ARABIC MANUSCRIPT. - Lot 271

ARABIC MANUSCRIPT. Sāwī al-Māliki (Aḥmad Muhammad al-). Commentary on Aḥmad al-Dardīr's poem on the names of God. [Cairo?], 1226 H. =[1811]. A manuscript of [22] ff. in-8 (21.5 x 16 cm), text of 27 lines in black and red ink (stain on first f., holes on text of first 2 leaves). Complete Arabic MANUSCRIT of Aḥmad Muḥammad al-Ṣāwī al-Mālikī's (1761-1825) commentary on Aḥmad al-Dardir's (1715-1786) work, Sharḥ Asmāʾ Allāh al-Ḥusnā. It was copied in 1226 H / 1811 by Aḥmad Abū l-Fatḥ al-Mālikī, a student of the commentary's author, most probably in Egypt, at al-Azhar, where al-Ṣāwī taught. The manuscript consists of 21 folios (i.e. 42 pages), with 27 lines per page, with the exception of the first (title page) and last (colophon). It is written in black ink, with red ink used in particular for the verses of al-Dardir's poem. Presence of advertisements and a few marginal notes.