Ms. codex. Title from tail of text block (repeated on the pastedown of the upper cover). The title appears on fol. 1a as: Sharḥ-i ʻArūḍ-i Khazrajīyah. The name of the author appears in the beginning of the text (fol. 5b). Physical description: 23 lines per page. Written in small professional square naskh in black ink with use of red for commented text, key-words and re-inking. Thick light cream paper with pulp and laid and chain lines visible. The quires (mainly quinions) have catchword on the verso of each leaf. Table of abbreviations used in the text on fol. 1b. Fol. 2a-4b: Blank. Origin: Copy completed on 3 Rabīʻ al-Ākhar 897 [Feb. 3, 1492] by Yaḥyá ibn Sharf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī ibn Ḥātim ibn Aḥmad ibn ʻIzz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan al-Bakrī(?) ... al-Dharwī ... al-Shāfiʻī . al-Azharī ... al-Burhānī (colophon, fol. 129b). From the library of Muṣtafá Ṣidqī (see seal and counter seal on fol. 5a, with mention of a prize). Several other ownership statements on the same folio, in the name of Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, dated 1172(?) H. [1758?] (partly in Arabic numerals, partly in abjad) ; ʻAbd al-Qādir ; Muḥammad al-ʻUrfī(?) ; Muḥammad Munīr. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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