[Risālah fī bayān lafẓ Kitāb al-ṭahārah]. -- 1611.

Leaves 116-247 (in 1 volume); 19.5 x 12.8 cm.

Arabic

Purchased from Oskar Rescher in 1972 on the Edwin J. Beinecke fund.

Discussion of the terms "kitāb", "ḅāb", and "faṣl", and of the reason why fiqh books begin with ṭahārah. This is followed by several pages of notes, including a list of terms explained, a page on personal pronouns, and a list of al-mafrūqāt li-ahl al-maʻqūlāt (on distinction of terms). This is followed by another list, the title of which may be Tanwīr al-sanad mā yadhkuru li-tawḍīḥ al-sanad, arranged alphabetically. Followed by notes in various hands.

June 01, 2002

Mach, 3816