Fols. 143; 20.2 x 14.6 cm.; written surface 16 x 10 cm.; 25 lines to page; on glazed European paper; in naskhi; with catchwords; entries in red. A collection containing: 1. Itmām al-dirāyah li-qurrāʼ al-Nuqāyah, by al-Suyūṭī, a commentary on the authorʼs own work al-Nuqāyah. Copy made in A.H. 981 [A.D. 1573]. 2. Kitāb al-Hidāyah min al-ḍalālah fī maʻrifat al-waqt wa-al-qiblah min ghayr ālah, a work on determining time of prayer and direction of the qiblah without the aid of an instrument, by Shihāb al-Dīn al-Qalyūbī, A.H. 1069 [A.D. 1658/9]. See Khulāṣat al-Athar I, p. 175; Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 5706. Copy probably from XVIIIth century. 3. al-Fawākih al-Badrīyah, a work on legal theory by Badr al-Dīn Abū al-Yusr Muḥammad ibn al-Ghars, A.H. 932 [A.D. 1525/6]. See ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), IV, pp. 467/8; cf. Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 4807. The copy was made A.H. 973 [A.D. 1565]. MS in fair condition; Arabic binding. Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925.
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