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A book on iʿrāb (Arabic case endings). A point of interest is that instead of the basmala there is "b-ism jār wa majrūr" (in the name of the genitive case). Copied in a fine Sudanic hand.
Section from the Risālat Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī (922-996)
Scope & Content:
Two non-sequenced folios from a copy of the Risāla of Tunisian Maliki fiqh specialist Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī (922-996). The pages concern preparing a body for burial. Gloss in ʿajamī language.
A selection of fiqh rulings such as the obligation to go on pilgrimage and the obligation to pay zakat, derived from the hadith. The colophon states that the owner is Ibrāhīm Suwaré, son of Muḥammad Suwaré and Fāṭima Dramé.
A copy of the "mother of truths", the creed of Muḥammad Ibn Yūsuf al-Sanūsī (1435/6-1490) in an extremely untidy hand. Many crossings-out. At f. 282r in the margins are attempts at elaborate chapter headings. Incomplete.