Grammar [IO Islamic 199]

Grammar. This manuscript is now IO Islamic 199 in the India Office collections. [metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 921 here with further notations and hyperlinks]. 921. 199. Size 91/4 in. by 5 in.; foll. 205. Seventeen lines in a page. A Commentary (ممزوج ) on the Kâfiyah, by the celebrated 'ABD AL-RAḤMÂN JÂMÎ (d. A.H. 898) , who wrote it A.H. 897, for the use of his son Ḍiyâ al-dîn. Hence it is entitled الفوائد الضيائيّة . It is also frequently styled شرح ملّا . Cf. Ḥ. Kh. v. 10 ; Cat. St. Petersb. 158; Fleischer, Cat. Lips. 342. Copies are frequent. Printed at Calcutta, A.H. 1233; at Constantinople, A.H. 1235; at Lakhnau, A.H. 1265; etc. Clearly written in Nasta’lîḳ. Has the following colophon: قد حصل الفراغ من تسويد هذا الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب على يد العبد ... محمود خان امچوزئى (؟) في دار الخلافت اكبراباد بتاريخ نهم من شهر شوال بوقت الظهر يوم الثالث و مالك الملك عنايتخان ابن ايوبخان خويشكى. Coloured lines round the pages. A few notes ( فائدة ) on grammatical and other subjects are added on the last page. [Johnson.]