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Or Ms 3: الاسعاف في شرح شواهد القاضي والکشّاف al-Is'āf fī sharḥ shawāhid al-qāḍī wa-al-kashshāf vol. 1, 1192 A.H., 1778 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 3

Scope and Contents

A complete commentary on the "proof verses" of the Qur'ān, cited by Jār-allāh Maḥmud al-Zamakhsharī (d. 538 A.H., 1143 C. E.), in his commentary on the Qur'ān called al-Kashshāf, and Nasīr al-Dīn 'Abd-allāh b. 'Umar al-Bayḍawī in his Qur'ānic commentary. The present work was compiled by Hadr b. 'Atā-allāh (see the last verse on fol. 6325), accordīng to a chronogram at the end of the book, in 974 A.H. (1566 C.E.). All the verses adopted by al-Zamakhsharī are inscribed in red,and those of al-Bayḍawī in yellow, and those common between them in green, but through age no such difference except in the case of red can now be detected.

Dates

  • Creation: 1192 A.H.
  • Creation: 1778 C.E.

Creator

Language of Materials

Arabic (Script: naskh)

Physical Description

Fols. 633; 12 inches by 8 inches; 30 lines, each 5 inches long; bound in plain leather.

Conditions Governing Access

Open. Please contact the repository in advance.

Extent

1 volume

Other Finding Aids

Hukk, Mohammed Ashraful; Ethé, Hermann; and Robertson, Edward, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library (Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd., 1925).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated to the University of Edinburgh Library by Lieutenant-Colonel John Baillie of Leys' grandson, also named John Baillie, in 1876.

Physical Description

Fols. 633; 12 inches by 8 inches; 30 lines, each 5 inches long; bound in plain leather.

Processing Information

Annotation uses legacy data from Mohammed Hukk et al. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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