Fols. 146; 26 x 17.5 cm.; written surface 17 x 11 cm.; 31 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; with catchwords; entries and titles in red. A work on syntax containing a detailed exposition of the particles and the rules of the construction of sentences. Beg.: بسم الله الرحمن الرحىم ... فان اولى ما تقترحه القرائح ... ما ىتىسر به فهم کتاب الله المنزل Ending: في المرفوع به نائب عن الفاعِل ولا ىقول مفعوله ما لم ىسم Marginal notes. First folio supplied by a later hand. MS incomplete at the end. In good condition; Arabic leather binding; gilt stamped. Probably from the XVIth century. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1904. ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), V, pp. 655/6; Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 6725/6. Printed in Cairo, A.H. 1329.
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