Numb. fols. 231; 25.8 x 17.5 cm.; written surface 20 x 11.5 cm.; 25 lines to page; on glazed European paper; in naskhi; with catchwords; entries in red. A rearrangement of Mabāriq al-azhār, a commentary by ʻAbd al-Laṭīf, known as Ibn al-Malak, who flourished during the first half of the lXth Muslim century, on Mashāriq al-anwār. Beg.: بسم الله ... الحمد لله الذي له ما في السموات والارض Colophon: وصلى الله على سىدنا محمد وآله واصحابه واولاده وازواجه الطىبىن الطاهرىن وجمىع المسلمىن امىن ىا رب العالمىن Marginal notes. The first five folios comprising a table of contents and first page are by a later hand. MS in good condition. Arabic leather binding with flap. Probably from XVIIth century. Very rare. Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirut, A.D. 1925. ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), V, p. 551.
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