Fols. 96; 23 x 16.3 cm.; written surface 15.5-16 x 11-11.5 cm.; 19 lines to page; on Arabic paper; in naskhi; with vowel signs; entries in red; illuminated. The abridgment of al-Fawāʼid, the authorʼs own work on syntax. Beg.: بسم الله الرحمن الرحىم ... قال الشىخ ... الجىاني ... هذا کتاب في النحو جعلته بعون الله مستوفىا لاصوله Colophon: کمل کتاب تسهىل الفوائد وتکمىل المقاصد بعون الله ومنه ولطفه وتىسىره والحمد لله على ذلك حمدا کثىرا طىبا مبارکا کلما ذکره الذاکرون وکلما غفل عن ذکره الغافلون Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. Title page illuminated with gold and color. MS in poor condition; worm-eaten and mended; Arabic leather binding; blind stamped. Probably from XIVth century. Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925. Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), II, p. 290; A catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 963.
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