Ibn Malik. Alfiyyah

Full title: al-Khulasa al-alfiyya. Ca. 1620 (1029 A.H. of the Islamic calendar). 185 lvs, 21 lines per page. Arabic manuscript on paper of the Imam Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Malik Al-Tai Al-Jiani, Ibn Malik's famous rhymed poetical book of Arabic grammar w. commentary by Ibn Akil. Written in black and red ink. Hroan. 21.5 x 15.5 cm.

Occas. stains and browning, margins cut sl. short in some places (sometimes affecting marginal commentary), some paper repairs. One of the most important grammatical books on Arabic, in part due to the numerous commentaries on it by prominent Arabic scholars and writers.