Tashīl al-fawāʼid wa-takmīl al-maqāṣid

Name: Tashīl al-fawāʼid wa-takmīl al-maqāṣid
Author: Ibn Mālik, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, -1274, Ibn Malik, Muhammad bin Abdullah, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad al-Kūfī al-Hamadānī, 1281-1354, Ahmed bin Ali bin Ahmed al-Kufi al-Hamdani,, Manīnī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1678 or 1679-1758 or 1759, Mnini, Ahmed bin Ali,

Title	Tashīl al-fawāʼid wa-takmīl al-maqāṣid
Author	Ibn Mālik, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, -1274, Ibn Malik, Muhammad bin Abdullah, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad al-Kūfī al-Hamadānī, 1281-1354, Ahmed bin Ali bin Ahmed al-Kufi al-Hamdani,, Manīnī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1678 or 1679-1758 or 1759, Mnini, Ahmed bin Ali,
Author Original	ابن مالك، محمد بن عبد الله احمد بن علي بن احمد الكوفي الهمداني، منيني، احمد بن علي،
Publication Date:	1333
Subject	Arabic language -- Grammar -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	i, 163, i leaves : paper ; 170 x 130 (110 x 78) mm
Library:	University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID	1194821463
Record ID	990128463460106381
Library Location	UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date	1333
Notes	Ms. codex., Title from opening matter on p.2., Incipit: “The sheikh, the one imam, the only scholar, the sheikh of grammarians and writers, Jamal al-Din Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Malik al-Ta’i al-Andalusi al-Jiyani, may God have mercy on him, praising God, Lord of the worlds, and sending blessings upon Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets, and upon his family and all his companions, said: This is a book of grammar, with the help of God, that I have made consistent with its principles, controlling its doors and chapters, so I called it facilitation of the benefits. And the completion of the objectives...”, Explicit: “And the yā’ was added in ‘Bīyādīn and of the Prophets of the Messengers and his chiefs and their chiefs, and this is what one is led to and cannot be measured against.”, Colophon: “Scribal,” rectangular, reads: “The book Tashsīl al-Fāwīd wa tākim al-Maqasīd was written in the middle of Shawwal of the year seven hundred and thirty-three, written by Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Ahmad al-Kufa al-Hamdānī, praising, praying and submitting. May God bless those who wrote it for him. with it and with all the other knowledge, and to attain his hopes, and accept his deeds, and unite him, and bestow upon him His bounty.”, Collation: i, III (6), IV+1 (15), 18 IV (159), II (163), i ; almost exclusively quaternions; catchwords present; Foliation in pencil, Hindu-Arabic numerals, lower outer corner of recto ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing., Layout: Written in 13 lines per page (single column) ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board quite evident)., Script: Naskh ; careful and delicate hand in a thin line; Virtually serifless with tall, straight ascenders and mainly curvilinear descenders (some sweeping), tail of rāʼ and wāw quite short, foot of lām flattened and parallel to baseline, kāf mashqūqah preferred with often long shaqq on even final kāf, bowl of nūn occasionally tall and narrow, occasionally broad and shallow, final hāh often as short stroke (closed counter), pointing in distinct dots, occasionally positioned on the diagonal ; rubricated headings in a larger hand reminiscent of tawqīʻ, seriffed with sharp right-sloping strokes on lām, free-standing alif, etc., Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated., Support: non-European laid paper, mainly with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, see p.12, 284 etc.) and chain lines difficult to observe but occasionally visible in pairs (see p.264, 12-14 mm. between chains), sturdy, dense and somewhat thick, furnishing fairly cloudy, some knots and clumps of fiber visible, only lightly burnished; flyleaves in European laid paper with six-pointed star watermark visible (perhaps over anchor)., Binding: Pasteboards faced in a mottled paper (cream and dark red) with spine and trace of fore edge flap in brown leather; Type II binding (with flap, now lost); pastedowns and flyleaves in pale yellow paper; sewn in cream threads, two stations; traces of worked chevron endbands in light pink and pale yellow, warp threads (primaries) apparently stitched through leather spine lining; Overall in fair condition with strong attachment, some losses of leather and paper, abrasion, etc., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 1059, Origin: As appears in colophon at close (p.325), transcription completed mid-Shawwāl 733 [ca. June 1333] by Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad al-Kūfī al-Hamadānī, likely the scholar who reportedly was born in 1281 in Kūfah, became an established scholar in Iraq, and eventually traveled to Damascus where he also taught in several madrasas before he died in 1354 (cf. GAL S II 211 / 2a, also father of Ibn al-Faṣīḥ al-Kūfī, d. 1344)., Several former owners' marks on front flyleaf, including ownership statement in name of Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī al-Manīnī (likely the Damascene scholar who lived ca. 1678-1759 cf. al-Ziriklī, Beirut 1980, v.1, p.181), “Whoever God Almighty bestows upon His despicable servant Ahmad ibn Ali al-Manini, He will forgive them” and ownership statement in the name of Aḥmad ibn LuṭfʹʻAlī al-Tabrīzī [?] “Among the people of eternity with [?] and I... Ahmad ibn Lutf Ali al-Tabrizi”; on verso of front flyleaf, inscribed by the Library “SPEC / ISLM \| 500591042 / SPAUL-2014 \| QUARITCH 4-17-14” ; occasional marginal corrections and glosses (cf. pp.66-67), some effaced (see p.113, 200-201); in outer margins of p.154, 158, and 192 in a large script reminiscent of thuluth, sayings attributed to Imam ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (“If the cover had been removed, certainty would not have increased”) and the Prophet Muḥammad (“Indeed, the city of knowledge and at its gate” and “Seeking knowledge is obligatory for every Muslim”); further glosses in taʻlīq on pp.268-269.
Sample Text	Fine early copy of Ibn Mālik's renowned treatise on grammar.
Katkıda Bulunanlar	Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad al-Kūfī al-Hamadānī, 1281-1354, scribe., Manīnī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1678 or 1679-1758 or 1759, former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi	20251210
Bağışçı Bilgisi	The Stephen Spaulding (1907-1925) Memorial Fund, University of Michigan Class of 1927
Biçim	Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Referanslar	In the Scribes Hand: A Selection of Islamic Manuscripts, Bernard Quaritch Ltd Catalogue 1428, (London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 2014), no.2, Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 298 (4/1), Ibn Mālik, Tashīl al-fawāʼid wa-takmīl al-maqāṣid, Ed. Muḥammad Kāmil Barakāt (al-Qāhirah : Dār al-Kātib al-ʻArabī, [cover 1968] 1967), 1, 337, etc., Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 165 (6/I) ; S II 211 (2a.), al-Ziriklī, Khayr al-Dīn. al-Aʻlām (Beirut, 1980 ed.), v.1 p.181
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Tashīl al-fawāʼid wa-takmīl al-maqāṣid

Author Ibn Mālik, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, -1274, Ibn Malik, Muhammad bin Abdullah, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad al-Kūfī al-Hamadānī, 1281-1354, Ahmed bin Ali bin Ahmed al-Kufi al-Hamdani,, Manīnī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1678 or 1679-1758 or 1759, Mnini, Ahmed bin Ali,

Author Original ابن مالك، محمد بن عبد الله احمد بن علي بن احمد الكوفي الهمداني، منيني، احمد بن علي،

Publication Date 1333

Subject Arabic language -- Grammar -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions i, 163, i leaves : paper ; 170 x 130 (110 x 78) mm

Library University of Michigan Library

Library Asset ID 1194821463

Record ID 990128463460106381

Library Location UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library

Date 1333

Notes Ms. codex., Title from opening matter on p.2., Incipit: “The sheikh, the one imam, the only scholar, the sheikh of grammarians and writers, Jamal al-Din Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Malik al-Ta’i al-Andalusi al-Jiyani, may God have mercy on him, praising God, Lord of the worlds, and sending blessings upon Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets, and upon his family and all his companions, said: This is a book of grammar, with the help of God, that I have made consistent with its principles, controlling its doors and chapters, so I called it facilitation of the benefits. And the completion of the objectives...”, Explicit: “And the yā’ was added in ‘Bīyādīn and of the Prophets of the Messengers and his chiefs and their chiefs, and this is what one is led to and cannot be measured against.”, Colophon: “Scribal,” rectangular, reads: “The book Tashsīl al-Fāwīd wa tākim al-Maqasīd was written in the middle of Shawwal of the year seven hundred and thirty-three, written by Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Ahmad al-Kufa al-Hamdānī, praising, praying and submitting. May God bless those who wrote it for him. with it and with all the other knowledge, and to attain his hopes, and accept his deeds, and unite him, and bestow upon him His bounty.”, Collation: i, III (6), IV+1 (15), 18 IV (159), II (163), i ; almost exclusively quaternions; catchwords present; Foliation in pencil, Hindu-Arabic numerals, lower outer corner of recto ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing., Layout: Written in 13 lines per page (single column) ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board quite evident)., Script: Naskh ; careful and delicate hand in a thin line; Virtually serifless with tall, straight ascenders and mainly curvilinear descenders (some sweeping), tail of rāʼ and wāw quite short, foot of lām flattened and parallel to baseline, kāf mashqūqah preferred with often long shaqq on even final kāf, bowl of nūn occasionally tall and narrow, occasionally broad and shallow, final hāh often as short stroke (closed counter), pointing in distinct dots, occasionally positioned on the diagonal ; rubricated headings in a larger hand reminiscent of tawqīʻ, seriffed with sharp right-sloping strokes on lām, free-standing alif, etc., Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated., Support: non-European laid paper, mainly with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, see p.12, 284 etc.) and chain lines difficult to observe but occasionally visible in pairs (see p.264, 12-14 mm. between chains), sturdy, dense and somewhat thick, furnishing fairly cloudy, some knots and clumps of fiber visible, only lightly burnished; flyleaves in European laid paper with six-pointed star watermark visible (perhaps over anchor)., Binding: Pasteboards faced in a mottled paper (cream and dark red) with spine and trace of fore edge flap in brown leather; Type II binding (with flap, now lost); pastedowns and flyleaves in pale yellow paper; sewn in cream threads, two stations; traces of worked chevron endbands in light pink and pale yellow, warp threads (primaries) apparently stitched through leather spine lining; Overall in fair condition with strong attachment, some losses of leather and paper, abrasion, etc., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 1059, Origin: As appears in colophon at close (p.325), transcription completed mid-Shawwāl 733 [ca. June 1333] by Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad al-Kūfī al-Hamadānī, likely the scholar who reportedly was born in 1281 in Kūfah, became an established scholar in Iraq, and eventually traveled to Damascus where he also taught in several madrasas before he died in 1354 (cf. GAL S II 211 / 2a, also father of Ibn al-Faṣīḥ al-Kūfī, d. 1344)., Several former owners' marks on front flyleaf, including ownership statement in name of Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī al-Manīnī (likely the Damascene scholar who lived ca. 1678-1759 cf. al-Ziriklī, Beirut 1980, v.1, p.181), “Whoever God Almighty bestows upon His despicable servant Ahmad ibn Ali al-Manini, He will forgive them” and ownership statement in the name of Aḥmad ibn LuṭfʹʻAlī al-Tabrīzī [?] “Among the people of eternity with [?] and I... Ahmad ibn Lutf Ali al-Tabrizi”; on verso of front flyleaf, inscribed by the Library “SPEC / ISLM | 500591042 / SPAUL-2014 | QUARITCH 4-17-14” ; occasional marginal corrections and glosses (cf. pp.66-67), some effaced (see p.113, 200-201); in outer margins of p.154, 158, and 192 in a large script reminiscent of thuluth, sayings attributed to Imam ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (“If the cover had been removed, certainty would not have increased”) and the Prophet Muḥammad (“Indeed, the city of knowledge and at its gate” and “Seeking knowledge is obligatory for every Muslim”); further glosses in taʻlīq on pp.268-269.

Sample Text Fine early copy of Ibn Mālik's renowned treatise on grammar.

Katkıda Bulunanlar Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad al-Kūfī al-Hamadānī, 1281-1354, scribe., Manīnī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1678 or 1679-1758 or 1759, former owner.

Son Dizinleme Tarihi 20251210

Bağışçı Bilgisi The Stephen Spaulding (1907-1925) Memorial Fund, University of Michigan Class of 1927

Biçim Book, Manuscript, Available Online

Referanslar In the Scribes Hand: A Selection of Islamic Manuscripts, Bernard Quaritch Ltd Catalogue 1428, (London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 2014), no.2, Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 298 (4/1), Ibn Mālik, Tashīl al-fawāʼid wa-takmīl al-maqāṣid, Ed. Muḥammad Kāmil Barakāt (al-Qāhirah : Dār al-Kātib al-ʻArabī, [cover 1968] 1967), 1, 337, etc., Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 165 (6/I) ; S II 211 (2a.), al-Ziriklī, Khayr al-Dīn. al-Aʻlām (Beirut, 1980 ed.), v.1 p.181

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