شرح الشافیه Sharḥ al-Shāfiyah, undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)
Scope and Contents
A commentary upon al-Shāfiyah fī al-Ṣarf, a well-known treatise on inflection by Ibn Ḥājib (d. 646 A.H., 1248 C.E.). The author of the commentary is Raḍī al-Dīn Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Raḍī al-Astarābādī (d. 686 A.H., 1287 C.E.), who also wrote a commentary upon al-Kāfiyah (see OR MS 33 for another such commentary).
Dates
- Creation: undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)
Language of Materials
Arabic (Script: nasta'līq)
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Full 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).
Custodial History
Bears a seal of Muḥammad Ikrām al-Haqq 1167 A.H., 1753 C.E.
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.
Processing Information
Annotation uses legacy data from Mohammed Hukk et al. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library.
Source
- Baillie, John, of Leys, 1772-1833 (Member of Parliament, and East India Company Official) (Former owner, Person)
- Baillie, Anne, 1809-1847 (Former owner of manuscripts) (Former owner, Person)
- Baillie, John Baillie, of Leys, 1835-1890 (donor of the Oriental Manuscripts Collection) (Donor, Person)
Cultural context
Repository Details
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