Prophet Muham- 
mad, extracted from al-Musnad by the compiler's father, Abu f Abd 
Allah Ahmad b. Muhammad B. HANBAL al-Shaibani (d. 241/ 

8.55).-] ' ' 

Foil. 85. 25-3x18 cm. Excellent scholar's naskh. 

Dated 7 Sha'ban 654 (30 August 1256). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

* This copy is exceptionally rich in study-notes. 

3488 

FATH AL-QARlB BI-SHARH MAWAHIB AL-MUJIB, by 
Abu '1-Najah Ahmad b. 'All al-'AdawI al-Dimashql AL-MANlNl 
al- f Uthmanl(d. 1172/1759). 

[A commentary on the author's own Mawahib al-Mujtb ft 
khdsa'is al-Hablb, a metrical treatise on the miracles of the Prophet 
Muhammad.] 

B8311 V 



1Q 6 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

Foil. 326. 21-5 x 14-5 cm. Excellent naskh. 
Undated, 1 2/ 1 8th century. 
Brockelmann, Suppl, ii. 392. 

* The author has appended an autograph entry dated Muharram 
1 169 (September 1756). 

3489 
'AJA'IB AL-MAKHLUQAT WA-GHARA'IB AL-MAU- 
JUDAT, by Zakarlya' b. Muhammad b. Mahmud AL-QAZ- 
WlNl(d. 682/1283). 

[The famous cosmogony.] 

Foil. 134. 33-5x247 cm. Excellent scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 7/ 13th century. 

Brockelmann i. 481, Suppl. i. 882. 



349° 
THAWAB QADA' HAWAII J AL-IKHWAN WA-IGHA- 
THAT AL-LAHFAN, by Abu '1-' Abbas Muhammad b. 'All b. 
Maimiin Abu 'l-Ghana'im UBAIY al-NarsI (d. 510/1 116). 

[A small collection of Traditions on the heavenly reward awaiting 
those who aid the needy.] 

Foil. 8. 17-6x12-6 cm. Rather cursive scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 7/1 3th century. 

Brockelmann i. 446, Suppl. ii. 1006. 

* This copy contains a number of reading-notes, and an added 
colophon dated 28 Ramadan 625 (21 August 1228) and signed 
Ibn 'ArabI (d. 638/1240). 



349 1 
KITAB AL-'ILM, by ABU KHAITHAMA Zuhair b. Harb al- 
Nasa'I al-Shaibanl (d. 243/849). 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 107 

[A small collection of Traditions and sayings of the Companions 
on good learning and its transmission.] 

Foil. 12. 17-3 xi 2-8 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, 'Abd Allah b. ' All b. 'U mar b. Shibl al-Himyarl al- 
Sanhajl (d. 724/1324). 

Undated, 7/ 13th century. 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

* This copy has many interesting study-notes and other entries, 
including the autographs of Ibn Hajar (d. 852/1449) and al- 
Sakhawi (d. 902/1497) (fol. r). 



3492 
AL-FAWA'ID AL-AWALl AL-MUNTAQAT, by Abu 'Abd 
Allah al-Qasim b. al-Fadl b. Ahmad AL-THAQAFI (d. 489/ 
1096). 

[Parts 1, 8, 9, and 10 of a collection of select Traditions.] 

Foil. 27, 11, 17X 12-8 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Ahmad b. Yunus b. Ahmad al-Irbill. 

Dated, at Fustat, Rajab 649 (October 1251). 

Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 602. 

'•■■* This copy contains numerous interesting entries, including two 
(fblli 96, 10b) in tHe autograph of Yusuf b. al-Zaki al-MizzI (d. 
742/1341), three (foil. 10a, iga, zyb) in the autograph of Ibn 
Saiyid al-Nas (d. 705/1304), and one (fol. io#) in the autograph 
of Abu Haiyan (d. 744/1345). 

3493 

MAN TUWUFFI7A e ANHA ZAUJUHA FA-AZHARAT 
AL-GHUMUM WA-BAHAT BI [L-MAKTUM, by Abu 'Abd 
Allah Ahmad b. Khalaf b. Muhammad B. AL-MARZUBAN al- 
Muhauwili (d. 310/922). 



io8 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

[Anecdotes of widows who revealed their grief publicly, especially 
by composing poetry.] 

Foil. 6. 17-5x13 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Ahmad b. f Abd Allah b. Abi 'l-Ghana'im al-Muslim b. 
Hammad b. Maisara al-Azdl. 

Dated 1 1 Rabf II 634 (12 December 1236). 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

* This copy has a number of reading entries. 

3494 
GHARIB AL-HADlTH, by IBN QUTAIBA (d. 270/884 or 
276/889). 

[The second volume of a treatise on rare and curious words 
occurring in the Traditions.] 

Foil. 136. 25-1x14-5 cm. Fine ancient naskh. 

Dated, at Baghdad, Muharram 279 (April 892). 

Brockelmann, Suppl, i. 186. 

* This copy has many old glosses and reading entries. 

3495 

(1) AL-FAWA'ID AL-MUNTAQJT AL-GHARA'IB AL- 
HISAN, by Abu Tahir Muhammad b. <Abd al- Rahman b. al- 
'Abbas AL-MUKHALLIS (d. 393-1003). 

[The ninth part of a collection of Traditions; foil. 1-9.] 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(2) AL-RAQA'IQ WA'L-HIKATAT, by Abu '1-Hasan KHAI- 
THAMA b. Sulaiman b. Haidara al-TarabulusI (d. 343/954). 

[The tenth part of a collection of sayings of the prophets and 
saints; foil. 10-14.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(3) AL-FAWA'ID AL-MUNTAQAT AL-GHARA'IB AL- 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 109 

HISAN, by Abu '1-Hasan f AlI b. 'Umar b. Muhammad b. al- 
Hasan B. AL-QAZWlNl al-Harbl (d. 442/1050). 

[The first part of a collection of Traditions; foil. 15-25.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(4) AL-AMALl, by Abu '1-Qasim f Isa b. f AlI b. f Isa b. Dawud 
B. AL-JARRAH (d. 391/1001). 

[The second part of a collection of Traditions and anecdotes; 
foil. 26-45.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(5) HADlTH AL-SULAMl, by Abu 'Abd al-Rahman AL- 
SULAMl (d. 4 1 2/ 1 021). 

[A small selection of Traditions; foil. 46-54.] 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(6) HADlTH ABI 'L-HASAN AL-ASADl, by Abu '1-Hasan 
Ahmad b. Sulaiman b. Aiyub b. Sulaiman b. Hadhlam AL- 
ASADl al-Qadl {ft. 4/ioth century). 

[A very small selection of Traditions; foil. 55-56.] 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(7) AMALI AL-MAHAMILI, by Abu ' Abd Allah al-Husain b. 
Isma'fl b. Muhammad al-Dabbi al-Baghdadi AL-MAHAMILI 
(d. 330/941). 

[The fifth part of a collecxon of Traditions; foil. 57-6S.] 
Brockelmann i. 167, Suppl. i. 279. 

(8) SIFAT AL-MUNJFIQ, by Abu Bakr Ja'far b. Muhammad 
b. al-Husain b. al-Mustafad AL-FIRYABl al-Qadl (d. 301/913). 

[A collection of Traditions and sayings of early Muslims con- 
cerning hypocrisy and hypocrites; foil. 69-83.] 
Dated 738 (1338). 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(9) MASHTAKHA SHIHAB AL-DIN AL-SUHRAWARDl, 
by Shihab al-Dln AL-SUHRAWARDI (d. 632/1234). 



Iro DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

[A list of the author's fifteen teachers of Traditions and the 
Traditions they transmitted; foil. 84-94.] 
No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(10) JUZ> GHULAM THA'LAB, by Abu 'Umar Muhammad b 
r Abd al-Wahid GHULAM THA'LAB al-Zahid al-Mutarriz al- 
Warraq al-Baghdadi (d. 345/957). 

[A collection of Traditions, anecdotes, and verses; foil. 95-109.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(n) FAWA'ID IBN HABlB, by Abu 'All Muhammad b. al- 
Qasim b. Ma'ruf B. HABlB b. Abl Nasr al-Dimashql (d. 347/958). 

[A small collection of Traditions; foil. 1 10-15.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

(12) FI 'L-TASWITA BAIN A HADDATHANA WA- 
BAINA AKHBARANA-, by Abu JaTar Ahmad b. Muhammad 
b. Salama al-Hajrl al-Azdr AL-TAHAWl (d. 321/933). 

[A treatise to prove that there is no technical difference between 
two formulae used in transmitting Traditions; foil. 1 16-22.] 

No other copy appears to be recorded. 

Foil. 1 22. 25 -3 x 1 8 cm. Excellent scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, Muhammad b. Shukr al-Shafi f I (d. 753/1352). 

Dated 738 (1338). 

* This volume abounds in transcriptions of reading-notes and 
entries in the autograph of Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Nubata 
(d. 750/1349), dated 739 (1339). 

TAFSlRAL- QURAN. ^ 

[A volume of an extensive unidentified commentary on the 
Quran.] 

Foil. 215. 30-2x20 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 
Copyist, Mahmud b. Muhammad al-Sarakhsi. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS in 

Dated 2 Jumada I 610 (19 September 1213). 
Any other copy ? 

3497 
AL-JAMT FI 'L-HADlTH, by Abu Muhammad 'Abd Allah 
b. Wahb b. Muslim al-Fihri AL-QURASHl al-Misrl (d. 197/ 
812). 

[A considerable fragment of a collection of Traditions.] 

Foil. 61. 20-4x16-3 cm. Ancient scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 3 rd/9th century. 

Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 257, 948. 

3498 
AL-MUJTANA MIN AL-SUNAN AL-MA'THURA, by 
Abu '1-Hasan 'All b. 'Umar b. Ahmad AL-DARAQUTNI al- 
Hafiz (d. 385/995). 

[Parts 11, 13, 14, and 15 of a collection of Traditions.] 

Foil. 76. 26-3 xi 7- 1 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Copyist, c Ubaid Allah b. al-Mubarak b. Ibrahim b. al-Mukhtar 
al-Daqqaq (d. 619/1222). 

Undated, 6/ 1 2th century. 

Brockelmann i. 165, Suppl. i. 275. 

* This copy contains many interesting reading entries. 

3499 
MATALr AL-BUDUR Fl MANAZIL AL-SURUR, by r Ala' 
al-Dln r AlI b. 'Abd Allah al-Baha'I AL-GHUZULI al-Dimashql 
(d. 815/1412). 

[The third (and concluding) volume of an anthology of Arabic 
literature.] 

Foil. 184. 18-2x13-6 cm. Clear scholar's naskh. 

Undated, 9/ 15th century. 

Brockelmann ii. 55, Suppl. ii. 55. 



112 DESCRIPTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 

35°° 

KAUKAB AL-MABANl WA-MAUKAB AL-MA'JNl Fl 
SHARH SALAWAT AL-SHAIKH <ABD AL-QADIR AL- 
KlLANl, by 'Abd al-Ghanl AL-NABULUSl (d. 1 143/173 1). 

[A commentary on al~SalawSt, the prayers of Muhyi al-Dln c Abd 
al-Qadir b. Abi Salih AL-JlLANl al-Hanball (d. 561/1 166).] 

Foil. 38. 22-6 x 1 6-2 cm. Clear scholar's ta'llq. 

Autograph. 

[Dated 29 Sha'ban 1 127 (30 August 171 5).] 

Brockelmann, Suppl. i. yyg. 

* The colophon page is a modern supply. The fly-leaf contains 
an ownership entry by the author's great-grandson. 



INDEX OF AUTHORS 



'Abbad b. Ahmad b. Isma'il al-Hasani, Abu 

^Fada'il, 3368. 
'Abd al-'Aziz b. 'Abd al-Salam al-SulamI, 

Na?ir al-Haqq 'Izz al-Din. 
'Abd al-'Aziz b. Ahmad altDirInI al-Damiri 

al-Dahri, 'Izz al-Din Abu Muhammad. 
'Abd al-'Aziz b. 'Ali b. Muhammad b. 'Abd 

al-'Aziz b. al-Tahhan al-Sulami al-Sim5ti 

al-Andalusi, Abu '1-Asbagh. 
'Abd al-Ghaffar b. 'Abd al-Karim al-QazwInI 

al-Shafi'i, Najm al-Din. 
'Abd al-Ghani b. Isma'il b. 'Abd al-Ghani al- 

Maqdisi al-Nabulus! al-Dimashqi. 
'Abd al-Haqq b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Abd 

Allah b. al-Kharrat al-Azdi al-Ishblli, Abu 

Muhammad. 
'Abd al-Haqq b. Ghalib b. 'Abd al-Malik b. 

'Atiya al-Muharibi al-Ghamati. 
'Abd al-Karim b. Muhammad al-Rafi'I al- 

Qazwini, Abu '1-Qasim. 
'Abd Allah b. Ahmad b. Muhammad b. 

Hanbal al-Shaibani, Abu 'Abd al-Rahman, 

3487. 
'Abd Allah b. Ahmad al-Nasafi, Hsfiz al-Din 

Abu '1-Barakat. 
'Abd Allah b. Ahmad b. Qudama al-Hanbali 

al-Maqdisi, MuwafFaq al-Din Abu Muham- 
mad. 
'Abd Allah Efendi al-Rumi al-Busnawi. 
'Abd Allah b. al-Hajjaj b. al-YasimInI al- 

Adrini, Abu Muhammad. 
'Abd Allah b. Husain al-'UkbarI al-Hanbali, 

Muhibb al-Din Abu '1-Baqa*. 
'Abd Allah b. al-Mubarak al-Hanzali al- 

Marwazi. 
'Abd Allah b. Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Abi 

'l-'Ala* al-TalyanI, Jamal al-Din. 
'Abd Allah b. Muhammad b. al-SId al- 

Batalyausi, Abu Muhammad. 
'Abd Allah b. Muslim b. Qutaiba al-Dinawari 

al-Marwazi, Abu Muhammad. 
'Abd Allah b.'Umar b. 'Isa al-Dabvs!, Abu 

Zaid. 
'Abd Allah b.'Umar b. Muhammad al- 

Baidawi, Nasir al-Din Abu Sa'd (Abu Sa'id). 

B3311 



'Abd Allah b. 'Umar b. Muhammad al- 
TibrIzI. 

'Abd Allah b. 'Uthman al-KhazrajI, DiyS' al- 
Din Abu Muhammad. 

'Abd Allah b. Wahb b. Muslim aWFihri al- 
QurashI al-Misri, Abu Muhammad. 

'Abd Allah b. Yusuf b. 'Abd Allah b. Hisham 
al-Nahwi, Jamal al-Din Abu Muham- 
mad. 

'Abd al-Malik b. 'Abd Allah b. Yusuf 
al-Juwaini, Imam al-Haramain Abu '1- 
Fada'il. 

'Abd al-Mu'min b. Khalaf b. Abi '1-Hasan 
al-Tuni al-Dimyati al-Shafi'i, Sharaf al- 
Din Abu Muhammad. 

'Abd al-Qadir b. Muhammad b. 'Umar al- 
Nu'aimI al-Shafi'i, Muhyi al-Din Abu '1- 
Mafakhir. 

'Abd al-Rahim b. Abi Bakr b. 'Ali al-Farshani 
al-MarghInani al-Rishtani, Zain al-Din 
Abu'1-Fath. 

'Abd al-Rahim b. al-Hasan b. 'Ali al-IsnawI 
al-Qurashi al-Umawi al-Shafi'i, Jamal al- 
Din Abu Muhammad. 

'Abd al-Rahim b. al-Husain b. 'Abd al- 
Rahman al-' Iraqi al-Kurdi, Zain al-Din 
Abu '1-Fadl. 

'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Abd Allah b. Ahmad al- 
SuhailI al-Khath'ami, Abu '1-Qasim (Abu 
Zaid). 

'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Bakr b. Dawud al- 
Dimashqi al-SalihI al-Hanbali, Zain al- 
Din. 

'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Bakr b. Muhammad 
al-SuyutI al-Khudairi al-Shafi'i, Jalal al- 
Din Abu '1-Fadl. ' 

'Abd al-Rahman b. Ahmad b. Isma'il b. al- 
QalqashandI al-Qahiri al-Shafi'i, Taqi al- 
Din Abu '1-Fadl. 

'Abd al-Rahman b. Ahmad b. Rajab al-Salimi 
al-Baghdadi al-Hanbali, Zain al-Din Abu 
'1-Faraj. 

'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Ali b. Muhammad b. al- 
JauzI, Jamal al-Din Abu '1-Faraj. 

'Abd al-Rahman b. Ibrahim al-Firqah al- 



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INDEX OF AUTHORS 



Shafi'i al-Fazari al-Badri aKMisri, Taj al- 
Dln Abu Muhammad. 
'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Is5 b. Hammad al- 

HamadhanI. 
'Abd al-Rahman b. Isma'll b. Ibrahim Abu 
Shama al-Maqdisi al-Shafi'i, Shihab al-Din 
Abu'l-Qasim. 
'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad b. Ahmad b. 
Qudama al-Maqdisi al-Hanbali, Shams al- 
Din Abu '1-Faraj. 
'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad b. 'Ubaid 
Allah al-AnbarI, Karaal al-Din Abu '1- 
Barakat. 
'Abd al-Rahman b. TaqI al-Din b. Abl Bakr 
b. Dawud al-SalihI al-Hanbali, Abu 1'- 
SafaV 
'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Umar b. Abi 'l-Qasim 

al-BasrI al Darlr, Nur al-Din Abu Talib. 
'Abd al-Wahhab b. 'All b. 'Abd al-Kafi al- 

SubkI al-Shafi'i, Taj al-Din Abu Nasr. 
'Abd al-Wahhab b. Ibrahim b. 'Abd al- 
Wahhab al-Khazrajl al-Zanjani, 'Izz al- 
Din Abu '1-Fada'il. 
al-Abhari, Athir al-Din al-Mufaddal b. 

'Umar, 3424. 
Abu Bakr b. 'Abd Allah b. 'Abd al-Rahman 
b. QadI 'Ajlun al-Sh5fi'i, TaqI al-Din Abu 
'1-Sidq. 
Abu Bakr b. 'Ali b. 'Abd Allah b. Hijja al- 
Hamawi al-Qadirl al-Hanafi, TaqI al-Din 
Abu '1-Mahasin. 
Abu Bakr b. Dawud b. 'Isa al-SalihI al- 
Qadirl al-Hanbali, TaqI al-Din Abu 'l-Safa*. 
Abu Bakr b. Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Mu'min 
al-HisnI al-Husaini al-Dimashql al-Shafi'i, 
TaqI al-Din. 
Abu Haiyan, Muhammad b. Yusuf b. 'All 
al-Ghaniati al-Jaiyanl, Athir al-Din, 3342! 
Abu 'l-Jaish, Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad b. 
Husain al-Andalusi al-Ansarl al-Qisti, 3486 
(21). 
Abu Khaithama, Zuhair b. Harb al-Nasa'i 

al-Shaibanl, 3491. 
Abu Madyan, Shu'aib b. al-Hasan al-Maghribi 

al-Ans3rI al-Andalusi al-Tilimsani, 3259. 
Abu Shama, Shihab al-Din Abu '1-Qasim 'Abd 
al-Rahman b. Isma'il b. Ibrahim al-Maqdisi 
al-Shafi'i, 3307 (1), 3307 (2), 3307 (3), 



3307 (4)» 3307 (5). 3307 (6), 3307 (7), 
33°7 (9)» 33°7 (10), 3462. 
Abu Ya'la, 3373 (21). 

al-'AdawI, Kamal al-Din Abu Salim Muham- 
mad b. Talha b. Muhammad al-Qurashi 
al-Nasibl al-Halabi, 3392. 
al-Adhra'I, Sadr al-Din Abu '1-Rabl' Sulaiman 

b. Wuhaib, 3367. 
al-Adhra'i, Shihab al-Din Abu 'l-'Abbas 

Ahmad b.Hamdan, 3301. 
Ahmad b. 'Abd al-Halim b. 'Abd al-Salam 
b. TaimIya al-Harrani al-Hanbali, Taqi al- 
Din Abu 'l-'Abbas. 
Ahmad b. 'All al-'AdawI al-Dimashqi al- 

ManInI al-'Uthmanl, Abu '1-Najah. 
Ahmad b. 'All b. Muhammad b. Hajar al- 
'Asqalanl al-Kinanl al-Shafi'i, Shihab al-Din 
Abu'1-Fadl. 
Alimad b. BailIk, Shihab al-Din al-Muhsini. 
Ahmad b. Hamdan al-Adhra'i, Shihab al-Din 

Abu 'l-'Abbas. 
Ahmad b. al-Husain b. 'All b. Musa al- 

BaihaqI al-Khusraujirdi, Abu Bakr. 
Ahmad b. Ibrahim b. Abi Bakr b. al-Turki al- 

Qadirial-Halabi. 

Ahmad b, 'Imad al-Din b. Muhammad b. al- 

Tmad al-Aqfahsi al-Misri al-Shafi'i, Shihab 

al-Din Abu 'l-'Abbas. 

Ahmad b. Khalaf b. Muhammad b. al- 

Marzuban al-Muhauwill, AbQ 'Abd Allah. 

Ahmad b. Mahmud b. Muhammad al- 

Nu'mani. 
Ahmad b. Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. 

Rajab al-Tukhl al-Shafi'i, Shihab ai-Din. 
Ahmad b. Muhammad b. 'All b. al-Raf'a al- 

Misri al-Shafi'i, Najm al-Din. 
Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Ghazali, Shihab 

al-Din. 
Ahmad b. Muhammad b. al-Ha'im al-Faradl 
al-Ma'arri al-Maqdisi, Shihab al-Din Abu 
'l-'Abbas. 
Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Ibrahim al-Tha'labi 

al-Nlsaburl, Abu Ishaq. 
Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Ishaq b. al-Sunn! 

al-Dinawari, Abu Bakr. 
Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 'Abd 
al-Rahman al-Harawi al-Bushanl, AbQ 
'Ubaid. 



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.hmad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 
Hasan al-Tamiml al-Dari al-Shumunni, 
TaqI al-Din Abu 'l-'AbbSs. 
Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Sallma al-Hajri al- 

Azdi al-TahawI, Abu Ja'far. 
Ahmad b. Sulaiman b. Aiyub b. Sulaiman b. 
Hadhlam al-AsadI al-Qsdi, Abu '1-Hasan. 
Ahmad b. 'Umar b. Muhammad al-Kubra 
al-Khlwaqi, Najm al-Din Abu '1-Jamal 
(Abu '1-Jannab). 
Ahmad b. 'Uthman b. Hibat Allah al-Tabib 

al-MaqdisI, Fath al-Din Abu 'l-'Abbas. 
Ahmad b. Yusuf b. al-Hasan al-KawashI al- 
Mausili al-Shaibani, Muwaffaq al-Din Abu 
'l-'Abbas. 
Ahmad b. Yusuf b. Muhammad al-Halluji al- 
Shafi'i AL-SlRAji, Shihab al-Din' Abu '1- 
'Abbas. 
al-'Aini, Badr al-Din Abu Muhammad (Abu 
'1-Thana') Mahmud b. Ahmad b. Musa al- 
Hanafi, 3297. 
'Ali b. 'Abd Allah al-Baha'i al-Ghuzuli al- 

Dimashql, 'Ala' al-Din . 
'Ali b. 'Abd al-KafiAL-SuBKl, Taqi al-Din. 
'Ali b. Ahmad b. Maki al-Razi, Husam al- 
Din. 
'Ali b. Ahmad b. Muhammad b. 'Ali al- 

WahidI al-Nisaburi, Abu '1-Hasan. 
'Ali b. Ahmad b. Sa'id b. Hazm al-Andalusi, 

Abu Muhammad. 
'Ali b. Aidamur b. 'All al-Jildaki, 'Izz al-Din. 
'Ali b. al-Hasan b. Hibat Allah b. 'Asakir al- 

Dimashqi, Thiqat al-Din Abu '1-Qasim. 
'Ali b. al-Husain al-Sajjad, Zain al-'AbidIn. 
'Ali b. Husain b. 'Urwa b. Zaknun al-Mash- 
riqi al-Dimashqi al-Hanbali, 'Ala* al-Din 
Abu '1-Hasan. 
'Ali b. Ibrahim b. Dawud b. al- 'Attar al- 

Shafi'i, 'Ala' al-Din Abu '1-Hasan. ' 
'Ali b. Muhammad b. 'Ali al-Darir al-Ramushi 

al-Bukharl, HamId al-Din. 
'Ali b. Shihab al-Din b. Muhammad al- 

Husaini al-HamadhanT. 
'Ali b. 'Umar b. Ahmad al-DaraqutnI al- 

Hafiz, Abu '1-Hasan. 
'All b. 'Umar b. Muhammad b. al-Hasan 

b. al-QazwInI al-Harbi, Abu '1-Hasan. 
al-Anbari, Kama! al-Din Abu '1-Barakat 'Abd 



al-Rahman b. Muhammad b. 'Ubaid Allah, 

3452 (r). 
al-Ansari, Badr al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah 

Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah al-Hanafi, 3252, 

3292 (3). 
al-AqfahsI, Shihab al-Din Abu 'l-'Abbas 

Ahmad b. 'Imad al-Din b. Muhammad b. 

al-'Imad al-Misri al-Shafi'i", 3328, 3410. 
ALrAsADi, Abu '1-Hasan Ahmad b. Sulaiman 

b. Aiyub b. Sulaiman b. Hadhlam al-Qadi, 

3495(6). 
al-A'war, Abu 'Abd Allah Harun b. Musa 

al-Qari' al-Azdi, 3334. 
'Azizi b. 'Abd al-Malik b. Mansur Shaidhala 

al-Jili, Abu '1-Ma'ali. ' , 

Badr al-DIn b. Radi al-Din, 3486 (10). 

al-BaghawI, Rukn al-Din AbG Muhammad 
al-Husain b. Mas'ud al-Farra', 3268. 

al-Baghdadi, Jamal al-Isl3m Abu Bakr 
Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah b. Ahmad b. 
Habibal-'Amiri, 3251, 3436. 

AL-BAiDAwi,Nasir al-Din Abu Sa'd(Abu Sa'id) 
'Abd Allah b. 'Umar b. Muhammad, 3298. 

al-Baihaq!, Abu Bakr Ahmad b. al-Husain b. 
'Ali b. MusS al-Khusraujirdi, 3280, 3417. 

al-Bakri, Badr al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah Muham- 
mad b. Abi Bakr al-Shafi'i, 3265. 

al-Basri, Nur al-Din Abu Talib 'Abd al- 
Rahman b. 'Umar b. Abi '1-Qasim al-Darir, 
3286. 

al-Bilbaisi, Shams al-Din Abu '1-Fath 
Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. 
Muqbil al-Khatib al-Maqdisi al-Dimashqi 
al-Wafa'i al-Shafi'i, 3400 (1), 3400 (2), 
34oo (3), 3400 (4), 3400 (5), 3400 (6). , 

al-BirmawI, Shams al-Din Abu 'Abd* Allah 
Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Da'im b. Musa al- 
Nu'aimi al-'Asqalani al-Shafi'i, 3359. 

al-BukharI, Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad b. 
Isma'il b. Ibrahim al-Ju'fi, 3375, 3433. 

al-BukharI, Iftikhar al-Din Tahir b. Ahmad 

b. 'Abd al-Rashid, 3350. 
al-BulqIni, Siraj al-Din Abu Hafs 'Umar b. 

Raslan al-KinSni al-'Asqalani, 3406 (3). 
al-BusTri, Sharaf al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah 
Muhammad b. Sa'id al-Dalasi al-Sanhaji, 
3486 (7). 



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AL-BusNAWl/Abd Allah Efendi al-Ruml, 3474. 

al-DabusI, Abu Zaid 'Abd ('Ubaid) Allah b. 

'Umarb. 'Isa, 3343. 
al-Dalaji, Shams al-Dln Muhammad b. 

Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Ahmad, 

3448. ' V: 

al-DamIrI, Kamal al-Din Muhammad b. 

Musa, 3451. 
al-DamrachI, Sharaf al-Dln al-Qasim b, al- 
Husain al-GhaznawI, 3473. 
al-DaraqutnI, Abu '1-Hasan 'All b. 'Umar b. 

Ahmad al-Hafiz, 3498. 
al-DashtakI, Abu Muhammad Muhsin b. 

'All b. Mansur al-Husainl, 3338. 
al-Dasuqi, Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. 'Abd 

al-Rahman al-Qurashi, Burhan al-Din Abu 

Ishaq, 3262. 
Dawud b. Mahmud b. Mufarrij al-Tamlml 

al-Sarkhadi al-Mi§ri al-Shafi'i al-Ash'arl, 

Jamal al-Din Abu Sukiman. 
al-Dhahabi, Shams al-Dln Abu 'Abd Allah, 

Muhammad b. Ahmad b. 'Uthman b. 

Qaimaz al-Turkumani al-Fariqi al-Shafi*I 

3302,3320,3458(3). 
al-DimashqI, Burhan al-Din Ibrahim b, 

Sulpn b. Ahmad, 3486 (1 1). 
al-DimyatT, Sharaf al-Din Abu Muhammad 

'Abd al-Mu'min b. Khalaf b. Abi '1-Hasan 

al-Tuni al-Shafi'i, 3332. 
al-DIrInI, 'Izz al-Din Abu Muhammad 'Abd 

al-'Aziz b. Ahmad al-Damiri al-Dahri, 

3486 (12). 

Euclid, 3424. 

Fakhr al-Din al-RazI. 

al-Farisi, Zain al-Dln Abu Hafs 'Umar b. 

Dawud b. Sulaiman, 3300. 
al-FasI, Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad b. 

Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Miknasi, 3339. 
Fath b. Musa b. Hammad al-Shafi'i al-'Umarl 

AL--MACHR1BI, Najm al-Din Abu Nasr. 
al-Firqah, Taj al-Din Abu Muhammad 'Abd 

al-Rahman b. Ibrahim al-Shafi'i al-Fazarl 

al-Badrl al-Misri, 3330, 3486 (3). 
al-FiryabI, Abu Bakr Ja'far b. Muhammad b. 

al-Husain b. al-Mustafad al-Qadi, 3495 (8). 



Galen [ascr.], 3425 (2). 

al-Ghazali, Abu HSmid Muhammad b. 
Muhammad, 3353, 3372, 3376, 3379, 3429. 

al-Ghazali, Shihab al-Din Ahmad b. Muham- 
mad, 3486 (9). 

Ghulam Tha'lab, Abu 'Umar Muhammad 
b. 'Abd al-Wahid al-Zahid al-Mutarriz al- 
Warraq al-Baghdadi, 3495 (10). 

al-GhuzulI, 'Ala' al-Din 'All b. 'Abd Allah 
al-Baha'i al-Dimashqi, 3499. 

al-Haiyad, Najm al-Din Qasim b. Muham- 
mad, 3399 (5). 

al-Hamadhani, 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Isa b. 
HammSd, 3377. 

al-Hamadhani, Abu '1-Futuh Muhammad b. 
Muhammad b. 'All b. Muhammad al-Ta'l, 

3459- 
al-Hamadhani, 'All b. Shihab al-Dln b. 

Muhammad al-Husainl, 3257. 
al-HamdanI, Muntakhab al-Din b. Abi 'l-'Izz 

b. Rashid al-Din al-Muqri' al-Shafi'i, 3395. 
HamId al-Din, 'Ali b. Muhammad b. 'Ali 

al-Darir al-Ramushi al-Bukhari, 3442. 
Hamza b. 'All b. Ahmad, Qa'm al-Zaman. 
al-Harawi, Abu 'Ubaid Ahmad b. Muham- 
mad b. Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Rahman al- 

Bushani, 3364. 
al-Hariri, Abu Muhammad al-Qasim b. 'All 

b. Muhammad, 3293, 3362 (1). 
Harun b. Musa al-Qari' al-Azdl al-A'war, 

Abu 'Abd Allah. 
al-Hasan b. Muhammad b. al-Hasan al- 

Saghani al-'Adawi al-Hindi al-Hanafi, 

Radi al-Din Abu '1-Fada'il. 
al-Hasan b. Muhammad b. al-Husain al-A'raj 

al-Qummi al-NIsaburI, Nizam al-Din. 
Hibat Allah b. 'All b. Ja'far b. Makula al- 

'Ijli, Abu Nasr. 
Hibat Allah b. Najm al-Din b. 'Abd al-Rahim 

b. al-Barizi al-Juhani al-Hamawi, Sharaf 

al-Din Abu '1-Qasim. 
al-HijazI, Shams al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah 

Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Ahmad al- 

Qalyubi al-Qahiri al-Shafi'i al-Ansarl, 3428. 
Hilal b. al-Muhassin b. Ibrahim al-SabT, Abu 

'1-Husain. 
Hippocrates, 3341 (1), 3341 (2). 



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al-HisnI, TaqI al-Din Abu Bakr b. Muham- 
mad b. 'Abd al-Mu'min al-Husaini al- 
Dimashqi al-Shafi'l, 3406 (4). 

al-Hudhbani, Nasir al-Din Abu '1-Fadl 
Muhammad b. Musa b. Muhammad, 3394. 

AL-HuMAiDl, Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad b. 
Futuh b. 'Abd Allah al-AndalusI al- 
Mayurqi, 3347. 

Hunain b. Ishaq al-'Ibadi, Abu Zaid, 3341 
(0»334i(2). 

al-Husain b. 'Abd Allah b. Sina, Abu 'All. 

al-Husain b. Isma'il b. Muhammad al-Dabbl 
al-Baghdadl al-MahamilI, Abu 'Abd Allah. 

al-Husain b. Mas'ud al-Farra' al-BachawI, 
Rukn al-Din Abu Mn 1 ninad. 

Ibn AbI SharIf, Burhan al-Din Abu Ishaq 
Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. AbI Bakr b. 

'All al-Qudsi al-Shafi'l, 3596 (ro). 
Ibn AbI Sharif, Kamal al-Din Abu '1-Ma'ali 

Muhammad b. Muhammad b. AbI Bakr b. 

'All al-Qudsi al-Shafi'l, 3296 (10). 
Ibn 'Adil, Siraj al-Din Abu Hafs 'Umar b. 

'AH al-Hanbali al-Dimashql, 3308. 
Ibn al-Akfani, Shams al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah 

Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Sa'id al-Sinjari 

al-Misri al-Ansarl al-Sakhawi, 3478. 
Ibn AkhI Hizam, Nasir al-Din Abu 'Abd 

Allah Muhammad b. Ya'qflb b. Ishaq al- 

Khuftuli, 3319. 
Ibn AkhI MImI, Abu '1-Husain Muhammad 

b. 'Abd Allah b. al-Husain al-Daqq3q al- 

Baghdadi, 3452 (1). 
Ibn al-AnsarI, Zain al-Din Abu Yahya 

Zakariya' b. Muhammad al-Sumaiki al- 
Shafi'l, 3420 (1), 3420 (2), 3421, 3432, 

3486(8). 
Ibn 'Asakir, Thiqat al-Din Abu '1-Qasim 'Ali 

b. al-Hasan b. Hibat Allah al-Dimashql, 

3412. 
Ibn A'tham, Muhammad b. 'Ali al-Kufl 

3272. 
Ibn al-AthIr, Diy5' al-Din Abu '1-Fath Nasr 

Allah Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 'Abd 

al-Karim al-Jazari, 3477. 
Ibn al-AthIr, Majd al-Din Abu '1-Sa'adat al- 

Mubarak b. Muhammad b. Muhammad al- 

Shaibani al-Jazari, 3441. 



Ibn 'AtIya, 'Abd al-Haqq b. AbI Bakr Ghalib 
b. 'Abd al-Malik al-Muharibl al-Ghamaft 

3475- 
Ibn al-'Attar, 'Ala' al-Din Abu '1-Hasan 'All 
b. Ibrahim b. Dawud al-Shafi'l, 3296 (3). 
Ibn BailIk, Shihab al-Din Ahmad al-Muhsini, 

3312. 
Ibn Bardis, Abu '1-Fida' Isma'il b. Muham- 
mad al-Ba'li al-Hanbali, 3458 (1), 3458 (2). 
Ibn al-BarizI, Sharaf al-Din Abu '1-Qasim 
Hibat Allah b. Najm al-Din b. 'Abd al- 
Rahim al-Juhani al-Hamawi, 3468 (3), 
3486 (1). 
Ibn DaqIq al-'Ic, Taqi al-Din Abu '1-Fath 
Muhammad b. 'Ali b. Wahb al-Manfaluti, 
3386. 
Ibn Duraid, Abu Bakr Muhammad b. al- 
Hasan, 3286 (23). 
Ibn Fahd, Shihab al-Din Abu 'l-Thana' Mah- 
mud b. Salman al-Halabi al-Hanbali, 3310. 
Ibn Fahd, Taqi al-Din Abu '1-Fadl Muham- 
mad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 
Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah al-Hashimi al- 
Makki al-Shafi'l, 3470. 
Ibn Habib, Abu 'Ali Muhammad b. al-Qasim 
b. Ma'rQf b. Abi Nasr al-Dimashql, 3495 
(11). 
Ibn al-Haddad, Abu Nu'aim 'Ubaid Allah b. 

al-Hasan b. Ahmad al-Isbahani, 3447. 
Ibn al-Ha'im, Shihab al-Din Abu 'l-'Abbas 
Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Faradi al-Ma'arri 
al-Maqdisi, 3362 (2), 3362 (3), 3420 (6), 
3469 (4). 
Ibn Hajar, Shihab al-Din Abu '1-Fadl Ahmad 
b. 'Ali b. Muhammad al-'Asqalani al- 
Kinani al-Sh5fi'i, 3289, 3309 (3), 3345. 
Ibn Hazm, Abu Muhammad 'Ali b. Ahmad 
b. Sa'id al-AndalusI, 3444, 3468 (1), 
3468 (2), 3482. 
Ibn Hijja, Taqi al-Din Abu '1-Mahasin Abu 
Bakr b. 'All b. 'Abd Allah al-Hamawi al- 
Qadiri al-Hanafi, 3457. 
Ibn Hisham, Jamal al-Din Abu Muhammad 
'Abd Allah b. Yusuf b. 'Abd Allah al- 
Nahwi, 3407(1), 3486(15). 
Ibn Hubaira, 'Aun al-Din Abu '1-Muzaffar 
Yahya b. Muhammad al-Shaib5nI al- 
Hanbali, 3266, 3355. 



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Ibn al-Imam, Taqi al-Din Abu '1-Fath 
Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 'All al- 
Ghamap al-'AsqalSnT al-Misri, 3295. 

Ibn Imam al-KamilIya, KamSl al-Din Abu 
Muhammad Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 
'Abd al-RahmSn al-Qahiri al-Shafi'I, 3469 
(2). 

Ibn Jabir al-HauwarI, Shams al-Din Abu 
'Abd Allah Muhammad b. Ahmad al- 
Andalusi al-Darir, 3486 (19). 

Ibn Jama'a, Najm al-Din Abu '1-Baqa' 
Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. 'Abd Allah al- 
Maqdisi al-Shafi'i, 3461. 

Ibn al-Jarrah, Abu '1-Qasim 'Isa b. 'AH b. 
'Isa b. Dawud, 3495 (4). 

Ibn al-Jauz!, Jamal al-Din Abu '1-Faraj 'Abd 
al-Rahman b. 'Ali b. Muhammad, 3274, 
3277. 3323» 33 8 3> 3454, 346°, 3486 (2). 

Ibn al-JazarI, Shams al-Din Abu '1-Khair 
Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad 
al-Qurashi al-Dimashqi al-Shirazi, 3486 
(H). 

Ibn Jazla, Sharaf al-Din Abu 'Ali Yahya b. 
'Isa, 3291. 

Ibn al-Junaid, Abu '1-Qasim TammSm b. 
Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah al-Razi, 3445. 

Ibn al-Kaiyal, Shams al-Din Abu '1-Barakat 
Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Muhammad al- 
Shafi'i, 3419 (1), 3419 ( 2 ). 

Ibn KathIr, 'Imad al-Din Abu '1-Fida' 
Isma'il b. 'Umar al-Qurashi al-Busrawi al- 
Shafi'i, 3378, 3390 (1), 3390 (2), 3430. 

Ibn al-Kharrat, Abu Muhammad 'Abd al- 
Haqq b. 'Abd al-Rahm3n b. 'Abd Allah al- 
Azdi al-Ishbili, 3264, 3279. 

Ibn al-Labban, Shams al-Din Muhammad b. 
Ahmad b. 'Abd al-Mu'min al-Shafi'i al- 
Shadhili al-Misri al-Is'ardi al-Dimashqi, 
3354- 

Ibn MakI, Husam al-Din 'Ali b. Ahmad al- 
Razi, 3316. 

Ibn Makula, Abu Nasr Hibat Allah b. 'All 
b. Ja'far al-'Ijli, 3349, 

Ibn Malik, Badr al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah 
Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah 
al-Ta'i al-Jaiyani, 3480. 

Ibn al-Marzuban, Abu 'Abd Allah Ahmad b. 
Khalaf b. Muhammad al-Muhauwili, 3493. 



Ibn Marzuq, Shams al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah 
Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Muhammad b. 
Abi Bakr al-Khatib al-Tilimsani al-Maliki, 
3296 (9). 

Ibn Maza, al-Sadr al-Shahid Husam al-Din 
'Umar b. ' Abd al-'Aziz al-Bukhari, 3464 
(0,3464(2). 

Ibn al-Mubarak, 'Abd Allah al-Hanzalial- 
Marwazi, 3427. 

Ibn al-Muhibb, Shams al-Din Abu 'Abd 
Allah Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 
Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Maqdisi al- 
Dimashqi al-Hanbali, 3351. 

Ibn al-Mulaqqin, Siraj al-Din Abu Hafs 
'Umar b. 'Ali b. Ahmad al-Ansari al- 
Andalusi al-Shafi'i, 3335, 3360, 3361, 3366, 
3382 (1), 3382 (2), 3382 (3), 3382 (4), 
3423,3481. 

Ibn al-NadIm, Abu '1-Faraj Muhammad b. 
Ishaq al-Warraq al-Baghdadi, 3315. 

Ibn al-Najjar, Taqi al-Din Muhammad b. 
Ahmad b. 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Hanbali al- 
Misri, 3292 (6). 

Ibn NasIr al-Din, Shams al-Din Abu 'Abd 
Allah Muhammad b. Abi Bakr 'Abd Allah b. 
Muhammad b. Ahmad al-gaisi al-Hamawi 
al-Dimashqi, 3296(5). 

Ibn Qadi 'Ajlun, Najm al-Din Muhammad 
b. 'Abd Allah b. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Zara'i 
al-Dimashqi, 3290. 

Ibn Qadi 'Ajlun, Taqi al-Din Abu '1-Sidq 
Abu Bakr b. 'Abd Allah b. 'Abd al-Rahman 
al-Shafi'i, 3296 (11). 

Ibn Qaiyim al-Jauziya, Shams al-Din Abu 
'Abd Allah Muhammad b. Abi Bakr b. 
Aiyub al-Zara'i al-Dimashqi al-Hanbali, 
3276, 3285, 3292 (11), 3305. 

Ibn al-Qalqashandi, Taqi al-Din Abu '1- 
Fadl 'Abd al-Rahman b. Ahmad b. Isma'il 
al-Qahiri al-Shafi'i, 3467. 

Ibn al-QazwinI, Abu '1-Hasan'Ali b. 'Umar b. 
Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Harbi, 3495 (3). 

Ibn Qudama, MuwafFaq al-Din AbQ Muham- 
mad 'Abd Allah b. Ahmad al-Hanbali al- 
Maqdisi, 3273, 3282, 3296 (1), 3306. 

Ibn Qudama, Shams al-Din Abu '1-Faraj 'Abd 
al-Rahman b. Muhammad b. Ahmad al- 
Maqdisi al-Hanbali, 3269. 



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Ibn Qutaiba, Abu Muhammad 'Abd Allah b. 
Muslim al-Dinawari al-Marwazi, 3370, 
3494- 

Ibn AL-RAF'A,Najm al-Din Ahmad b. Muham- 
mad b. 'Ali al-Misrj al-Shafi'i, 3344. 

Ibn Rajab, Shihab al-Din Ahmad b. Muham- 
mad b. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Tukhi al-Shafi'i, 
3469(3). 

Ibn Rajab, Zain al-Din Abu '1-Faraj 'Abd al- 
Rahman b. Ahmad al-Salimi al-Baghdadi 
al-Hanbali, 3267, 3292 (1), 3292 (2), 
3292 (4), 3292 (5). 

Ibn Saiyid al-Nas, Fath al-Din Abu '1-Fath 
Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad 
b. Ahmad al-Ya'mari al-Andalusi al-Shafi'i, 
3363. 

Ibn al-Salah, Taqi al-Din Abu 'Amr 'Uthman 
b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Uthman b. Musa 
al-Shahrazuri, 3326, 3330, 341 1. 

Ibn Shakir, Salah al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah 
Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Dar3ni al-Dimashqi 
al-Kutubi, 3393. 

Ibn al-SharjshI, Jamal al-Din Muhammad b. 
Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Shafi'i, 3468 (4). 

Ibn al-SId, Abu Muhammad 'Abd Allah b. 
Muhammad al-Batalyausi, 3371. 

Ibn al-SikkIt, Abu Yusuf Ya'qub b. Ishaq, 
3263. 

Ibn SIna, Abu 'Ali al-Husain b. 'Abd Allah, 

3325- 
Ibn al-SunnI, Abu Bakr Ahmad b. Muhammad 

b. Ishaq al-Dinawari, 3303. 
Ibn al-Tahhan, Abu '1-Asbagh 'Abd al-'Aziz 

b. 'Ali b. Muhammad b. 'Abd al-'Aziz al- 

Sulami al-Simati al-Andalusi, 3453 (3), 

3453 (4)- 

Ibn TaimIya, Taqi al-Din Abu '1-' Abbas 
Ahmad b". 'Abd al-Halim b. 'Abd al-Salam 
al-Harrani al-Hanbali, 3292 (8), 3292 (9), 
3292(10), 3296(2), 3296(4). 

Ibn Tulun, Muhammad b. 'Ali b. Muham- 
mad al-Salihi al-Dimashqi al-Hanafi, 3317 

(0» 3317 (2), 3317 (3)>33i7 (4). 3317 
(S)».33.i7.(6), 3317(7), 3317(8), 3317(9), 

3317 (l°), 3317 (")» 3317 (12), 3485 
(l),3485(2), 3485(3), 3485(4). 

Ibn al-Turki, Ahmad b. Ibrahim b. Abi Bakr 
al-Qadiri al-Halabi, 3446. 



Ibn al-Wasitj, Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad 

b. 'Umar b. Ahmad al-Ghamri al-Mahalli, 

3348(0,3348(2). 
Ibn al-YasimInI, Abu Muhammad 'Abd Allah 

b. al-Hajjaj al-Adrini, 3486 (22). 
Ibn ZaknOn, 'Ala' al-Din Abu '1-Hasan 'Ali b. 

Husain b. 'Urwa al-Mashriqi aT-Dimashqi 

al-Hanbali, 3396. 
Ibrahim b. Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Raqqi 

al-Dimashqi, Burhan al-Din Abu Ishaq. 
Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Rahman 

al-gurashi al-Dasuqj, Burhan al-Din Abu 

Ishaq. 
Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. Abi Bakr b. 'Ali 

b. AbI Sharif al-Qudsi al-Shafi'i, Burhan 

al-Din Abu Ishaq. 
Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. 'Abd 

Allah Sibt AbI Muslim b. Abi Salih al- 

Qurashi al-Jallab. 
Ibrahim b. Sultan b. Ahmad al-Dimashqi, 

Burhan al-Din. 
Ibrahim b. Yahya b. Ghann3m al-Harrani al- 

Numairi al-Hanbali al-Maqdisi, Abu '1- 

Tahir. 
Imam al-Haramain, Abu '1-Ma'5li 'Abd al- 

Malik b. 'Abd Allah b. YusuF al-Juwaini, 

34i6. 
al-'Iraqi, Zain al-Din Abu '1-Fadl 'Abd al- 

Rahim b. al-Husain b. 'Abd al-Rahman al- 

Kurdi, 3296 (14), 3381, 3440. 
'Isa b. 'Ali b. 'Isa b. Dawud b. al-Jarrah. 
'Isa b. Ibrahim al-Raba'I. 
al-I?bahani, Shams al-Din Abu -'1-Thana' 

Mahmud b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. Ahmad, 

3331- 
Isma'il b. AbI Bakr al-Muqri' al-Yamani, 

Sharaf al-Din. 
Isma'il b. Hamid b. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Shafi'i 

al-Ansari al-Khazraji al-QusT, Shihab al- 
Din Abu '1-Mahamid. 
Isma'il b. Muhammad b. Bardis al-Ba'li al- 
Hanbali, Abu '1-Fida'. 
Isma'il b. Muhammad b. Hamid al-TamimT 

al-Da'I. 
Isma'il b. 'Umar b. KathIr al-Qurashl al- 

Busrawi al-Shafi'i, 'Imad al-Din Abu '1- 

Fida*. 
al-IsnawI, Jamal al-Din Abu Muhammad 



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'Abd al-Rahim b. al-Hasan b. 'All al- 
Qurashi al-UmawI al-Shafi'i, 3281, 3408. 

Ja'far b. Muhammad b. al-Husain b. al- 

Mustafad al-FiryabI al-Qadi. 
al-JarawanI, Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad b. 

'Abd Allah b. 'Abd al-Mun'im al-Hasani 

al-Shafi'i, 3401. ' 
al-JildakI, 'Izz al-Din 'Ali b. Aidamur b. 

'All, 3258. 

Ka'b B. ZUHAIR, 3486 (6). 

al-KawashT, Muwaffaq al-Din Abu 'l-'Abbas 
Ahmad b. Yusuf b. al-Hasan al-Mausili al- 
Shaibani, 3256. 

Khaithama b. Sulaim3n b. Haidara al- 
TarabulusI, Abu '1-Hasan, 3495 (2). 

Khalid b. Abi '1-Khair al-TibrTzi, Amln al- 
Dln Abu 'l-'Izz. 

Khaz'al b. 'Askar b. Khalil al-Muqri' al- 
Shinna'I, Taqi al-Din. 

al-KhazrajI, Diya' al-Din Abu Muhammad 
'Abd Allah b. 'Uthman, 3486 (18). 

al-Khwarizmi, Muzhir al-Din Abu Muham- 
mad Mahmud b. Muhammad b. al-'AbbSs 
b. Arsalan al-'AbbasI al-Shafi'i, 3443. 

al-Kisa'I, Abu 'Abd Allah (Abu Bakr, Abu 
'1-Hasan) Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah ('Abd 
al-rMalik, Hasan) b. Muhammad, 3455. 

al-Kubra, Najm al-Din Abu '1-Jamal (Abu 
'1-Jannab) Ahmad b. 'Umar b. Muhammad 
al-Khiwaqi, 3296 (6). 

al-Lu'lu'I, Shams al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah 
Muhammad b. 'UthmSn b. Aiyub al- 
Dimashqi al-Shafi'i al-Kutubi, 3287. 

al-Maghribi, Najm al-Din Abu Nasr Fath b. 

Musa b. HammSd al-Shafi'i al-'Umarl, 

3402. 
al-MahamilI, Abu 'Abd Allah al-Husain 

b. Isma'il b. Muhammad al-Dabbi al- 

Baghdadi, 3495 (7). 
Mahmud b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. Ahmad al- 

IsbahanT, Shams al-Din Abu '1-Thana'. 
Mahmud b. Ahmad b. Musa al-'AinI al- 

Hanafi, Badr al-Din Abu Muhammad (Abu 

'i-Thana'). 



Mahmud b. Muhammad b. al-'Abbas b. 

Arsalan al-'AbbSsi al-Khwarizm! al-Shafi'i, 

Muzhir al-Din Abu Muhammad. 
Mahmud b. Salman b. Fahd al-Halabi al- 

Hanbali, Shihab al-Din Abu 'l-Thana*. 
Mahmud b. 'Umar al-Zamakhshari, Abu '1- 

Qasim. 
al-MajrijI* Abu '1-Qasim Maslama b. Ahmad 

al-Qurtubl [ascr.], 3313. 
Maki b. Hammush b. Mukhtar al-QaisI al- 
Muqri', Abu Muhammad. 
al-ManbijI, Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 

Muhammad al-Salihi al-Hanbali, 3321. 
al-ManInI, Abu '1-Najah Ahmad b. 'Ali al- 

'Adawi al-Dimashqi al-'Uthmani, 3488. 
al-MaqdisI, Abu '1-Tahir (Abu Ishaq) 

Ibrahim b. Yahya b. Ghannam al-Harrani 

al-Numairi al-Hanbali, 3484. 
al-MaqdisI, Fath al-Din Abu 'l-'Abbas Ahmad 

b. 'Uthman b. Hibat AUah al-Tabib, 

3425 (0- 
al-MaqdisI, Shams al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah 

Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Sa'id al-Hanbali 

al-Nabulusi al-Dimashqi al-Halabi al- 

Makki, 3292 (7). 
al-MarghInanI, Zain al-Din Abu '1-Fath 'Abd 

al-Rahim b. Abi Bakr b. 'Ali al-Farghani al- 

Rishtani, 3476. 
al-MaridinI, Shams al-Din Muhammad b. 

Fakhr al-Din b. 'Uthman al-Shafi'i, 3469 

(I)- 
Maslama b. Ahmad al-MajrIjI al-Qur^ubi, 

Abu '1-Qasim. 
Mas'ud b. 'Umar al-TaftazanI, Sa'd al-Din. 
al-MausilI, Abu Haf? 'Umar b. Badr b. 

Sa'id, 3414. 
al-Mubarak b. Muhammad b. Muha mma d 

b. al-AthIr al-Shaibani al-Jazari, Majd al- 
Din Abu '1-Sa'adat. 
al-Mufaddal b. 'Umar al-AbharI, Athir al- 

Din. 
Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Da'im b. Musa al- 

Nu'aimi al-'Asqalani al-Birmawi al-Shafi'i, 

Shams al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah. 
Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah b. 'Abd al-Mun'im 

al-Hasani al-JarawanT al-Shafi'i, Abu 'Abd 

Allah. 
Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah b. 'Abd al-Rahman 



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b. Qadi 'Ajlun al-Zara'i al-Dimashqi, 

Najm al-Din. 
Muhammad b. 'Abd Alllh b. Ahmad b. Habib 

al-'Amiri al-Baghdadi, Jamal al-Islam Abu 

Bakr. 
Muhammad b. 'Abd AUeh b. Ahmad al- 

TimirtashI al-Ghazzi al-Hanafi, Shams al- 
Din Abu Salih. 
Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah al-Hanafi al- 

AnsarI, Badr al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah. 
Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah b. al-Husain b. 

Akhi MImI al-Daqqaq al-Baghdadi, Abu 

'1-Husain. 
Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah b. Muhammad b. 

Ahmad b. NasIr al-DIn al-Qaisi al-Hamawi 

al-Dimashqi, Shams al-Din Abu 'Abd 

Allah. 
Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah b. Muhammad 

al-Kisa'I, Abu 'Abd Allah. 
Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah b. Muhammad al- 

RashidI al-Qahiri al-Shafi'i, Shams al-Din 

Abu 'Abd Allah. 
Muhammad b. 'Abd al-RahmSn b. al-'Abbas 

al-Mukhallis, Abu Tahir. 
Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muham- 
mad al-SakhawT al-Shafi'i, Shams al-Din 

Abu '1-Khair. 
Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahid Ghulam 

Tha'lab al-Zahid al-Mutarriz al-Warraq 

al-Baghdadi, Abu 'Umar. 
Muhammad b. Abi Bakr b. 'Abd al-Muhsin 

al-RazI al-Hanafi, Zain al-Din. 
Muhammad b. Abi Bakr b. Aiyflb b, Qaiyim 

al-JauzIya al-Zara'i al-Dimashqi al-Han- 

bali, Shams al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah. 
Muhammad b. Abi Bakr al-BakrT al-Shafi'i, 

Badr al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah. 
Muhammad b. Ahmad b. 'Abd al-'AzIz b. al- 

Najjar al-Hanbali al-Misri, Taqi al-Din. 
Muhammad b. Ahmad b. 'Abd Allah b. 'Is3 

al-YunInI al-Hanbali, Taqi al-Din Abu 

'Abd Allah. 
Muhammad b. Ahmad b. 'Abd al-Mu'min 

b. al-Labban al-Shafi'i al-Shadhili : al-Misri 

al-Is'ardi al-Dimashqi, Shams al-Din. 
Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Abi Bakr b. Farh 

al-AnsarT al-QurtubI, Shams al-Din. 
Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Jabir al-Hauwari 

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al-Andalusi al-Darir, Shams al-Din Abu 

'Abd Allah. ' 
Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Muhammad b. 'Abd 

Allah al-Bakri al-Andalusi al-SharIshI, 

Jamal al-Din Abu Bakr. 
Muhammad b- Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Abi 

Bakr b. M A RZ"Q al-Khatib al-Tihmsani al- 

Maliki, Shams al-Din Abfl 'Abd Allah. 
Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Muhammad al- 

FasI al-Miknasi, Abu 'Abd Allah. 
Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Muhammad b. al- 

Kaiyal al-Shafi'i, Shams al-Din Abu '1- 

Barakat. 
Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Muhammad b. al- 

SharIshI al-Shafi'i, Jamal al-Din. 
Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Sa'id al-Hanbali 

al-MaqdisI al-Nabulusi al-Dimashqi al- 

Halabi al-Makki, Shams al-Din Abfl 'Abd 

Allah. 
Muhammad b. Ahmad b. 'Uthman b, QaimSz 

al-Dhahabi al-Turkumani al-Fariqi al- 

Shafi'I, Shams al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah. 
Muhammad b. 'All b. A'tham al-Kufi. 
Muhammad b. 'All b. Maimun Abu '1- 

Ghana'im Ubaiy al-Narsi, Abu '1-' Abbas. 
Muhammad b. 'Ali b. Muhammad b. Tulun 

al-Salihi al-Dimashqi al-Hanafi. 
Muhammad b. 'Ali b. Wahb b. Daqiq al-'Id 

al-Manfaluti, Taqi al-Din Abu '1-Fath. 
Muhammad b. Bahadur b. 'Abd Allah al- 

Turki al-Misri al-Zarkashi, Badr al-Din 

Abu 'Abd Allah. 
Muhammad b. Fakhr al-Din b. 'Uthman al- 

MaridInI al-Shafi'i, Shams al-Din. 
Muhammad b. Futuh b. 'Abd Allah al- 

Humaidi al-Andalusi al-Mayurqi, Abu 'Abd 

Allah. 
Muhammad b. al-Hasan b. Duraid, Abu Bakr. 
Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Naqqash al- 

Mausili, Abu Bakr. 
Muhammad b. Husain al-Andalusi al-Ansari 

al-Qisti, Abu 'l-Jaish Abu 'Abd Allah. 
Muhammad b. al-Husain b. Musa ajl-SulamI 

al-Azdi al-Nisaburi, Abu 'Abd al-Rahm3n. 
Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. 'Abd Allah b. 

Jama'a al-MaqdisI al-Shafi'i, Najm al-Din 

Abu '1^-Baqa'. 
Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Muhammad b 



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Muqbil al-Khapb al-BilbaisI al-MaqdisI 

al-Dimashql al-Wafa'i al-Shafi'I, Shams al- 

Dln Abu '1-Fath. 
Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Sa'id b. al-Akfani 

al-Sinjari al-Misri al-Ansari al-Sakhawi, 

Shams al-Din Abu 'Abd Aliah. 
Muhammad b. Ibrahim al-SalamI, Abu 'Abd 

Allah. 

Muhammad b. Idris al-Shafi'T. 

Muhammad b. Ishaq b. al-NadJm al-Warr3q 
al-Baghdadi, Abu '1-Faraj. 

Muhammad b. Isma'il b. Ibrahim al-Ju'fi al- 
BukharI, Abu 'Abd Allah. 

Muhammad Khalil b. 'All b. Muhammad 
Murad al-MuradI al-Husaini al-Hanafl, 
Abu '1-Fadl. ' - 

Muhammad b. Mahmud al-SamarqandI. 

Muhammad b. Muflih b. Mufarrij al-Qaquni 
al-Ramlni al-MaqdisI al-Hanball, Shams 
al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah. 

Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Karim 
b. al-Athir al-Jazari, Diya' al-Din Abu 
'l-FutuhNa§r Allah. 

Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah 
b. Malik al-Ta'i al-Jaiyani, Badr al-Din 
Abu 'Abd Allah. 

Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 'Abd al- 
Rahman b. Imam al-Kamiliya al-Qahirl al- 
Shafi'i, Kamal al-Din Abu Muhammad. 

Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Abl Bakr b. 'All 
b. AbI SharIf al-QudsI al-Shafi'I, Kamal al- 
Din Abu '1-Ma'ali. 

Muhammad b, Muhammad b. Ahmad al- 
Qalyubi al-Qahiri al-Shafi'I al-Ansari al- 
Hijazi, Shams al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah. 

Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Ahmad Si bt 
al-Maridini al-Fakihani al-Shafi'I, Badr al- 
Din Abu 'Abd Allah. 

Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 'All b. al- 
Imam pl-Gharnati al-'Asqalani al-Misrl, 
Taqi al-Din Abu '1-Fath. 

Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 'All b. Mu- 
hammad al-Ta'i al-HamadhanI, Abu '1- 
Futuh. 

Muhammad b. Muhammad al-GhazalI, Abu 
Hamid. 

Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 
Ahmad al-DalajI, Shams al-Din. 



Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 

Ahmad b. al-Muhibb al-MaqdisI al- 

Dimashqi al-Hanbali, Shams al-Din Abu 

'Abd Allah. ' 

Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 

Ahmad b. Saiyid al-Nas al-Ya'mari al- 

Andalusi al-Shafi'I, Fath al-Din Abu '1-Fath. 

Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad 

b. al-Jazari al-Qurashl al-Dimashql al- 

Shirazi, Shams al-Din Abu '1-Khair. 

Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 

Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah b. Fahd al- 

Hashimi al-Makkl al-Shafi'I, Taqi al-Din 

Abu '1-Fadl. 

Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad 

al-Salihi al-Manbiji al-Hanball. 
Muhammad b. Musa al-DamIri, Kamal al- 
Din. 
Muhammad b. Musa b. Muhammad al- 

Hudhbani, Nasir al-Din Abu '1-Fadl. 
Muhammad b. al-Qasim b. Ma'ruf b. HabIb 

b. Abi Nasr al-Dimashql, Abu 'All. 
Muhammad al-Sa'd! al-Maliki, Taqi al-Din 

Abu 'Abd Allah. 
Muhammad b. Sa'id al-Dalasi al-BusTrI al- 

Sanhajl, Sharaf al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah. 
Muhammad b. Shakir b. Ahmad al-Darani 
al-Dimashql al-Kutubi, Salah al-Din Abu 
'Abd Allah. 
Muhammad b. Talha b. Muhammad al- 
Qurashi al-'Adawi al-Nasibi al-Halabl, 
Kamal al-Din Abu Salim. 
Muhammad b. 'Ubaid Allah b. Muhammad b. 

al-Shakhir al-SairafI, Abu Bakr. 
Muhammad b. 'Umar b. Ahmad b. al- 
Wasiti al-Ghamri al-Mahalli, Abu 'Abd 
Allah^ 
Muhammad b. 'Umar b. al-Husain b. al- 
Khatlb al-RazI, Fakhr al-Din Abu 'Abd 
Allah. 
Muhammad b. 'Uthman b, Aiyub al-Lu'lu'I 
al-Dimashql al-Shafi'i al-.Kutubl, Shams al- 
Dln Abu 'Abd Allah. 
Muhammad b. Ya'qub b. Ishaq b. AkhI 
Hizam al-Khuttuli, Nasir al-Din Abu 'Abd 
Allah. 
Muhammad b. Yusuf b. 'Ali al-Gharnati al- 
Jaiyanl, AthlT al-Din Abu Haiyan. 



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Muhsin b. 'All b. Mansur al-Husainl al- 

Dashtaki, Abu Muhammad. 
al-Mtjjchallis, Abu Tahir Muhammad b. 

'Abd al-Rahman b. al-'Abb5s, 3495 (1). 
Mukhtar b. Mahmud b. Muhammad al-Zahid! 

al-Ghazmini, Najm al-Din Abu '1-Raja'. 
Muntakhab al-Din b. Abi 'l-'lzz b. Rashid 

al-Din al-Hamdani al-Muqri' al-Shafi'i. 
al-MuradI, Abu '1-Fadl Muhammad Khalil 

b. 'All b. Muhammad Murad al-Husainl 

al-Hanafi, 3483. 
Muslim b. al-Hajjaj al-Qushairi al-Nisaburi, 

3324, 3384. 

al-NabulusI, 'Abd al-GMni b. Isma'll b. 'Abd 

al-Ghani al-Maqdisi .1. Dimashqi, 3260 (1), 

3260 (2), 3358, 3500. 
al-Naqqash, Abu Bakr Muhammad b. al- 
Hasan al-Mausili, 3389. 
al-Nasafi, Hafiz al-Dln Abu '1-Barakat 'Abd 

Allah b. Ahmad, 3404, 3439, 3450. 
Nasr b. Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Ibrahim al- 

SamarqandT, Abu '1-Laith. 
al-Nawawi, Muhyi al-Dln Abu Zakariya' 

Yahyab. Sharafb. Muri, 3255, 3271, 3380, 

3398, 3486 (3). 
al-NIsaburI, Nizam al-Dln al-Hasan b. 

Muhammad b, al-Husain al-A'raj al- 

Qummi, 3387. 
al-Nu'aimI, Muhyl al-Dln Abu '1-Mafakhir 

'Abd al-Qadir b. Muhammad b. 'Umar al- 

Shafi'i, 3431. 

AL-Nu'MANl,Ahmadb. Mahmudb. Muhar-mad, 
3418. 

Qa'im al-Zaman, Hamza b. 'Ali b. Ahmad, 
3373 (2), 3373 (3), 3373 (4). 3373 (S). 
3373 (6), 3373 (7), 3373 (8), 3373 (9). 
3373 (10), 3373 (11), 3373 (12), 3373 
03). 3373 (i4), 3373 (19). 3373 (20), 
3373 (25), 3373 (28), 3373 (29)- 

al-Qaisi, Abu Muhammad Maki b. Ham- 
mush b. Mukhtar al-Muqri\ 3453 (2). 

al-QaqOni, Shams al-Dln Abu 'Abd Allah 
Muhammad b. Muf'lih b, Mufarrij al- 
Ramlnl al-Maqdisi al-Hanbali, 3275. 

al-Qasim b. 'All b. Muhammad al-HarirI, 
Abu Muhammad. 



al-Qasim b. al-Fadl b. Ahmad al-ThaqafI, 

Abu 'Abd Allah. 
al-Qasim b. al-Husain al-DamrXghi al- 

Ghaznawi, Sharaf al-Dln. 
Qasim b. Muhammad al-Haiyad, Najm al- 
Din, 
al-Oazwini, Najm al-Dln 'Abd al-Ghaffar b. 

'Abd al-Karlm al-Shafi'i, 3318 (2). 
al-QazwinI, Zakariya' b. Muhammad b. 

Mahmud, 3489. 
al-Qurashi, Abu Muhammad 'Abd Allah b. 

Wahb b. Muslim al-Fihrl al-Misrl, 3497. 
al-QurxubI, Shams al-Dln Muhammad b. 

Ahmad b. Abi Bakr b. Farh al-Ansari, 3327, 

33 2 9» 3357- 
al-Qusi, Shihab al-Din Abu '1-Mahamid 
Isma'il b. Hamid b. 'Abd al-Rahman al- 
Shafi'i al-Ansari al-Khazraji. 

ai-Raba'T, 'Isa b. Ibrahim, 3365. 

al-Rafi'I Abu '1-gasim 'Abd al-Karim b. 

Muhammad al-Qazwini, 3391, 3405, 3409, 

347L3472. 
al-RaqqI, Burhan al-Din Abu Ishaq Ibrahim 

b. Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Dimashqi, 

3435- 
al-RashTdi, Shams al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah 

Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah b. Muhammad 

al-Qahiri al-Shafi'7, 3309 (2). 
al-Raz!, Fakhr al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah 

Muhammad b. 'Umar b. al-Husain b. al- 

Khatib, 3374, 3479. 
al-Razi, Zain (Taj) al-Din Muhammad b. 

Abi Bakr b. 'Abd al-Muhsin al-Hanafi, 

3466. 

al-SabI, Abu '1-Husain Hilal b. al-Muhassin 
b. Ibrahim, 3333. 

al-Sa'di, Taqi al-Din Abu 'Abd ' Allah 
Muhammad al-Malikl, 3406 (5). 

al-SaghanI, Radi al-Din Abu '1-Fada'il al- 
Hasan b. Muhammad b. al-Hasan al- 
'Adawi al- Hindi al-Hanafi, 3415. 

al-SairafI, Abu Bakr Muhammad b. 'Ubaid 
Allah b. Muhammad b. al-Shakhir, 3413. 

al-Sakhawi, Shams al-Din Abu '1-Khair 
Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muham- 
mad al-Shafi'i, 3463. 



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al-SalamI, Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad b. 

Ibrahim, 3288. 
al-SalihI, Abu '1-Safa' 'Abd al-Rahman b. 

TaqI al-Dln b. Abi Bakr b. Dawud al- 
Hanbali, 3270. 
al-SalihI, Taqi al-Din Abu '1-Safa' Abu Bakr 

b. Dawud b. 'Isa al-Qadiri al-Hanbali, 

3296 (7). 
al-SalihI, Zain al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi 

Bakr b. Dawud al-Dimashqi al-Hanbali, 

3296(13). 
al-SamarqandI, Abu '1-Laith Nasr b. 

Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Ibrahim, 3322. 
al-SamarqandI, Muhammad b. Mahmud, 

3369 (1). 
al-Sarkhadi, Jamal al-Dln Abu Sulaiman 

Dawud b. Mahmud b. Mufarrij al-Tamlmi 

al-Misrl al-Shafi'I al-Ash'ari, 3296 (11). 
al-Shafi'i, Muhammad b. Idrls, 3385, 3434. 
Shaidhala, Abu '1-Ma'alI 'Azlzi b. 'Abd al- 

Malik b. Mansur al-Jili, 3437. 
al-SharIshI, Jamal al-Din Abu Bakr Muham- 
mad b. Ahmad b. Muhammad b. 'Abd 

Allah al-Bakri al-Andalusi, 3456. 
al-Shinna'I, Taqi al-Din Khaz'al b. 'Askar b. 

Khalil al-Muqri', 3453 (5). 
Shu'aib b. al-Hasan al-Maghribi al-Ansari al- 
Andalusi al-Tilimsani, Abu Madyan. 
al-Shumunni, Taqi al-Dln Abu 'l-'Abbas 

Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 

Hasan al-Tamimi al-Dari, 3304. 
Sibt AbI Muslim, Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. 

Ibrahim b. 'Abd Allah b. Abi Salih al- 

Qurashi al-Jallab, 3452 (2). 
Sibt al-MaridinI, Badr al-Din AbQ 'Abd 

Allah Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Ahmad 

al-Fakihani al-Shafi'i, 3362 (5). 
al-SIrajI, Shihab al-Din Abu 'l-'Abbas Ahmad 

b. Yusuf b. Muhammad al-Halluji al- 

Shafi'l, 3299. 
al-Subki, Taj al-Din Abu Nasr 'Abd al- 

Wahhab b. 'Ah' b. 'Abd al-Kafi al-Shafi'i, 

3336. 
al-Subki, Taqi al-Din 'All b. 'Abd al-Kafi, 

3406 (6). 
al-SuhailI, Abu '1-Qasim (Abu Zaid) 'Abd 

al-Rahman b. 'Abd Allah b. Ahmad al- 

Khath'ami, 3294. 



al-SuhrawardI, Shihab al-Din Abu 'Abd 
Allah 'Umar b. Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah, 

334°> 3495 (9)- 

Sulaiman b. Wuhaib al-Adhra'I, Sadr al-Din 
Abu '1-Rabi'. 

al-Sulami, Abu 'Abd al-Rahman Muhammad 
b. al-Husain b. Musa al-Azdi al-Nisaburi, 
3362 (4), 3495 (5). 

al-Sulami, Nasir al-Haqq 'Izz al-Din 'Abd 
al-'Aziz b. 'Abd al-Salam, 3406 (1), 3406 
(2). 

al-Suyuti, Jalal al-Din Abu '1-Fadl 'Abd al- 
Rahman b. Abi Bakr b. Muhammad al- 
Khudairl al-Shafi'i, 3407 (2), 3420 (3), 
3420 (4), 3420 (5). 

al-Taftazani, Sa'd al-Din Mas'ud b. 'Umar, 

3465- 
al-Tahawi, Abu Ja'far Ahmad b. Muhammad 

b. Salama al-Hajri al-Azdi, 3495 (12). 
Tahir b. Ahmad b. 'Abd al-Rashid al- 

Bukhari, Iftikhar al-Din. 
al-Talyani, Jamal al-Din 'Abd Allah b. 

Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Abi 'l-'Ala', 

3296 (8). 
al-TamimI, Isma'il b. Muhammad b. Hamid 

al-Da'i, 3373 (22), 3373 (23), 3373 (24), 

3373 (26). 
Tammam b. Muhammad b, 'Abd Allah b. al- 

Junaid al-Razi, Abu '1-Qasim. 
al-Tha'labi, Abu IshSq Ahmad b. 

Muhammad b. Ibrahim al-Nisaburi, 3438. 
al-Thaqafi, Abu 'Abd Allah al-Qasim b. al- 

Fadl b. Ahmad, 3492. 
al-TibrIzi, 'Abd Allah b. 'Umar b. 

Muhammad, 3403. 
al-TibrIzT, Amin al-Dln Abu 'l-'Izz Khalid 

b. Abi '1-Khair, 3397. 
al-Timirtashi, Shams al-Dln Abu Salih 

Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah b. Ahmad al- 

Ghazzi al-Hanafi, 3352 (1), 3352 (2). 

'Ubaid Allah b. al-Hasan b. Ahmad b. al- 
Haddad al-Isbahani, Abu Nu'aim. 

Ubaiy, Abu 'l-'Abbas Muhammad b. 'AH b. 
Maimun Abu '1-Ghana'im al-Narsi, 3490. 

al-'Ukbari, Muhibb al-Din Abu '1-Baqa 5 Abd 
Allah b. Husain al-Hanbali, 3388. 



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'Umar b. 'Abd al-'AzIz b. MXza al-Bukhari, 

al-Sadr al-Shahld Husam al-Din. 
'Umar b. 'All b. 'Adil al-Hanball al-Dimashqi, 

Siraj al-Din Abu Hafs. 
'Umar b. 'All b. Ahmad b. al-Mulaqqin al- 

AnsSrl al-Andalusi al-Shafi'i, Siraj al-Din 

Abu Hafs. 
'Umar b. Badr b. Sa'id al-MausilI, Abu Hafs. 
'Umar b. Dawud b. Sulaiman al-FarisI, Zain 

al-Din Abu Hafs. 
'Umar b. Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah al-Suh- 

rawardI, Shihab al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah. 
'Umar b. RaslSn al-BulqIni al-Kinanl al- 

'Asqalani, Sirlj al-Din Abu Hafs. 
'Uthman b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Uthman b. 

Musa B. al-Salah al-i hrazuri, Taqi al- 

Din Abu 'Amr. 

al-WahidI, Abu '1-Hasan 'All b. Ahmad b. 

Muhammad b. 'Ali al-Nisaburl, 3278. 
al-WanughI, Yusuf b. Ibrahim al-Maghribi 

al-Hanafi, 3 3 1 1 . 

Yahya b. 'Isa b. Jazla, Sharaf al-Din Abu 'Ali. 
YahyS b. Muhammad b. Hubaira al-Shaibanl 

al-Hanball, 'Aun al-Din Abu '1-Muzaffar. 
YahyS b. Sharaf b. Murl al-Nawawi, Muhyl 

al-Din Abu Zakariya'. 
al-Yamani, Sharaf al-Din Isma'il b. Abl Bakr 

al-Muqri', 34.22. 



Ya'qub b. Ishaq b. ai-Sikkit, Abu Yusuf. 
al-YuninI, Taqi al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah 

Muhammad b. Ahmad b. 'Abd Allah b. 

'Isa al-Hanbali, 3307 (8). 
Yusuf b. Ibrahim al-Maghribi al-WanuchI 

al-Hanafi. 
Yusuf b. Mahmud b. Muhammad al-RazI al- 

ZahranT. 

al-Zahidi, Najm al-Din Abu '1-Raja' Mukhtar 
b. Mahmud b. Muhammad al-Ghazmlni, 

3399 ( T )> 3399 ( 2 )> 3399 (3)» 3399 (4)- 
. al-Zahrani, Yusuf b. Mahmud b. Muhammad 

al-Razi,_3449. 
Zain al-'Abidin, 'All b, al-Husain al-Sajjad 

[ascr.], 3486 (5). 
Zakariya' b. Muhammad b. al-Ansari al- 

Sumaiki al-Shafi'i, Zain al-Din Abu Yahya. 
Zakariya' b. Muhammad b. Mahmud al- 

QazwIni. 
al-Zamakhshari, Abu '1-Qasim Mahmud b. 

'Umar, 3253, 3261, 3337. 
al-Zanjani, 'Izz al-Din Abu '1-Fada'il 'Abd 

al-Wahhab b. Ibrahim b. 'Abd a'l-Wahhab 

al-Khazraji, 3318 (1). 
al-ZarkashI, Badr al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah 

Muhammad b. Bahadur b. 'Abd Allah al- 

Turki al-Misri, 3314. 
Zuhair b. Harb al-Nasa'i al-Shaibani, Abu 

Khaithama. 



INDEX OF TITLES 



Adab al-kdtib by Ibn Qutaiba, 3370. 

Adab al-kdtib by Ibn Qutaiba, see al-Iqtiddb 

ft sharh Adab al-kuttdb. 
Adab al-qadd' by al-Ghazzi, see 'Imdd al- 

ridd* bi-baydn Adab al-qadd'. 
Adab al-qddi by al-KhassSf, see Sharh Adab 

al-qddi. 
Ahddith al-diydfa by al-Salihi, 3296 (7). 
Ahdsin ai-m ahdsin by al-Raqql, 3435. 
Ahna '/-mand'ih fi asnd 'l-madd'th by Ibn 

Fahd, 3310. 
'Ain al-haqiqa min al-tdriqa by al-Samarqandl, 

3369(1). 
'Ajd'ib al-makhliiqdt wa-ghard'ib al-maujuddt 

by al-Qazwini, 3489. 
Ajwiba Masd'i/ al-Bdrizi by Ibn al-Sharlshl, 

3468 (4). 
al-Akhbdr bi-wafdt al-Mukhtdr by Ibn Nasir 

al-Din, 3296(5). - 

al-AJfdz al-kitdbiya by al-Hamadhanl, 3377. 
al-Alfiya by al-'IrSql, see Sharh al-Alfiya. 
al-Alfiya fi 'l-nahw by Ibn Malik, see ai- 

Nahjat al-mardiya sharh al-Alfiya* 
al-Alfiya fi 'l-nahw by Ibn Malik; see Sharh 

al-Khuldsa. 
al-Alfiya ft 'l-nahw by Ibn Malik, see 

Shawdhid al-Alfiya. 
al-Amdli by Ibn al-Jarrah, 3495 (4). 
Amdli al-Mahdmili by al-Mahamili, 3495 (7). 
al-Amdli al-mutlaqa by Ibn al-Qalqashandi, 

3467. 
al-Anjum al : zdhirdt 'aid hall alfdz 

al-Waraqat by al-Maridini, 3469 (1). 
il-Anjum al-zdhirat al-nurdniyat al-Muham- 
madiyafi 'l-fariqat al-Siifiyat al-Bustdmiyat 
al-Suhrawardiya [Anon.], 3356. 
tl-Afiwd' by al-Sulamf, 3406 (2). 
tl-Anwd' by al-Sulami, see Sharh al-Anwa '. 
fyhorisms by Hippocrates, 3341 (2). 
tl- Aqiba fi ' l-bahth by Ibn al-Kharrat, 3264. 
Ard'is al-tnajdlis fi qisas al-anbiyd' by al- 

Tha'labi, 3438. 
tl-Arba'infi irshdd al-sdlikin ild matidzil al- 

muttaqin by al-HamadhSni, 3459. 
l-Arba'in fi 'l-tasauwuf by al-Sulami, 3362 
(4). 



al-Arba'un hadith an tnin al-abddl by Ibn 

Tulun, 3317 (4). 
al-Arba'un hadith"" min al-muwdfiqdt by Ibn 

Tulun, 3317 (5). 
al-'Ariid al-Andalusi by Abu '1-Jaish, 3486 

(21). 
Asrdr al-'arabiya by al-Anbarl, 3453 (1). 
' Awdrif al-ma' drif by al-Suhrawardl, 3340. 

Bad* al-dunyd wa-qisas al-anbiyd* by al-Kisa'l, 
3455- 

al-Bahjat al-Wardiya by Ibn al-Wardl, see 
al-Ghnrar al-bahiya fi sharh' al-Bahjat al- 
fVardiya. 

al-Bahth wd'l-nashr by al-Baihaqi, 3280. 

Bdnat Su'ddby Ka'b b. Zuhair, 3486 (6). 

al-Basiffi 'l-furu' by al-Ghazali, 3379. 

Baydn fadl \ilm al-salaf 'aid "tint al-khalaf 
by Ibn Rajab, 3292 (1). 

al-Biddya waU-nihaya by Ibn Kathir, 3378. 

Bughyat al-bdhith 'an jumal al-mawdrith by 
Ibn al-Mutaqqina, see Sharh Ghunyat al- 
bdhith, 

Daf al-bas fi tark musdhabat al-nds by Ibn 

Tulun, 3485 (1). 
Daf shubah man shabbaha wa-tamarrad wa- 

nasaba dhdlika ila 'l-Saiyid al-jalil al-Imdm 

Ahmad by al-Hisnl, 3406 (4). 
Dati* al-sdri ild ma'rifa ruyat al-Bdri by Abu 

Shama, 3307 (3). 
Dat? al-sirdj fimd qila fi 'l-nassdj by Ibn 

Tulun, 3317 ( 1 1). 
Datir al-falak fi htiktn al-ma' al-musta'mal fi 

'l-birak by Ibn Tulun, 3485 (3). 
Dhikr man ishtahara bi-kunyatih min al-a'ydn 

by al-Dhahabi, 3458 (3). 
Dhikr ma'rifat al-arba' wa-khamsin farida 

[Anon.], 3373 (30). 
Dhikr ma'rifat al-Imdm [Anon.], 3373 (18). 
al-Dhttll wd 'l-inkisdr HI- Aziz al-Jabbdr by 

Ibn Rajab, 3292 (4). 
al-Dirdya li-ahkdm al-Ri'dya by Ibn al- 

Barizi, 3486 (1). 
Diwdn by al-Mutanabbl, see Sharh Diwdn al- 

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Diwdn al-khutab [Anon.], 3309 (1). 
al-Du'd' al-mustajdb [Anon.], 3373 (16). 
al-Dutr al-nazimfi akhbdr Mtisd al-Kalim by 

Ibn Jama'a, 3461. 
al-Durrat al-alfiya by al-Zawawi, see al- 

Ta'liqdt al-wafiya bi-shark al-Durrat cl- 

alfiya. 
al-Durrat al-mudi' a fi qird'dt al-a'immat al- 

thaldthat al-tnardiya by Ibn al-Jazari, 3486 

(14). 
al-Durrat al-naiyira min al-Riydd al-nadira by 

al-Bilbaisi, 3400 (3). 

Elementa by Euclid, see Isldh al- Us/uqusdt. 

Fd'ida/i shurut al-wudu' [Anon.], 3486 (4). 
Fd'ida mu'lima bi 'l-zajr 'an mukhdlafat al- 

zalama [Anon.], 3296 (15). 
al-Fard'id by al-Zahidi, 3399 (1). 
al-Farid ft i'rdb al-Qur'dn al-majid, by al- 

Hamdani, 3395. 
Faff al-khawdtim fimd qila fi 'l-wald'im by 

IbnTulun, 3317 (9). 
Fatdwi Ibn al-Saldh by Ibn al-Salah, 3326. 
al-Fatdwt al-mdjmu'a [Anon.], 3330. 
Fath al- 'Aziz J 7" sharh al-Wajiz by al-Rafi*I, 

339 J > 347L 3472. 
Fath al-Qarib bi-sharh Mawdhib al-MujJb by 

al-Maninl, 3488. 
Fatwafi 'l-samd' by Ibn Taimlya, 3292 (10). 
Fatyd by Ibn Taimlya, 3292 (9). 
al-Fawd'id al- await al-muntaqdt by al- 

Thaqafi, 3492. 
al-Fawd'id fi sharh al-Zawd'id by al-AqfahsI, 

34IO- 
Fawd'idal-Hadith by Ibn al-Junaid, 3445. 
Fawd'idlbnHabib by Ibn Hablb, 3495 (11). 
al-Fawd'id al-muntaqdt 'an al-s/iuyfikh al- 

' await by Sibf Abl Muslim, 3452 (2). 
al-Fawd'id al-muntaqdt al-ghard'ib al-hisdn by 

Ibn al-Qazwinl, 3495 (3). 
al-Fawd'id al-muntaqdt al-ghard'ib al-hisdn by 

al-Mukhallis, 3495 (1). 
al-Fawd'id al-muntaqdt al-ghard'ib al-hisdn 

'an al-shuyukh al-'awdli by Ibn Akhi Mlml, 

3452 (1). 
al-Fawd'id al-muntaqdt al-ghard'ib al-hisdn 

'an al-shuyukh al-'awdli by al-Sairafi, 3413. 



al-Fawd'id al-saniya f\ sharh al-Alfiya by al- 

Birmawl, 3359. 
al-Fihrist by Ibn al-Nadlm, 3315. 
Fihrist mu'allafdt al-Suyuti by al-Suyuti, 

34 20 (3)- 
al-F'tqh al-ndfi' by al-Samarqandl, see al- 

Manafi' fifawd'id al-Ndfi'. 
al-Fiqh al-ndfi' by al-Samarqandl, see al- 

Mu staff a min al-mustaufd. 
Fi 'l-taswiya baina Haddathand wa-baina 

Akhbarandby al-TahSwI, 3495 (12). 
al-Furu'fi 'l-fiqh by al-Q5quni, 3275. 
Fuful Abuqrdt by Hunain b. Ishaq, 3341 (2). 
Fuft'tl al-badd'i' li-iifiil al-shard't by al- 

FanSrl, see Kashf al-shawdrid wa' l-mawdni' . 
Fitsul al-ihkdm fi tifiil al-ahkdm by al-Marghl- 

nSni, 3476. 
Fufitf al-hikam by Ibn 'ArabI, see Hall mush- 

kildt masd'il Fusfif al-hikam. 
Fustlf al-hikam by Ibn 'ArabI, see Sharh al- 

Fttstif 'aid lisdn ahl al-lubb wa'l-kht/suf. 
al-Futuh by Ibn A'tham, 3272. 
Fttttlh al-Wahhdb by al-Hudhbani, 3394. 

Gharib al-Hadith by Ibn Qutaiba, 3494. 
al-Gharibain fi 'l-Qur'dtt wa'l-Hadith by al- 

Harawl, 3364. 
Ghdyat al-hakim attr. to al-Majriti, 3313. 
Ghdyat al-ikhtifdr by al- Isfahan!, see Sharh al- 

Ghdya. 
al-Ghdyat al-quswd by al-BaidawI, 3298. 
Ghdyat al-tahrir al-jdmi' by al-Wanughi, see 

Kashf al-shawdrid wa' l-mawdni'. 
Ghttnyat al-bdhith 'an jumal al-mawdrith by 

Ibn al-Mutaqqina, see Sharh Ghunyat al- 
bdhith. 
Ghttnyat al-labib 'inda ghaibat al-fabib by 

Ibn al-AkfSnl, 3478. 
al-Ghurar al-bahiya fi- sharh al-Bahjat al- 

Wardiya by Ibn al-Ansari, 3421, 3432. 
Ghurar al-baldgha by al-Sabl, 3333. 
al-Ghurar wa'l-durar by al-Zahidi, 3349 (2). 

Hddi 'l-quliib ild 'Alldm al-ghttytib by al-Bunl, 
see al-Muntaqd min kitdb Hddi 'l-quliib ild 
'Alldm al-ghuyub. 

Hadith Abi 'l-Hasan al-Asadi by al-Asadi, 
3495 (6)- 



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Hadith al-Sulami by al-Sulami, 3495 (5). 

Hall mushkildt masd'il Fusils al-hikam by al- 
Hamadhanl, 3257. 

al-Haqiqa wa'l-majdz ft rihla bildd al-Sham 
wa-Mhr wa'l-Hijdz by al-NabulusI, 3358. 

Hay at al-hayawdn by al-Damirl, 3451. 

Hirz al-amdni zoa-wajh al-tahdni by al- 
Shatibl, see Ibrdz al-ma'dni min Hirz al- 
amdni. 

al-Hukm al-mashrut fi bay an al-shurut by Ibn 
al-Wasitl, 3348 (r). 

Ibrdz al-ma'dni min Hirx al-amdni by Abu 

Shama, 3462. 
Ibtild* al-akhydr bi 'l-nisd' al-ashrdr by Ibn al- 

Qit'a, see al-Muntaqd min kitdb Ibtild' al- 
akhydr. 
Iddh al-irtiydb oy Ibn al-Mulaqqin, 3382 (2). 
Ifddat al-rd'im li-masd'il al-nd'im by Ibn 

TulQn, 3485 (2). 
al-Ifsdhfi 'I- awls by al-Fariql, see Talkhis al- 
Ifsdhfi 'l-'awis. 
lghdthat al-lahfdn fi masd'id al-Shaitdn by 

Ibn Qaiyim al-jauzlya, 3276. 
Ihyd"ulum al-din by al-Ghazali, 3353, 3376, 

3429- 
Ijtimd' al-juyush al-Isldmiya by Ibn Qaiyim 

al-jauzlya, 3305. \ 

Ikhlds al-ndwi by al-Yamanl, 3422. 
Ikhtiydr al-auld fi shark hadith al-mdla' al- 

a'ld by Ibn Rajab, 3292 (5). 
I'ldm al-ward bi-man toaliya nd'ilP" min al- 

Atrdk bi-Dimashq al-Sha'm al-kubrd by Ibn 

TulQn, 3317 (12). 
/ Ian dhawi 'l-albdb bi-dnna Subhduaka md 

'arifndka haqqa ma'rifatika huwa 'l-sawdb 

by Ibn Qadi 'Ajlun, 3290 (1 1). 
Iltizdm md Id yulzam fiihd warada fi md' 

Zamzam by Ibn TiilGn, 3317 (8). 
'Jmdd al-ridn' bi-baydn Adab al-qadd' by Ibn 

al-Ansari, 3420 (1). 
al-Itibd'fitajwidal-Qur'dn by Ibn al-Tahhan, 

3453 (3)- 
al-lqd al-farid lil-malik al-sa'id by al- 

'Adawl, 3392. 
al-Iqdfi'l-nahw [Anon.], 3486 (i7)._- 
al-Iqtiddb fi sharh Adab al-kuttdb by Ibn al- 
Sid, 3371. 



al-Iqtisddfi 'l-i'/iqdd by al-Ghazali, 3372. 

al-I'rdb by Ibn Hazm, 3482. 

al-I'rdb by al-Rgzi, 3374. 

al-I'rdb 'an qawd'id al-i'rdb by Ibn HishSm, 

3486(15). 
al-Irshdd fi ustil al-i'tiqdd by Imam al-Hara- 

main, 3416. 
Irshdd al-ghdwi by al-Yamanl, see Ikhlds al- 
ndwi. 
Irshdd al-hadith by al-NawawI, see al-Taqrib 
wa'l-taisir li-ma'rifa sun an al-Bashir al- 
Nadhir. 
Irtiydh al-akbdd bi-arbdh faqd al-auldd by al- 

Sakhawl,, 3463. 
al-Isdba fi tajrid asmd' al-Sahdba by al- 

Dhahabl, 3320. 
Ishdra /a/if A by al-Dashtakl, 3338. 
al-Ishrdf 'aid madhdhib al-ashrdf by Ibn 

Hubaira, 3266, 3355. 
Isldh al-mantiq by Ibn al-Sikkit, 3263. 
Isldh a I- Ustuqusdt by al-Abharl, 3424. 
al-Istifd' li-baydn ma'dni 'l-Shifd' by al- 

Dalajl, 3448. 
al-Istighnd' fi, 'l-farq wa'l-istithnd' by al- 

Bakri, 3265.'; 
Istinshdq nasim al-unsfi nafahdt riydd al-quds, 

by Ibn Rajab, 3292 (2). 
al-I'tibdr fi baqd* al-janna wa'l-ndr by al- 

Subkl, 3406 (<j>). 
Izdlat al-shubuhdt 'an al-dydt wa'l-ahddith al- 
mutashdbihdt by Ibn al-Labban, 3354. 

al-Jam' bain al-Sahihain by al-Humaidi, 

3347- 
al-Jam' bain al-Sahihain by Ibn al-Kharrat, 

3279- 
al-Jam' bain al-Sahihain by al-Mausill, 

34H- 
al-Jdmi' bain al-Sahihain by Ibn al-Haddad, 

3447- t 
al-Jdmi' fi'l-Hadith by al-Qurashi, 3497. 
al-Jdmi' al-kabir by al-Shaibanl, see al-Wajiz 

al-jdmi" /i-masd'il al-Jdmi'. 
J ami' kitdb Jdlinus fi 'l-amrdd al-hdditha fi 

'l-'ain [Anon.], 3425 (2). 
al-Jdmi' li-ahkdm al-Qur'dn by al-Qurtubi, 

3327, ( 3357- 
al-Jdmi' al-muharrar al-sahih al-tvajiz fi 



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129 



tapir al-Qur*dn al-'aziz by Ibn 'Atiya, 

3475- 
al-Jdmi' al-saghir by al-Shaibani, see Sharh 

al-Jdmi' al-saghir. 
al-Jdmi' al-sahih by al-Bukhari, 3375. 
al-Jdmi' al-sahih by al-Bukhari, see al- 

Tahqiq zoa'l-sharh zva'l-taudih li-alfdz 

tnutawaliya miri al-Jdmi' al-sahih. 
al-Jdmi' al-sahih by al-Bukhari, see ' Urndat 

al-qdrifi sharh al-Bukkdri. 
al-Jdmi' al-sahih by Muslim, 3324, 3384. 
al-Jarh wa'l-ta'dil by Ibn al-Jauzi, 3454. 
Jawdb al-su'dl 'an ahkdm al-Dajjdl by Ibn 

Tulun, 3317 (6). 
Jatodhir al-nafd'is li-tahdhib al-nufiis al- 

khasd'is by Ibn al-Turkl, 3446. 
al-Jawdhir al-zawdhi ft dhamm al-mald'ib 

wa y l-maldhi by Ibn al-Kaiyal, 3419 (1). 
Juz' Ghuldm Tha'lab by Ghulam Tha'lab, 

3495 (i°)- 
Juz' al-Nil by al-'Ir5qi, 3296 (14). 

al-KdJifi 'l-fttru' by Ibn Qudama, 3273. 
al-Kdfi fi 'l-nazm al-shdfi by al-Khw5rizmi, 

3443- 
al-Kdfi fi sharh al-Wdfi by al-Nasafi, 

34°4- 
al-Kalim al-faridiya fi 'l-Khntab al-Rashidiya 

by al-Rashldl, 3309 (2). 
al-Kanz al-akbar fi 'l-amr bi 'l-ma'ruf wa'l- 

nahy 'an al-munkar by al-Salihl, 3270. 
Kanz a/-daqd'iq by al-Nasafi, see Kashf al- 

raqd'iq sharh Kanz al-daqd'iq. 
Kashf al-asrdrfi sharh al-Mandr by al-Nasafi, 

345°- 
Kashf al-haqd't'q by Qa'im al-Zaman, 3373* 

(29). 
Kashf al-lithdm 'an wajh al-tauriya wa*l- 

istikhddm by Ibn Hijja, 3457. 
Kashf al-raqd'iq sharh Kanz al-daqd*iq by al 

ZahrSnl, 3449 
Kashf al-shawdrid 10a' 'l-mawdni' by al- 

Wanughl, 33 n. 
Kashf al-zuldm 'an ma' rid 'l-saldm by Ibn 

Tulun, 3317 (1). 
aJ-Kashshdf 'an haqd'iq al-tanzi/ by al- 

Zamakhshari, 3253,3337. 
Kaukab al-mabdni wa-maukab al-7iia'dni fi 

B3311 



sharh Salawdt al-Shaikh 'Abd al-Qddir al- 

Kildni by al-NsbulusI, 3 500. 
al-Kawdkib al-dardri fi tafsir al-Qur'dn al- 

Karim by Ibn Zaknun, 3396. 
al-Khail waU-baitara by Ibn Akhi Hizam, 

33I9- 
Khuldsat al-fatdwi by al-Bukharl, 3350. 

al-Khutbat al-kubrd by Abu Shama, 3307 (2). 

al-Kifdya fi 'ilm al-kitdba by al-Tibrlzi, 

34°3- 
Kifdyat al-nabih by Ibn al-Raf'a, 3344. 

Kitdb al-Basmala by Abfl Shama, see Mukh- 

tasar Kitdb al-Basmala. 
Kitdb al-'ilm by Abu Khaithama, 3491. 
Kitdb al-nafaqdt by al-Khassaf, see Sharh 

Kitdb al-nafaqdt. 
Kundsajdmi'a li-masd'/'lndfi'a by Abu Shama, 

33°7 (4)- 

Lawdmi' anwdr al-quliib by Shaidhala, 3437. 
al-Lubdb by al-Qazwinl, 3318 (2). 
al-Lubdbfi'uliim al-Kitdb by Ibn'Adil, 3308. 
al-Luma' fi 'ilm al-hisdb by Ibn al-Ha'im, 
3362 (2), 3469 (4) 

Ma'dlim al-tanzil by al-Baghawi, 3268. 
Mafdtih al-ghaib li-izdlat al-raib wa-satr al- 

'aib by Abu Madyan, 3529. 
Man tuwuffiya 'anhd zaujuhd fa-azharat al- 

ghumum wa-bdhat bi 'l-maktiim by Ibn al- 

Marzuban, 3493 
al-Mandf fi fazvd'id al-Ndfi' by Hamld al- 

Din, 3442. 
Mandqib al-abrdr by Ibn Khamls, see al- 

Mukhtdrfi mandqib al-abrdr. 
Mandqib Ahmad ibn Hanbal by Ibn al-Jauzi, 

3274- 

Mandqib al-Imdm al-Shdfi'iby al-Razi, 3479. 

Mandqib al-Shaikh ' Umar [Anon.], 3369 (2). 

Mandqib 'Umar ibn 'Abd al- Aziz by Ibn al- 
Jauzl, 3460. 

Mandr al-anwdr by al-Nasafi, see Kashf al- 
asrdrfi sharh al-Mandr. 

Manhaj al-aslain by al-Bulqlnl, 3406 (3). 

Manhaj al-sdlik by Abu Haiyan, 3342. 

Manhal al-'adhb by al-Bimi, see al-Muntaqd 
min kitdb Manhal al-'adhb. 

Manzumafi 'I- ariid [Anon.], 3486 (20). 



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Manzumafi 'l-'arud by Ibn Jabir al-Hauwari, 

3486 (14). 
Manzuma fi 'l-kabd'ir by Badr al-Din, 3486 

(10). 
al-Maqdmdt by al-Harlri, 3293. 
al-Maqdmdt by al-Hariri, see Sharh ma fi 7- 

Maqdmdt al-Haririya. 
Maqdsid al-tdlibin fi usul a I -din by al-Tafta- 

Z3ni, see Sharh al-Maqdsid. 
Ma'rifat anwa' 'uliim al-Hadith by Ibn al- 

Salah, 3411. 
Ma'rifat anwa' 'uliim al-Hadith by Ibn al- 

Salah, see al-Tabsira wa'l-tadhkira. 
Ma'rifat anwd"ulum al-Hadith by Ibn al- 
Salah, see al-Taqrib wa'l-taisir li-ma'rifa 
sunan al-Bashir al-Nadhir. 
Masd'il al-Bdrizi by Ibn al-B3rizi, 3468 

(3). 
al-Masd'il al-muhimma fima yahtdj i/aih al- 
'dqid 'ind al-khutub al-mudlahimtna by al- 
MaqdisI, 3292 (7). 
Mas'a/a kashf a/-ra's by al-Ansan, 3292 (3). 
Mas'a/a wujub takhmis al-ghand'im by al- 

Nawawl, 3486 (3). 
Mashdriq al-anwar al-nabawiya by al-Saghanl, 

34I5- 
Mashyakha Shihdb al-Din al-Suhrawardi by 

al-Suhrawardl, 3495 (9). 
MatdW al-budur fi mandz.il al-suriir by al- 

Ghuzuli, 3499. 
al-Ma'una fi 'Urn al-hawd'i by Ibn al-Ha'im, 

see al-Wasila. 
al-Mawdhib al-Ildhiya wa'l-qawd'id al-mali- 

kiya by al-Jarawanl, 3401. 
Mawdhib al-Manndn sharh Tuhfat al-aqrdn by 

al-Timirtashl, 3352 (2). 
Mawdhib al-Mujib fi ihasd'is al-Habib by al- 
Manlnl, see Fath al-Qarib bi-sharh Mawd- 
hib al-Mujib. 
Mawd'iz attr. to Zain al-'Abidin, 3486 (5). 
Miftdh al- ulum by al-Sakkakl, see Sharh al- 

Miftdh, 
Minhdj al-baydn fitnd yasta'miluh al-insdn by 

Ibn Jazla, 3291. 
Minhdj al-fdlibin by al-Nawawi, see Mughni 

'l-rdghibinfi Minhdj al-tdlibin. 
Minhdj al-tdlibin by al-Nawawi, see Qiit al- 
muhtdjfi sharh al-Minhdj. 



Minhdj al-tdlibin by al-Nawawi, see Tuhfat 
al-muhtdj ild adillat al-Minhdj. | 

Minhdj al-tdlibin by al-Nawawi, see ' Ujdlat 
al-muhtdj ild taujih al-Minhdj. 

Minhdj al-tdlibin by al-Nawawi, see ' Umdat 
al-muhtdj ild kitdb al-Minhdj. 

Minhdj al-wusul ild 'ilm al-usiil by al-Baidawi, 
see Tadhkirat al-muhtdj ild ahddith al- 
Minhdj. 

al-Misbdh al-dd'i ild turuq al-faldh by al- 
Ansari, 3252. 

Mithdq al-nisd' by Qa'im al-Zaman, 3373 
(28). 

Mithdq IVali al-Zamdn [Anon.], 3373 (27). 

al-Mubdi' sharh al-Muqni' by Sibt al-MSridini, 

3362 (5). 

al-Mufaddaliyat by al-Mufaddal, see Sharh al- 

Mufaddaliydt. 
al-Mufdkhara bain al-tailasdn wa'l-tarha by 

al-Suyuti, 3420 (4). 
al-Mufassal, by al-Zamakhshari, 3261. 
al-Mughnifi'l-fiqh by Ibn Qudama, 3282. 
al-Mughni fi sharh al-Muqni' by Ibn Qudama, 

3269. 
Mughni ' l-rdghibin fi Minhdj al-tdlibin by Ibn 

Qadi 'Ajlun, 3290. 
al-Muhadhdhabfi l-madhhab by al-Shirazi, see 

Sharh al-Muhadhdhab. 
al-Muhalld fi sharh al-mujalld by Ibn Hazm, 

3444- 
al-Muhaqqaq min 'ilm al-usul fima yata'allaq 

bi-af'dl al-Rasiil by Abu ShSma, 3307 

(S) ; 
al-Mu'jam fi tardjim rijdl al-kutub al-sitta by 

Ibn 'Asakir, 3412. 
al-Mujiz min Miijiz al-tafsir by al-Nu'mani, 

34i8. 
Miijiz al-tafsir by al-'Ijli, see al-Mujiz min 

Miijiz al-tafsir. 
al-Mujtand min al-sunan al-ma'thtira by al- 

Daraqutni, 3498. 
Mukdtabat ahl al-kidyat al-baidd' by Qs.'im 

al-Zaman, 3373(9). 
Mukhtalif al-riwdya by al-Samarqandf, 3322. 
al-Mukhtdr fi mandqib al-abrdr by Ibn al- 

Athir, 3441. 
al-Mukhtasar by al-Jundi, see Shifd' al-ghalil 
fi hall mushkildt al-Shaikh Khalil. 



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al-Mukhtasar fi 'l-fiqh by al-Khiraqi, see al- 

Mughtlifi 'l-fiqh. 
al-Mukhtasar fi 'l-fiqh by al-Khiraqi, see al- 

Wddih fi sharh al-Mukhtasar. 
Mukhtasar fi sirat al-Nabi by al-Dimyati, 

3332. 
Mukhtasar Kitab al-Basmala by Abu Shama, 

3307(10). 
Mukhtasar al-Rauda by al-Hijazi, 3428. 
Mukhtasar al-Tabsira by al-Lu'lu'l, 3287. 
Mukhtasar al-Tahrirfi us til al-fiqh by Ibn al- 

Najjar, 3292 (6). 
Mukhtasar al-Wajiz fi 'l-fiqh by al-Tibrlzi, 

3397- 
al-Muktasab fi zird'at al-dhahab, by al- 

Simawi, see Nihayat al-talab fi sharh al- 
Muktasab. 
Mulhat al-i'rdb by al-Hariri, 3362 (1). 
Munajat al-Haqq [Anon.], 3373 (15). 
al-Muntaqd mitt kitab Hddi 'l-qiiltib ild 'Allam 

al-ghuyub by al-BilbaisI, 3400 (1). 
al-Muntaqd min kitab Ibtild' al-akhydr by al- 

Bilbaisi, 3400 (5). 
al-Muntaqd min kitab Manhal al-adhb by al- 

Bilbaisi, 3400 (2). 
al-Muntaqd min kitab ' Uddat al-sdbirin by al- 

BilbaisI, 3400 (4). 
Muqaddima fi 'l-kaldm 'ala 'l-basmala wa'l- 

hamdala by Ibn al-Ansarl, 3420 (2). 
Muqaddima fi 'l-tajwid by Ibn al-Tahhan, 

3453 (4)- 

Muqid al-adhhdn zva-miiqiz al-wasndn by Ibn 
Hisham, 3407 (1). 

al-Muqni'fi 'l-fiqh by Ibn Qudama, 3306. 

al-Muqni' fi 'l-fiqh by Ibn Qudama, see al- 
Mughnifi sharh al-Muqni' . 

al-Muqni' fi'iltn al-jabr loa'l-muqdbala by Ibn 
al-Ha'im, see al-Mubdi' sharh al-Muqni'. 

al-Murshid al-wajiz ild 'ulum tata'allaq bi'l- 
Kitdb al-'aziz by Abu Shama, 3307 (1). 

al-Musnad by Ibn Hanbal, see al-Thuldthiydt. 

al-Musnad by al-Nlsaburl, see Sharh al- 
Musnad lil-Imdm al-Shdfi'i. 

al-Mustasfd min al-mnstaufd by al-Nasafi, 

3439- 

al-Muthallath by al-Dimashql, 3486 (n). 

Mu thai lath by Qutrub, see Sharh Muthallath 
Qutrub. 



Muthallathdn by al-Dirlnl, 3486 (12). 
Muzil al-khafd' 'an alfdz al-Shifd' by al- 
Shumunnl, 3304. 

al-Nahjat al-mardiya sharh al-Alfiya by al- 

Suyuti, 3407 (2). 
al-Ndmaj fi tafsir al-rtt'yd by al-Maqdisi, 

3484- 

Naqd al-talib li-zaghl al-mandsib by Ibn 
Tulun, 3317 (2). 

Natijat al-fikar fi amrdd al-basar by al-Maq- 
disi, 3425 (1). 

Nazm al-qand' a fi-man rawd lah al-jamd'a by 
Ibn Bardis, 3458 (1). 

al-Nihdyafi'ilm al-'ain [Anon.], 3425 (3). 

Nihayat al-talab fi sharh al-Muktasab by al- 
Jildakl, 3258. 

Nizam al-gharib by al-Raba'l. 3365. 

al-Nubadh fi usiil al-fiqh by Ibn Hazm, 3468 

(0. 
Nubdhafi 'l-buyu by Ibn Hazm, 3468 (2). 
al-Nubdhat al-zakiya by al-BirmawI, see al- 

Fawd'id al-saniyafi sharh al-Alfiya. 
Nukhab al-khufab by Ibn Hajar, 3309 (3). 
al-Nuqdya by al-Suyutl, 3420 (5). 
al-Nur fi 'adad al-aiydm wa'l-shuhur by Ibn 

al-jauzl, 3383. 
Nur al-masra fi tafsir dyat al-isrd* by Abu 

Shama, 3307 (7). 
Nuskha taqlid al-mnqtand by Qa'im al-Zam3n, 

3373 («)• 
al-Nutaf al-hisdn by al-Damraghl, 3473. 

Prognostica by Hippocrates, 3341 (1). 

al-Qald'id al-jauhariya fi ta'rikh al-Sdlihiya 

by Ibn Tulun, 3485 (4). 
Qasidat al-burda by al-BusIri, 3486 (7). 
al-Qasidat al-Khazrajiya by al-Khazraji, 

3486 (18). 
Qasidat al-mamdiid wa" 1 l-maqsur by Ibn Duraid, 

3486(23). 
al-Qazod'id by al-Zarkashl, 3314. 
al-Qazod'id al-Sufiya by Ibn al-Wasiti, 3348 

al-Qazvd' id wo 1 l-Fazod'id by Ibn Rajab, 3267. 
Qut al-muhtdj fi sharh al-Minhdj by al- 
Adhra'l, 3301. 



132 



INDEX OF TITLES 



Rabi' al-abrar fimd yasurr al-kkawdtir wa'l- 
afkdr by al-Zamakhsharl, see Zakr al-Rabi' '. 

Raf al-ikktildf 'an kaldmai 'l-Qddi waU- 
Kashshdfby al-Nabulusi, 3260 (2). 

Raf'al-maldma 'ammd qilafi 'l-kijdma by Ibn 
Tulun, 3317 (3). 

al-Raqd'iq wd'l-hikdydt by Khaithama, 3495 

(2) : 

Rasd'il fi 'l-tnaqdsid al-hikmiya by al-FarisI, 

33°°- 
[Rasd'ilfi 'l-tasauwuf) by al-Dasuql, 3262. 
al-Raud al-nazik fi nax.m al-Tanbik by Ibn 

Bailik, 3312. 
al-Raud al-unuf al-basim by al-Suhaill, 3294. 
Raudat afham dkawi 'l-albdb by al-Baghdadl, 

3251, 3436. 
Raudat al-idlibin by al-Nawawi, 3255. 
Raudat al-tdlibin by al-Nawawi, see Mukk- 

tasar al-Rauda, 
al-Ri'dya fi tajiuid al-Qur'dn by al-QaisI, 

3453 (2)- 
al-Ri'dya li-huquq Allah by al-Muhasibi, see 

al-Dirdya li-akkdm al-Ri'dya. 
Risdlafi 'l-'aqd'id by Ibn Taimlya, 3292 (8). 
Risdlafi 'l-haid by al-Zahidi, 3399 (4). 
[Risdla fi 'id al-Nasdrd] by Ibn Taimlya, 

3296 (4). 
[Risdlafi 'l-ma'rifa] by Ibn Abi Sharif, 3296 

(10). 
Risdla fi masd'H a l-haid by al-Haiyad, 3399 

(5)- 
[Risdlafi 'l-mi'rdj] by al-Yunini, 3307 (8). 
Risdlafi 'l-samd' by Ibn al-' Attar, 3296 (3). 
Risdlafi 'l-samd' by Ibn Qudama, 3296 (1). 
Risdlafi 'l-samd' by Ibn Taimlya, 3296 (2). 
Risdlafi 'l-turuq by al-Kubra, 3296 (6). 
Risdla Khumdr ibn Jaish al-Stilaimdni al- 

'Akkawi by Qa'im al-Zaman, 3373 (13). 
al-Risdlat allati ursilat ild Wall al-'ahd by 

Qa'im al-Zaman, 3373 (12). 
al-Risdlat al-asliya by al-Shafi'l, 3385. 
al-Risdlat al-ddmi'a [Anon.], 3373 (1). 
Risdlat al-ghaiba by Abu Ya'la, 3373 (21). 
Risdlat al-i'dhdr zoa'l-indhdr by Qa'im al- 
Zaman, 3373 (20). 
Risdlat al-insind' by pa'im al-Zaman, 3373 

(10). 
al-Risdlat al-mardiyafi 'l-radd 'aid man yunkir 



al-ziydrat al-Muhammadiya by al-Sa'di, 

34o6(5). 
al-Risdlat al-munfadhat ila 'l-Qddi by Qa'im 

al-Zaman, 3373 (14). 
Risdlat al-nisd' al-kabira by Qa'im al-Zaman, 

3373 (4)- 

Risdlat al-ridd wa'l-taslim by Qa'im al- 
Zaman. 

Risdlat al-rushd ■wa'l-hiddya by Qa'im al- 
Zaman, 3373 (2 5). 

Risdlat al-shatn'a by al-Tamiml, 3373 (24). 

Risdlat al-tahdhir wa'l-tanbih by Qa'im al- 
Zaman, 3373 (19). 

Risdlat al-tanzih by Qa'im al-Zam5n, 3373 

, (3) - 
Risdlat al-xhidd by al-Tamiml, 3373 (23). 

al-Riydd al-nadira fi tnandqib al-'askara by al- 
Tabari, see al-Durrat al-naiyira rnin al- 
Riydd al-tiadira. 

al-Riik by Ibn Qaiyim al-Jauziya, 3285. 

Saba Najd by Ibn al-Jauzi, 3486 (2). 
Safzvat al-safzoa by Ibn al-Jauzi, see Akdsin 

a l-tn akdsin. 
al-Salazvdt by al-jllani, see Kaukab al-mabdni 

wa-maukab al-tna'dni fi shark Salazvdt al- 

Shaikh 'Abd al-Qddir a/-Kiid?i'i. 
Shark Adab al-qadi by Ibn Maza, 3464 (1). 
Shark al-Alfiya by al-' Iraqi, 3440. 
Shark al-Anwd' by al-Sulaml, 3406 (1). 
Shark al-Basmala wa'l-Hamdala by Ibn al- 

Ansan, 3486 (8). 
Shark Dizodn al-Mtitanabbi by al-Wahidl, 

3278. 
Shark al-Fusfu 'aid lisdn ahl al-lubb zoa'l- 

khusus by al-BusnawI, 3474. 
Shark al-Ghdya by 'Abbad, 3368. 
Shark Ghunyat al-bdhith by al-Salaml, 3288. 
Shark al-Jdmi' al-sagkir by Ibn MakI, 

33i6. 
Skark al-KhuIdsa by Ibn Malik, 3480. 
Sharh Kitdb al-nafaqat by Ibn Maza, 3464 

(2). 
Shark ma fi 'l-Maqdmdt al-Haririya by al- 

'Uqbarl, 3388. 
Skark al-Maqdsid by al-Taftazanl, 3465. 
Skark al-Miftdk by al-Nlsaburl, 3387. 
Shark al-Mufaddaliydt [Anon.], 3426. 



INDEX OK TITLES 



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Sharh al-Muhadhdhab by al-Nawawi, 3380, 

339 8 - 
Shark al-Musnad lil-Imam al-Shdfi'i by al- 

Rafi'l, 3405, 3409. 
Shark Muthallath Qutrub [Anon.], 3486 (13). 
Sharh al-Tanqih [Anon.], 3254. 
Sharh al-Tawdli' by al-lsbahSnl, 3331. 
Sharh al-'Umda [Anon.], 3284. 
Sharh al-'Umda fi 'l-ahkdm by Ibn Daqiq 

al-'Id, 3386. 
Sharh al-Waraqdt by Ibn Imam al-Kamillya, 

3469 (2). 
Shaft al-Imam Sahib al-kashf by Qa'im al- 

Zaman, 3373 (it). 
Shawdhid al-Alfiya [Anoi , 3486 (16). 
al-Shifd* by Ibn Slna, 3325 . 
al-Shifd" fi ta'rif huquq al-Mustafa by 'Iyad, 

see al-Ltifd' li-baydn ma'dni '/-Shi/a'. 
al-Shifd , fi ta'rif huqiiq al-Mustafa by 'Iyad, 

see Mu-z.ll ,/l-khafd' 'an alfdz al-Shifd\ 

33°4- 
Shifa' al-ghalil fi hall mushkildt al-Shaikh 

Khali I by al-Fasi, 3339. 
Shifa' al-sudiir by al-NaqqSsh, 3389. 
Shihdb al-akhbdr by al-£)udaT, see Raudat 

afhdm dhawi 'l-albdb. 
Shi' r al-nafs by al-Tamlmi, 3373 (26). 
Sifat al-mundfiq by al-Firyabl, 3495 (8). 
Sijill al-mujtabd by Qa'im al-Zam3n, 3373 

(6). 
Si/ah al-mtimin fi 'l-dud' tod 1 ' l-dhikr by Ibn 

al-Imam, 3295. 
Sira Rasiil Allah by Ibn Hisham, see al-Raud 

al-unuf al-bdsim. 
Sira Rasiil Allah by Ibn Hisham, see al-Wusul 

ila 'l-siilfi nazm Sirat al-Rasul. 
al-Sirdf al-mustaqim by Ibn al-Sunni, 3303. 
al-Siwdk wa-md ashbaha dhdk by Abu Shama, 

33°7 (6). 
Su'dl wa-jaivdb fi 'l-sharaf win qibal al-umm 

by Ibn Marzuq, 3296 (9). 
al-Subhat al-ka'ina by Qa'im al-Zaman, 

3373 (5)- 

Tabaqat al-fuqahd' al-SJidfi'iyir/ by Ibn 

Kathir, 3390 (2). 
Tabaqat al-Shdfi'iyat al-kubrd by al-Subki, 

3336. 



Tabsirat al-mubtad? by Ibn al-jauzl, see 

Mukhtasar al-Tabsira. 
Tabsirat al-tnutadhakkir zva-tadhkirat al- 

mutadabbir by al-KawSshl, 3256. 
al-Tabsira wa'l-tadhkira by al-'Iraql, 3381. 
al-Tabsira wa'l-tadhkira by al-'IrSql, see 

Sharh al-Alfiya. 
al-Tadhkira bi-ahwdl al-mauta wa-umur al- 

dkhira by al-Qurtubi, 3329. 
al-Tadhkira fi 'ultim al-Hadith by Ibn al- 

Mulaqqin, 3382 (4). 
Tadhkirat al-muhtdj ila ahadith al-Minhaj by 

Ibn al-Mulaqqin, 3382 (3). 
Tafrih al-kurub fi ta'zil al-durub by al-Salihl, 

3296(13). 
Tafsir al-Qtir' an [Anon.]. 3496. 
Tafsir al-Qur'dn by Ibn Kathir, 3430. 
Tahdhib al-Kamal by al-Mizzi, see Tahdhib 

al-Tahdhib. 
Tahdhib mitstamirr al-auham 'aid dhawi V- 

ma'rifa wa-ttli 'l-afhdm by Ibn Makula, 

3349- 
Tahdhib al-Tahdhib by Ibn Hajar, 3345. 

Tahdhib al-Tahdhib by Ibn Hajar, see Taqrib 

al-Tahdhib. 
al-Tahqiq zoa'l-sharh wa'l-taudih li-alfdz 

mutawdliya min al-Jami al-sahih by Ibn 

al-Muhibb, 3351. 
Tahrir al-manqul wa-tahdhib "tlm al-iuiil by 

al-MardawI, see Mukhtasar al-Tahrir fi 

us til al-fiqh. 
al-Tahsil fi tildwat al-tanzil by al-ShinnS'l, 

3453(5)- 
Tajrid al-tauhid by al-Ghazall, 3486 (9). 
Taklirij ahadith al-Umm by al-Baihaqi, 

3417- 
Takhrij masd'il al-fard'id by al-Zahidl, 3399 

(3)- 
Taktnil al-wi'd' li-kaifiyat al-du'd' by Ibn 

Tulun, 3317 (7). 
al-Ta'liqdt al-wafiya bi-sharh al-Diirrat al- 

alfiya by al-Sharlshl, 3456. 
Talkhis al-Ifsdh fi 'l-'awis by al-Zanjani, 

33i8(i). 
Talqih fuhftm ahl al-athar fi 'uyiin al- 

tawdrikh wa'l-siyar by Ibn al-Jauzi, 3277, 

33 2 3- 
at-Tamhid by al-lsnawl, 3281. 



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INDEX OF TITLES 



al-Tanbihfi 'l-fiqh by al-Shirazi, see Kifdyat 

al-nabih. 
al-Tanbih fi 'l-fiqh by al-Shirazi, see al-Raud 

al-nazih ft naztn al-Tanblh. 
Tanbih al-tdlib wa-irskdd al-ddris by al- 

Nu'aiml, 3431. 
Tatiqik al-usiil by al-Mahbubl, see Shark al- 

Tanqik. 
Taqdimat al-ma'rifa by Hunain b. Ishaq, 

3341 (i). 
Taqlid al-ridd' by Qa'im al-Zaman, 3373 

(7)- 
Taqrib al-Tahdhib by Ibn Hajar, 3289. 
al-Taqrib wa'l-ta/sir li-ma'rifa sunan al- 
ii as hir al-Nadhlr by al-NawawI, 3271. 
Taqsim al-ulum wa-itkbdt al-kaqq wa-kaskf 

al-makniin by al-Tamlml, 3373 (22). 
Taqwhn al-adilla fi usul al-fiqk by al-DabusI, 

3343- 
Targhib al-mutahabbibin fi labs khirqat al- 

mutamaiyizin by al-Talyanl, 3296 (8). 
al-Ta'rikk al-kabir by al-Bukhari, 3433. 
al-Tariqat al-Mukammadiya by al-Birkawi, 

see Zahr al-kadiqa fi rijal al-Tariqa. 
Tarjamat al-Imdm al-Skdfi'i by Ibn Kathlr, 

339°- 
al-Tasdis [Anon.], 3373 (17). 
Tashil al-fawd'id wa-takmil al-maqdsid by 

Ibn Malik, see Mankaj al-sdlik. 
Tashrif al-asmd' bi-akkdm al-samd' by al- 

SarkhadJ, 3296 (12). 
Tasliyat ahl al-masd'ib by al-Manbijl, 

3321- 
Tauqif al-hukkdm 'aid ghawdmid al-ahkdm by 

al-AqfahsI, 3328. 
Tawdli' al-anwdr min matdli' al-anzdr by al- 

BaidSwI, see Shark al-Tawdli' . 
Ta'yid al-inkdr li-itydn al-tuyiir wa-nahzvihd 

fi'l-aukdr, by Ibn Tulun, 3317 (10). 
Thawdb qadd' kawd'ij al-ikkwdn wa-ighdthat 

al-lahfdn by Ubaiy, 3490. 
Thughur al-midak al-bawdsim by al-QQsi, 

3346. 
al-Tkuldtkiydt by 'Abd Allah, 3487. 
al-Tibb al-nabazvi by Ibn Qaiyim al-Jauziya, 

3292(11). 
Tirdz al-makdfil fi alghdz al-masd'il by al- 
Isnawl, 3408. 



al-Tirdz al-tnudhahhab U-ahkdm al-madhhab 

by al-SirajI, 3299. 
Tuhfat al-aqrdn by al-Timirt2shi, 3352(1). 
Tukfat al-aqrdn by al-Timirtashl, see Mawdkib 

al-Manndn shark Tuhfat al-aqrdn, 
Tuhfat al-muhtdj ild adillat al-Minhdj by Ibn 

al-Mulaqqin, 3382 (1). 
Tukfat al-muhtdj ild ahdditk al-Minhdj by 

Ibn al-Mulaqqin, see Iddk al-irtiydb. 
al-Tukfat al-qudsiya by Ibn al-Ha'im, 3420 

(6). 
Tukfat al-sdmi' wa'l-qdri fi khatm SaJjik al- 

Bukkdri by al-Bilbaisi, 3400 (6). 

' Uddat al-sdbirin wa-dhakhirat al-skdkirin by 
Ibn Qaiyini al-Jauziya, see al-Muntaqd mitt 
kitdb ' Uddat al-sdbirin. 
' Ujdlat al-muktdj ild taujih al-Minkdj by Ibn 

al-Mulaqqin, 3360, 3423, 3481. 
al-'Uluw HI- Alt al-Azim by al-Dhahabf, 

33°2- 
'Umdat al-akkam by Ibn Qudama, see Shark 

al-'Umda. 
'Umdat al-ahkdm by al-Jamma'ill, see Shark 

al-'Umda fi 'l-akkdm. 
' Umdat al-mufid wa-tadkkirat al-mustaf/d by 

Ibn al-Mulaqqin, 3335. 
' Umdat al-muhtdj ild kitdb al-Minkdj by Ibn 

al-Mulaqqin, 3361, 3366. 
' Umdat al-muntahil wa-bulghat al-murtakil by 

Ibn Fahd, 3470. 
' Umdat al-qdri fi shark al-Bukkdri by al- 

'Aini, 3297. 
' Umdat al-qdrP zva'l-sdmi' fi khatm al-Sakih 
al-jdmi' by al-Sakhawi, see Tuhfat al-sdmi' 
wa'l-qdrifi kkatm Sakik al-Bukhdri. 
al-Umm by al-Shafi'i, 3434. 
al- Umm by al-Shafi'i, see Takkrij akddith al- 
Umm. 
' Urf al-bashdm fi man waliya fatwd Dimashq 

al-Skdm by al-Muradl, 3483. 
al-Urjuzat al-Tdsiminiya by Ibn al-Yasimlnl, 

3486(22). 
' Uyun al-athar by Ibn Saiyid al-Nas, 3363. 
'Uytin al-tazudrikh by Ibn Shakir, 3393. 

al-Wddih fi shark al-Mukktasar by al-Basrl, 
3286. 



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al-JVddih al-jalifi 'l-radd 'ala 'l-Ha/ibali by al-Wasky al-marqumji kail al-manzum by Ibn 

Abu Shama, 3307 (9). al-Athir, 3477. 

al-Wafifi '/-Juts' by al-Nasafl, see al-KdJi Ji al-Wasila by Ibn al-Ha'im, 3362 (3). 

shark al-WdJi. al-Wasit al-muhit bi-aqtdr al-Baslt by al- 

al-Wajlz by al-Ghazall, see Fath al-'AzizJi Ghazali, see al-Gkdya't al-quswd. ' 

skarh al-Wajiz. al-Wujuh wa'l-nazd'ir JS 'l-Qur'dn by al- 

al-Wajiz by al-Ghazall, see Mukhtasar al- A'war, 3334. 

Wajizfi 'l-Jqh. al-Wmul ila 'l-su/Ji naztn Sirat al-Rasul by 

al-Wajiz by al-Ghazall, see Raudat al- al-Maghribi, 3402. 

tdlibin. 

al-Wajiz al-jdmi' li-masa'il al-Jdmi' by al- Zahr al-hadiqa Ji rijdl al-Tariqa by al-Nsbu- 

Adhra'i, 3367. lusi> 326o ( r ), 

al-Waraqdt by Imam al-Haramain, see al- Zahr al-Rabi' by al-RazI, 3466. 

Anjum al-zdkirat 'a/a hall aljdz al-Wara- Zawd'id al-Mhihdj by al-lsnawl, see al- 

1 st ' Fawd'idjisharh al-Zawd'id. 

al-Waraqdt by Imam al-Haramain, see Shark al-Zubda Ji 'l-usSl lil-tdlib lil-wusul by Ibn 

al-Waraqdt'. Ra j ab> ^ 6() '^y 

al-Waraqdt by Imam al-Haramain, see al- al-Zukd a<a'l raqd'iq by Ibn al-Mubarak, 

Zubdafi ' l-usul lil-tdlib lil-wusul. 3427. 



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leading Hanball scholar of Egypt in his generation, and was 
celebrated for his pious character and his singular lack of envy. 
He died ca. 980/1572. See Muhammad Jamil al-Shattl, Mukhtasar 
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AUTOGRAPH OF AL-WANOGHl 

(A 839/1435) 



33i i 

This is the fifth and concluding volume of al-Wanughl's auto- 
graph copy of his commentary upon his own epitome of al-Fanari's 
Fusiil al-bada y i\ a popular treatise on Hanafl jurisprudence. The 
author completed the first draft of this work in the previous year; 
see Hajji Khalifa, Kashf al~%unun (Istanbul 19^2) col. 1267. 



PLATE 38 

AUTOGRAPH OF AL-MANBIJI 
(d. 785/1383) 



33^1 

Fol. 154 is the colophon page of Muhammad b. Muhammad b. 
Muhammad al-Manbijl al-Hanball's own autograph transcription 
of his Tasliyat ahLai-masa'ib> a treatise on the nature of suffering, 
the merit of endurance, and the life after death. He wrote this 
book, his only. production, in 764/1362-3 as a consolation to those 
whose loved ones died during the great pestilence which swept 
Syria and Arabia in that year. The present volume is dated Rajab 
7JJ (December 1375), and is described by the author as a copy of 
his original archetype. Al-Manbijl, who is characterized as one 
of the leading Hanball scholars of his generation, while practising 
the law earned his living honourably as a shopkeeper; he died in 
Ramadan "785 (November 1383). See Bro'ckelmann ii. 76, Suppl. ' 
ii. 825 Ibn al-'Imad VI 289. 













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AUTOGRAPH OF AL-AQFAHSl 
(780-867/1378-1462) 



3335 

This copy of the 'Umdat al-mufld of Ibn al-Mulaqqin is in the 
autograph of Shams al-Dln Muhammad b. Ahmad b. al-'Imad 
al-Aqfahs! al-Shafi'l, the son of the famous Shafi'l author Shihab 
al-Dln al-AqfahsI (d. 808/1405). Shams al Din al-AqfahsT, who 
studied under his father and other teachers, was himself an eminent 
Shafi'l scholar and author. He died in 867/1462. See Brockelmann 
ii. 96, Suppl. ii. 114; al-SakhawI VII 24-25. 



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AUTOGRAPH OF IBN AL-MUtfIBB 
(755-829/1354-1425) 



335 1 

The fifth volume of the author's autograph draft of a commentary 
on al-Jam? al-sahih of al-Bukhari. Shams al-Dln Abu 'Abd 
Allah Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Ahmad b. 
al-Muhibb al-MaqdisI al-Sa'di al-Salihl al-Hanball, a member of a 
family of scholars, was born in 755/1354 and attended his first 
classes in Hanbali jurisprudence in his third year. His commentary 
on al-Bukhari was never revised. He died at Medina, as he had 
dreamed he would twenty years previously, in 828/1425. See 
al-SakhawI IX 194-5. 



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AUTOGRAPH OF 'ABBAD 
(A 7io/i3">) 



3368 

Fol. 354^ contains a note of collation, dated Shauwal 710 (March 
131 1), in the autograph of Abu '1-Fada'il 'Abbid b. Ahmad b. 
Isma'll al-Hasanl, concerning whom nothing further appears to be 
known than that he was the author of this commentary, uniquely 
preserved in the present copy, on the Ghayat al-tkhtisar, a well- 
known compendium of Shafi'l jurisprudence by Abu Shuja' 
Ahmad b. al- Hasan b. Ahmad al-Isfahanl (d. 593/1 196). 



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AUTOGRAPH OF IBN AL-JAUZl 
(510-97/1 1 16-1200) 



337° 

This manuscript of Ibn Qutaiba's Jdab al-kattb is wholly tran- 
scribed by Ibn al-jauzl, the great polymath and one of the most 
celebrated and productive authors of Islam. Fol. 123A gives the 
date of transcription as Muharram 543 (May 1148), when Ibn 
al-Jauzi was in his thirty-third year. His grandson Sibt Ibn al- 
Jauzl (d. 654/1257) reports that he heard his grandfather state 
that he had written 2,000 volumes 'with his own fingers'} Ibn 
al-Jauzi himself informs us that he inscribed every day an average 
of four quires, and every year between 50 and 60 volumes. See 
Brockelmann i. 500-6, Suppl. i. 914-20: Encyclopaedia of Islam 
II 372; al-Dhahabi, Tadhkirat al-huffax IV 1 31-6; Ibn al-'Imad 
IV 329-31. 

This page also contains an undated entry in the hand of one 
'Abd al-Salam b. Yusuf who has given the year 270/884 as the 
date of Ibn Qutaiba's death; and a reading-notice dated Sha'ban 
582 (October 1186) and signed Ahmad b. Muhammad b. 'Umar 
al-MusawI al-Badara'L 



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AUTOGRAPH OF IBN AL-AZRAQ 
0?. 570/1174) 



3376 

Fol. 233 of this ancient copy of a part of the Ihya' 'ulum al-din 
of Abu Hamid al-Ghazall (d. 505/11 11) contains a study-note 
dated Rabl' II 572 (October 1 176), and a second study-note dated 
15 Safar 577 (30 June rr8r), both in the hand of Ahmad b. 1 
Yusuf b. al-Azraq, the celebrated historian of Maiyafariqin, who ' 
was born in 510/1116 and is known otherwise to have been alive 
in 572/1176. See Brockelmann, Suppl. i. 569-70. 



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PLATE 44 

AUTOGRAPH OF IBN AL-MULAQQIN 
(723-804/1 323-1401) 



33^2 

Fol. ii of this copy of the Tuhfat al-muhtaj ila adillat al-Minhaj 
of the eminent lawyer and polygraph Ibn al-Mulaqqin contains a 
reading-certificate and ijaza in the author's own hand, dated at 
Cairo, Friday 13 Shauwal 755 (31 October 1154). Ibn al- 
Mulaqqin, who quotes the title of the book in the slightly variant 
form Tuhfat al-muhtaj ila kitab al-Minhaj ^ here calls himself Ibn 
al-Nahwi; this agrees precisely with the report of al-SakhawI that 
Ibn al-Mulaqqin was always enraged at being so entitled, preferring 
to remember his Andalusian father as an eminent grammarian 
rather than as a mere Qur'an-teacher in the Mosque of Ibn 
Tulun, so that he generally styled himself Ibn al-NahwT. See 
Brockelmann ii. 92-93, Suppl. ii. 109-10; al-SakhawI, VI 100-5. 








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PLATE 45 

AUTOGRAPH OF AL-ALWAHl 
(d. 842/1439) 



3386 

Fol. 156/; contains an ownership entry, dated Jumadfi I 780 
(September 1378), in the autograph of al-Alwfihl (so he spells his 
name here), who was born at Cairo ca. 755/1354, performed the 
pilgrimage several times, and resided for a long while in Jerusalem 
after 830/1427, living the life of a Sufi; he died at Cairo on 14 
Dhu '1-Hijja 842 (17 February 1439). Ibn Hajar described him 
as an ungrammatical writer given to making howlers, and this is 
confirmed by what he has written here. His treatise Rad' al- 
juhhal 'an ashraf al-'ummal has survived. See Brockelmann, Suppl. 
ii. 176; al-SakhawT X 343-4; Ibn al-'Imad VII 246. 



PLATE 46 

AUTOGRAPH OF AL-ANMATI 
(462-538/1070-1143) 



33%9 

Fol. jza contains a reading-certificate dated Shauwal 531 (June- 
July 1 1 37) in the autograph of Abu '1-Barakat al-Anmati, the' 
most esteemed traditionist of Baghdad in his generation and an 
eminent Hanball scholar, who was born in Rajab 462 (April 
1070), taught many famous scholars including Ibn al-jauzl (who 
mentions him in several of his books), and died, unmarried, on 1 1 
Muharram 538 (26 July 1143). See al-Dhahabi, Tadhkirat al- 
huffaz IV 75-77; Ibn al-'Imad IV 11 6-1 7. 

The page also contains a reading-note by the owner of the 
manuscript, Abu '1-Hasan 'All b. 'Abd al-Malilc b. Sa'ld al- 
AndalusI (in whose favour al-Anmatl issued the above certificate), 
dated 17 Shauwal 531 (8 July 1137); he was a son of 'Abd al- 
Malik b. Sa'ld (d. 560/1194), the founder of a distinguished 
literary family of Andalusia. See E. Garcia G6mez, El Libra de las 
Banderns xxxvii-xli. 







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AUTOGRAPH OF AL-NAjI 
(810-900/1407-95) 



3396 

This manuscript, as the colophon on fol. 256^ shows, is in the 
autograph of Burhan al-Dln Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. Mahmud 
b. Badr al-Halabl al-Dimashql al-Qabibatl al-Najl, who was born 
at Damascus in 810/1407 and studied under many teachers, 
especially devoting himself to Ibn Zaknun (d. 837/1433) whose 
daughter he married, and whose massive commentary on the 
Qur'an he is here seen transcribing on 30 Jumada I 827 (30 April 
1424). During this period of his life he was a Hanbali, and so 
styles himself in his signature; later he parted from Ibn Zaknun 
and became a Shafi'i. He wrote a number of books, including the 
Kitabal-'Jzama which has survived (Brockelmann, Suppl. ii. 991). 
He died at Damascus in 900/1495. See al-Sakhawi I 166: Ibn 
al-'Imad VII 365. 







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AUTOGRAPH OF AL-BILBAISl 
(<•• 937/!530 



34°o 

This volume, as the colophon on fol. 123^ shows, is the original 
autograph of Shams al-Dln al-BilbaisI's digest of a number of 
treatises by various authors, and is dated 6 Dhu '1-Qa'da 907 (13 
May 1502). The writer, who studied under al-SakhawI among 
others, describes himself as a Damascus preacher, and so we know 
him to have been 5 he was also a Sufi and lived in retreat for 
five years until his left side was paralysed. He died* in Rajab 937 
(February 1531). See al-SakhawI VI 286; Ibn al-'Imad VIII 
224. 



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AUTOGRAPH OF AL-SUNBATI 
(d. 950/1543) 



3407 

Fol. ii2ff, the colophon of this manuscript, dated at Mecca 29 
Dhu '1-Qa'da 904 (8 July 1499), shows the autograph of Shams 
al-Dln al-Sunbiit!, who was famous throughout the Arab world 
as a lawyer; he was also a most eloquent preacher, and his sermons 
at the Azhar Mosque in Cairo were enthusiastically acclaimed. It 
is recorded of him that he held the drinking of coffee to be unlawful. 
He died at Cairo towards the end of Safar 950 (May 1543). Sec 
Ibnal-'Imad VI II 280-1. 



PLATE 50 

AUTOGRAPH OF IBN 'ASAKIR 
(499-57 iji 106-76) 



3413 

The first six lines of fol. 2l£, the concluding part of this manu- 
script, show the autograph of the celebrated historian and bio- 
grapher Ibn 'Asakir of Damascus, author of the Tarlkh Dimashq 
and other well-known works, who was in his twenty-fourth year 
at the time of transcribing this text. See Brockelmann i. 331, 
Suppl. i. 566-7; Encyclopaedia of Islam II 363. 

Ibn 'Asakir's ownership, and by implication his transcription of 
the manuscript (which is confirmed elsewhere), are attested in the 
first entry which follows, dated Rajab 523 (July 1129). This 
entry is not signed, but names persons known to the biographers. 

The second entry, dated Rabl' II 553 (May 1158), records a 
study of the text under Ibn 'Asakir and is signed by Hibat Allah b. 
MahfQz b. al- Hasan b. Muhammad b. Sasarl, who died at Damascus 
in the same year. See Ibn al-'Imad IV 210. 

The third entry, dated 26 Jumada II 598 (24 March 1202), is 
signed by 'All b. al-Qasim, the grandson of Ibn 'Asakir, and 
records a study of the manuscript with his father, also a well- 
known author, who died in 600/1203. See Brockelmann i. 331, 
Suppl. i. 567-8. 'All b. al-Qasim, who was born in 58 1/1 185-6 
and is expressly stated to have studied under his father, later 
travelled to Khurasan, and on his way home was waylaid and 
wounded by highwaymen; he died at. Baghdad in Jumada I 616 
(July 1 219). See Ibn al-'Imad V 69-70. 



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PLATE 51 

AUTOGRAPH OF AL-SAGHANl 
(577-650/1 1 81-1252) 



3415 

Fol. mi contains a study-note, dated 27 Jumada II 639 (2 
January 1242), in the hand of the copyist of the manuscript, 'Abd 
Allah b. Muhammad b. Abl Baler al-Ghassanl al-AndalusI al- 
Mahkl, who read the book with a group of other scholars from 
Morocco and Andalusia before the author in the author's- house 
at Baghdad. This entry has been countersigned by the author 
himself, who spells his name al-Saghanl. Bs>rn in Lahore, al-Saghanl 
studied at Ghazna, resided for some while in Mecca, arid later 
settled at Baghdad, where he wrote many esteemed books on 
Traditions and grammar. He died in Sha'ban 650 (October 1252), 
and his remains were taken to Mecca for burial. See Brockel- 
mann i. 360-1, Suppl. i. 613-15. 





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AUTOGRAPH OF IBN AL-KAIYAL 
(d. 938/1532) 



3419 



This volume contains unique and autograph copies of two treatises 
by Shams al-Dm Abu '1-Barakat Muhammad b. Ahmad b. 
Muhammad b. al-Kaiyal al-Shafi% who studied under his father 
and was a preacher in the Umayyad Mosque at Damascus and 
elsewhere. Much beloved of the people, he died in 0-28/1 < ?2 See 
Ibn al-'Imad VIII 229. ' 



PLATE 53 

AUTOGRAPH OF IBN AL-HIMSI 
(d. 934/1528) 



3420 

Fol. 63b shows the colophon of this manuscript in the autograph 
of Shihab al-Din Ahmad t>. Muhammad b. 'Umar b. Abl Bakr 
al-Ansarl al-Himsi al-Dimashql, who here calls himself Ibn al- 
Himsl; it is dated 1 1 Rabl' II 904 (26 November 1498), and the 
transcription took place in Cairo. Ibn al-Himsi, who was born 
in 851/1447 or 853/1449, specialized in Traditions and juris- 
prudence during his studies in Syria; he took up a legal appointment 
in Cairo under Ibn al-Ansarl (d. 926/1520), one of whose treatises 
he here copies from the author's original. The Mamluk Sultan 
al-Ghaurl favoured him, much admiring his voice. He returned 
to Damascus in 9 14/ 1509, and died there on 19 Jumada II 074 
(12 March 1517). See Ibn al-'Imad VIII 201 




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AUTOGRAPH OF AL-KATIBl 
(d. 675/1276) 



34^4 



This splendid copy of al-Abharl's revised translation of Euclid is 
in the autograph of the eminent philosopher Najm al-Din 'All 
b. 'Umar al-QazwInl al-Katibl (Dablran), pupil of Naslr al-Din 
al-TusI, himself the author of numerous books, who died in 
675/1276. See Brockelmann i. 466-7, Suppl. i. 845-8. 



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AUTOGRAPH OF AL-HIJAZI 

(d. 849/1445) 



3428 

The unique autograph copy of the second volume of al-Hijazl's 
abridgement of al-Nawawl's Raudat al-talihin. Shams al-Dln Abu 
'Abd Allah Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Qalyubl al- 
Qahirl Al-Shafi'l al-Ansaii al-HijazI was an all-round scholar and 
a practical man of affairs. He died in 849/1445. See al-SakhawI 
IX 51-52. 



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PLATE 56 

AUTOGRAPH OF IBN AL-ANSARl 
(826-926/1422-1 520) 



3432 

This shows a page from the autograph rough draft of Ibn al- 
Ansarl's well-known commentary on Ibn al-Wardl's al-Bahjat 
al-Wardtya. Zain al-Dln Abu Yahya Zakarlya' b. Muhammad 
b. al-Ansarl al-Sumaikl al-Shafi'l, the most eminent Shafi'I scholar 
and author of his generation, was born at Sumaika in the eastern 
province of Egypt in 826/1422, and moved to Cairo in 841/1437, 
to study at the Azhar. An eminent teacher, he wrote countless 
books 'more famous than the sun' on a variety of subjects. He 
died, almost a centenarian, in 926/1521. See Brockelmann ii. 
99-100, Suppl. ii. 1 17-18; al-SakhawI III 234-8} Ibn al-'Imad 
VIII 134-6. 



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AUTOGRAPH OF IBN AL-HADDAD 
(463-5 1 7/ 1 07 1 -1 1 »3) 



3447 



At the foot of fol. 3994 of this unique copy of his renowned 
treatise generally known as AtrSf al-Sahlhain (see Hajii Khalifa, 
Kashf al-Kunnn s.t), the author, Abu Nu'aim 'Ubai'd Allah b. al- 
Hasan b . Ahmad b. al-Haddad al-Isbahanl, has appended his 
certificate dated Rajab 511 (November 1117), in favour of the 
copyist Ibn al-Haddad was born in 463/1071 and studied under 
T n L TT 18 traditionists > journeying to Nishapur, Herat, and 
tfagndadj he acquired a large library, and was wonderfully kind to 
travellers He died in Jumada I 517 (July 1 123). See al-Dhahabi 
IV 59} Ibn al-'Imad IV 56. 





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AUTOGRAPH OF AL-SHARlSHl 
(601-85/1205-86) 



3456 

Fol. 225^ contains the autograph colophon of the author of this 
work, Jamal al-Din Abu Bakr Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Muham- 
mad b. 'Abd Allah al-Sharishl al-Malikl al-NahwI, who was born 
at Jerez in 601/1205 and travelled widely in his encyclopaedic 
studies, visiting Baghdad, Damascus, Irbil, Aleppo, and Cairo, 
before finally settling at Damascus. He held teaching appoint- 
ments in Aleppo and Cairo, and declined an invitation to be the 
Malikl Qadr of Damascus. Many celebrated scholars studied under 
him, including Ibn Taimlya and al-Dhahabl. He states in this 
note that he compiled the book, which was to become a famous 
schoolbook, at the instance of the copyist of the manuscript, Badr 
al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad b. Aiyub b. 'Abd al-Qahir 
al-Halabi al-Hanafl al-Tadifi, a famous calligraphist, who died in 
705/1305; see Ibn Hajar, al-Durar al-kamina III 394. The 
author himself died on 24 Rajab 685 (15 September 1286). See 
al-Suyuti, Bughyat aUvu'at 18; Ibn al-'Imad V 392. 



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AUTOGRAPH OF ABU BAKR 
AL-SAKHAWI 

(845-93/1442-88) 



3463 

Fol. i6oi of this manuscript of Shams al-Dln al-Sakhawl's treatise 
in comfort of the bereaved contains the copyist's colophon, dated 
24 Dhu '1-Hijja 864 (10 October 1460), showing the transcrip- 
tion to be in the hand of the author's brother Zain al-Dln Abu 
Bakr, who was born at Cairo in 845/1442. After studying under 
many eminent teachers, he himself held several teaching appoint- 
ments, and al-SakhawI informs us that he transcribed a number of 
his own compositions; he also wrote a few books himself Zain 
al- Din's health was undermined by domestic troubles, and he died 
on 4 Dhu '1-Hijja 893 (9 November 1488). See al-SakhawI XI 
44-46. 

'Abd al-Basit b. Musa al-'Almaw! (d. 981/1573), whose auto- 
graph is reproduced in Fascicule I (No. 321 1), has inscribed a 
reading-note on the margin dated Ramadan 946 (January 1540), 
the occasion being the death of his son 'Imad al-Dln. 



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AUTOGRAPH OF 
IBN AL-QALQASHANDI 

(817-71/1414-67) 



3467 

Fol. 16b of this small collection of lecture-notes in the autograph 
of the author Ibn al-Qalqashandl gives the date of composition as 
12 Rabi' II 853 (4 June 1449), the place of delivery being the 
Azhar Mosque in Cairo. Ibn al-Qalqashandl, a member of a 
learned family, was born at Cairo on 6 Rajab 817 (21 September 
1 41 4) and studied under many eminent scholars. He held various 
teaching appointments, and al-SakhawI, who thought rather little 
of his abilities, expressly mentions his lecturing in the Azhar 
'unfettered by books or anything else'. Ibn al-Qalqashandl men- 
tions his son Muhammad being present in the clas^, and al-SakhawI 
(VII 282-3) confirms that he concerned himself with his educa- 
tion. Ibn al-Qalciashand! died on 3 Sha'ban 871 (10 March 1467) 
at his home in the Khan al-Khaliil. See al-SakhawI IV 46-48 



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AUTOGRAPH OF IBN FAHD 
(787-871/1385-1466) 



347o 



FoL yob contams the concluding lines of Ibn Fahd's autograph copy 
of his own miscellany the date of writing of which is given elsewhere 
in the manuscnpt (fol. S z a) as , s Ramadan 842 (, March 1439), 
at Mecca. lb, r,,hd, who was born at Mm ^ $ R ^ «9* 

(lb April 138, v as a member of a learned family which produced 
several authors; his own son 'Urnar (d. 885/1480) was also dis- 
tinguished as a scholar. Ibn Fahd studied at Medina, but then 
returned to Mecca to spend the remainder of his life there; he 
died on 7 Rabi' I 8 7 r ( I? October 1466). See Brockelmann, 
Suppl. ,. 225; al-Sakhawi IX 281-3. 

Ibn Fahd has appended a reading-certificate, dated 867/1462, 

TlKTX ° lZ<™ f Dln Ibr5h!m b - M ^ammad al-Sublnl 
r^ a f' Wh ° WaS born in Shauwal 8 45 (February 

1442} and made the pilgrimage several times; see al-Sakhawi I 1 19. 



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AUTOGRAPH OF AL-BUSNAWl 
(d. 1 054/ 1 644) 



3474 



Fol. 514* contains the end and colophon, dated 1024 (16 15), of 
this unique and autograph copy of 'Abd Allah al-Rumlal-BusnawI's 
commentary on Ibn 'Arabl's Fusus al-hikam. The author, a native 
of Bosnia, who is otherwise known for his commentary on a poem 
of Ibn 'Arabi, died in 1054/1644. See Brockelmann i. 447, 
Suppl. i. 800. 




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AUTOGRAPH OF AL-MANlNl 
(1089-1 1 72/1678-1759) 



3488 

Fol. 326* contains the autograph ijaza, dated Muharram 1169 
(September 1756), of Abu '1-Najah al-Manlnl, who was born at 
Manin, studied in Damascus, taught in various schools, and was 
preacher at the Umaiyad Mosque. The author of a number of 
learned books and a collection of poetry, he died on 19 Jumada 
II 1172 (17 February 1759). See Brockelmann ii. 282, Suppl. ii. 
391-2. 




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AUTOGRAPHS OF IBN tIAJAR 

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AL-SAKHAWI 
(830-902/1427-97) 



349i 

Fol. I*, the title-page of this unique copy of the Kitab al-llm of 
Abu Khaithama (d. 243/849), contains entries in the autographs 
of Ibn Hajar and al-Sakhawi, the two greatest scholars and authors 
of the 9/1 5th century. Ibn Hajar states that he read the text with 
al-Majd Isma'il b. Ibrahim, i.e. Majd al-Dln Abu '1-Fida' Isma'il 
b. Ibrahim b. Muhammad al-Kinani al-Bilbaisi al-Hanafi (728- 
802/1328-1400, see al-Sakhawi II 286-8), who received it from 
'Umar b. Husain b. Maki (d. 747/1346, see Ibn Hajar, al-Durar 
al-hamina III 160-1) — a chain of transmission which is confirmed 
by Ibn Hajar Joe. cit. The entry of al-Sakhawi is damaged but 
seems to be a study-note also; on fol. 1 b al-Sakhawi records that 
he read the manuscript with Ibn Hajar on 13 Jumada II 850 
(5 September 1446). For Ibn Hajar, see Brockelmann ii. 67-70, 
Suppl. ii. 72-76. For al-Sakhawi, see Brockelmann ii. 74.-1 <, 

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uppl. 11. 31-33. 

Later the volume came into the possession of Muhammad 
Murtada al-Husaini, a scholar and author of the 1 2/1 8th century. 
See Brockelmann, Suppl. ii. 696. 

The manuscript itself was transcribed by Najm al-Dln Abu 
Bakr 'Abd Allah b. 'All b. 'Umar b. Shibl al-SanhajI, who was 
born on 16 Rajab 658 (27 June 1260), studied under various 
teachers, transcribed learned works, and later, falling into destitu- 
tion, sold his library; he died on 10 Sha'ban 724 (2 August 1324). 
See Ibn Hajar II 276—7. 



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AUTOGRAPH OF AL-SAKHAWI 
(830^902/1427-97) 



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Fol. ib of this manuscript, the contents of which are described in the previous entry, 
contains the full text of al-Sakhawi's study-note before Ibn Hajar, dated ,13 Jumada 
H' 850 (5 September 1446)5 al-SakhawI here refers to Ibn Hajar's own study-note 
before al-Majd Isma'il b. Muhammad al-Hanafi 'as it appears in his own writing on 
this leaf. The names of other students present in the class are given. Baha* al-Dln 
Abu 'I-Fath-Muhammad b. Abi Baler b. 'All al-Mashhadl al-Qahirl al-Shafi'i was 
born near the Azhar Mosque in Safar 811 (July 1408); al-SakhawI mentions him 
elsewhere as attending the classes of Ibn Hajar; he taught in various schools, wrote a 
number of books, and died in Jumada II 889 (August 1484). See al^Sakhawi VII 
179-81. Shams al-Din Abu '1-Fadl Muhammad b. 'All b. 'All al-Falati al-Shafi'i was 
born at Cairo in Rajab 824 (July 1421), studied under Ibn Hajar and many other 
scholars (al-Sakhawi mentions him as a classmate), taught in various schools, and died in 
Dhu '1-Qa'da 870 (June 1466). See al-Sakhawi VIII 197-9. Jamal al-Dln Abu 
'1-Mahasin Yusuf b. Shahin al-Karkl, a grandson of Ibn Hajar, author of several 
books which have survived, was born in Raba' I 828 (January 1425), and died on 26 
Muharram 899 (7 November 1493). See Brockelmann, Suppl. ii. 76; al-SakhawI X 
313-17. Shams al-Dln Aba 'Abd Allah Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad 
al-Sunbati al-Shafi'i was born at Sunbat in 816/1413, moved to Cairo in 831/1428, 
travelled widely and formed a large library; he died in Rabl' I 891 (March i486). 
See al-Sakhawi IX 272-4. Shihab al-Din Ahmad b. Sulatman b. Nasr Allah al- 
Zawawi al-Bilqasi al-Qahirl al-Shafi'T was born ca. Zl^i-^zi at Bilqas (Gharbiya), 
moved to Cairo while a child, and attended many teachers including Ibn Hajar} al- 
Sakhawi mentions him as a classmate; he died in the prime of life in Shauwal 852 
(December 1448). See al-SakhawI I 310-n. Majd al-Dln Abu 'Amr 'Uthman b. 
Muhammad b. 'Uthman al-Diyaml al-Qahirl al-Shafi'i was born at Tabna (Gharbiya) 
in Muharram 821 (February 141 8); after living for many years at Diyama, he moved 
to Cairo in 842/1439 and attended many teachers including Ibn Hajar; he held various 
teaching appointments, and was still alive in 900/1495. See al-Sakhawi V 140-2. 








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(654-744/1255-1343) 



3492 

Fol. i o<7 contains a study-note, dated Jumada II 649 (August 1 251) at Fustat, Cairo, 
in the hand of the copyist of the manuscript, Shihab al-Dln Abu Tahir Ahmad b. Yunus 
b. Ahmad b. Baraka al-Irbill. 

The second study-note on this page, dated 18 Rabl' II 677 (8 September 1278) in 
the Fariqlya Madrasa at Cairo, is in the autograph of Abu 'Amr Muhammad b. 
Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Saiyid al-Nas al-Ya'mari, who was born at Bougie in Jumada 
II 645 (October 1 247), studied under his father, and later travelled to Tunis, Alexandria, 
and Cairo; he taught for a time in the Kamillya Madrasa, and died in Jumada I 705 
(November 1305). See Ibn Hajar IV 162. He mentions that his two sons Abu Baler 
Muhammad and Abu '1-Fath Muhammad weie present in the class; the latter of these 
was the famous scholar and author Ibn Saiyid al-Nas, who by general report was born 
at Cairo in 671/1273; earlier dates for his birth are also given but these seem most 
improbable in view of his father's age and movements; he was thus a boy of five at the 
time of the lecture. See Brockelmann ii. 71-72, Suppl. ii. 77. 

The third reading-note, dated 22 Muharram 681 (1 May 1282) outside the Bab 
al-Nasr, Cairo, is in the autograph of the celebrated grammarian and exegete Athlr 
al-Dln Abu Haiyan Muhammad b. Yusuf b. 'All b. Haiyan al-Nafzi al-Andalusi al- 
Gharnati, who was born in Shauwal 654 (November 1 256) at a village called Matakh- 
sharas near Granada, left Spain in 679/1280, and travelled through Egypt, Arabia, 
and Syria; we here see him in the early years of his residence in the East. Later he took 
up important teaching appointments in Cairo and wrote many esteemed books; he died j 
on 28 Safar 745 (1 1 July 1344). See Brockelmann ii. 109-10, Suppl. ii. 135-6. 














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AUTOGRAPH OF AL-MIZZl 
(654-742/1256-1341) 



3492 

Fol. 10b of this manuscript contains first a reading-note, dated 
Rajab 683 (September 1 284) at Cairo, in the hand of Sharaf al- 
Dln Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Hamld b. 'Abd Allah b. Khalaf 
al-Qurashl al-Misrl, who was born ca. 620/1223, taught and 
preached in Cairo, and died in Sha'ban 716 (October 13 1 6). See 
Ibn Hajar III 493. 

The second reading-note is in the hand of the copyist al-Irbill, 
and certifies a study of the manuscript at Mizza near Damascus on 
10 Jumada II 685 (3 August 1286). 

The third reading-note, dated 15 Jumada II 687 (17 July 
1288) in the same rendezvous, is in the autograph of Jamal al-Dln 
Abu '1-Hajjaj Yusuf b. al-Zakl 'Abd al-Rahman b. Yusuf al- 
MizzI, the famous scholar and biographer, who was born at Aleppo 
on 10 Rabf II 654 (8 May 1256) and died on 12 Safar 742 (28 
July 1 341). See Brockelmann ii. 64, Suppl. ii. 66-67. 




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3494 

This splendid old codex of the second volume of Ibn Qutaiba's 
Gharlb al-hadith is dated Muharram 279 (April 892). Fol. 136* 
contains a reading-note signed by 'Abd al-'AzIz b. al-Husain b. 
'All al-Zubairl and dated 452/1 060. 



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AUTOGRAPH OF IBN NUBATA 
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3495 

Fol. 14* of this miscellany contains a reading-certificate, dated 
8 Sha'ban 739 ( IQ February 1339) a t Damascus, in the autograph 
of Shams al-Dln Muhammad b. Muhammad b. al-Hasan b 
Nubata al-Misrl, father of the distinguished poet Ibn Nubata (d 
768/1366 see Brockelmann ii. 11, Suppl. ii. 4-5), who was born 
in Kabi I 666 (December 1267) and held various official appoint- 
ments in Cano before settling at Damascus, where he was head of 
the ?ahiriya Madrasa; he wrote a number of books which have 
survived, and died on 2 Safar 750 (22 April 1349). See Brockel- 
mann, Suppl. ii. 47; Ibn Hajar IV 173-4. 



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AUTOGRAPH OF AL-MAQDISl 

(543-614/1148-1218) 



3498 

This manuscript preserves an interesting record of a famous family of Hanball lawyers 
and traditionists. \ 

Fol. j6b contains the concluding lines of the text^ transcribed towards the end of the 
6/iath century by 'Ubaid Allah b. al-Mubarak b. Ibrahim b. Mukhtar al-Daqqaq, 
a hard-working traditionist of no great repute who died at the age of 70 or nearly in 
619/1222. See Ibn Hajar, Lisan al-ml%an IV in. 

The first annotation following the text, a transcription of a reading-note 'upon the 
archetype', is dated 29 Jumada II 580 (7 October 11 84) and is in the autograph of 
'Imad al-Dln Abu Ishaq Ibrahim b. 'Abd al- Wahid b. 'AH b. Surur al-MaqdisI, brother 
of the famous traditionist 'Abd al-Ghanl al-Jamma'lll (d. 600/1203, see Brockelmann 
1. 356, Suppl. i. 605-7). Ibrahim was born in 543/1148, at Jamma'il near Nabulus 
(like his brother, his senior by two years), and migrated with his family in 551/1156. 
He studied in Baghdad and Mosul before taking up residence at Damascusj he wrote 
little, passing all his time in devotions and acquiring a wide reputation for piety; he 
died on 7 Dhu '1-Qa'da 614 (5 February 121 8). See Ibn al-'Imad V 57-60; al-Yafi'l, 
Mtr'et al-jinan IV 29. His son Shams al-Dln Muhammad (d. 676/1277, see Ibn al- 
'Imad V 353-4) wrote a history of the world, which has survived (see Brockelmann, 
Suppl. i. 690). 

The second annotation is a study-note, dated 16 Shauwal 607 (2 April 121 1), in 
the autograph of 'Abd al-Rahlm b. 'Abd al- Wahid b. Ahmad al-MaqdisI, brother of 
the eminent Hanball scholar and author Diya' al-Dln Muhammad (d. 643/1245, see 
Brockelmann i. 398-9, Suppl. i. 690). The class was conducted by the celebrated 
Muwaffaq al-Dln Abu Muhammad 'Abd Allah b. Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Qudama 
al-MaqdisI (d. 620/1223, see Brockelmann i. 398, Suppl. i. 688-9), and the reader 
was 'Izz al-Dln Abu '1-Fath Muhammad, son of the aforementioned 'Abd al-Ghanl 
al-Jamma'lll, who died in 61 3/1 21 6 (see Ibn al-'Imad V 56-57); his two sons Ibrahim 
and 'Abd al-Rahman (602-61/1205-63, see Ibn al-'Imad V 306) were present with 
many others, including 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Qudama al- 
MaqdisI (d. 682/1283, see Brockelmanri i. g99 , Suppl. i. 691), who became leading 
scholars of the 7/1 3th century. 









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