ISLAMIC, INDIAN & ANCIENT ART

ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPT – AL-SHAFIYAH BY IBN AL-HAJIB – ARABIC GRAMMAR, RHETORIC & SUFISM

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Description

This rare manuscript preserves Al-Shafiyah, a celebrated work on the science of language, Sufism, and eloquence by the distinguished scholar Abu Amr Uthman bin Umar ibn al-Hajib, who died in 646 AH (1249 CE). The text is written in a clear naskh script with rubricated titles and key phrases in red.

19 x 14cm