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Arabic grammar
Manuscript of Kitab Sibawayh
(647/1249) by Sibawayh, the inventor of the systematic grammar of Arabic
Early copies of works by the 3 great
masters of Arabic grammar: Ibn
al-Hajib's al-Kafiyat copied within the author's lifetime (641/1243), Ibn Malik's al-Alfiyah (718/1318), and Ibn Hisham al-Nahwi's Awdah al-masalik fi sharh alfiyat ibn Malik (15th century)
Many copies of works by al-Anbari,
al-Astarabadi, al-Azhari, al-Ghaznawi al-Dawlatabadi, al-Hariri, Ibn Ajurram, Ibn Hashim, Ibn Mas'ud, al-Jarabardi, al-Jurjani, al-Mutarrizi, al-Quhandizi
al-Dariri, al-Zanjani, al-Zamakhshari, and others
Among the oldest copies are
al-Dinawari's Thimar al-sina'ah (583/1187), al-Mujashi'i's Sharh 'uyun al-i'rab written the same year, al-Bariki's Sharh al-luma' fi al-nahw (586/1190), and al-'Ukbari's Sharh
al-takmilah (616/1219)
Nearly 80 manuscripts of the works
of Ibn al-Hajib
Lexicography and philology
Many manuscripts of the works of
al-Ajdabi, al-Bayhaqi, al-Farahi,
al-Fayyumi, al-Himyari, Ibn al-Athir, Ibn Ma'ruf, Ibn al-Sid al-Batalyusi,
al-Jurjani, al-Maydani, al-Mutarrizi,
al-Nasafi, al-Nawawi, al-Pattani,
al-Qurashi, al-Razi, al-Suyuti, al-Tatma'i, al-Zamakhshari, and others
Among the earliest copies are
al-Muhallabi's Hashiyah 'ala al-maqsur (365/976), Ibn al-Sikkit's Kitab al-alfaz (461/1069), the anonymous Majmu' ghara'ib al-ahadith (488/1095),
al-Qali's Kitab al-bari' fi al-lughah (5th/11th c.), al-Harawi's Kitab
al-gharibayn (506/1112-13), Ibn Faris al-Qazwini's Mujmal al-lughah (550/1155), al-Jawhari's al-Sihah fi
al-lughah (2 copies: 551/1156 and 591/1195), al-Tha'alibi's Fiqh al-lughah wa sirr al-'arabiyah (562/1165),
al-Qassam's Jana al-jannatayn wa majma' al-bahrayn min nukhab
al-gharibayn (593/1197), and
al-Maydani's al-Sami fi al asami (599/1203)
Several manuscripts of
al-Fayruzabadi's al-Qamus al-muhit including early copies (936/1530; 937/1531; 946/1539)
The draft copy of Lane's Arabic-
English Lexicon
Rhetoric and prosody
Several manuscripts of works by
Abu al-Jaysh al-Andalusi, al-Damamini, al-Hilli, Ibn al-Fanari, al-Jurjani, al-Karimi, Khatib Dimashq al-Qazwini,
al-Khita'i, al-Samarqandi, al-Taftazani, and others
Early copies of Ibn Rashiq's
al-'Umdah fi mahasin al-shi'r wa-adabihi (644/1246), and Ibn al-Athir's al-Mathal al-sa'ir fi adab al-katib
al-sha'ir (683/1285)
Arabic poetry
Many manuscripts of the works of
al-Abiwardi, Abu al-'Ala' al-Ma'arri, Abu Tammam, al-'Alami, al-Anisi
al-Hadawi, al-Arrajani, al-Azhari,
al-Burini, al-Busiri,al-Fayyumi, al-Hilli, Ibn al-'Arabi, Ibn al-Farid, Ibn Hajar
al-Haythami, Ibn al-Nabih, Ka'b ibn Zuhayr, Manjak Basha, al-Muhallabi,
al-Mutanabbi, al-Nabulusi, al-Safadi,
al-Tantarani, al-Tibrizi, al-Tilimsani,
al-Wahidi, al-Zawzani, and others
The oldest copies include Diwans of
al-Mutanabbi (398/1007), of 'Abid ibn al-'Abras (430/1038), of 'Amir ibn
al-Tufayl (430/1038), of al-Tirimmah ibn Hakim (430/1038), of
al-Mutalammis (5th/11th c.), and
al-Isfahani's Diwan Abi Nuwas (584/1198)
11 manuscripts of the famous
anthology of pre-Islamic poetry,
al-Mu'allaqat, the earliest being 704/1304
Arabic prose
Many manuscripts of the works of
al-Habbariyah, al-Hilli, Ibn al-Muqaffa', Ibn Nubatah, Ibn Zafar, and others
20 copies of Alf Laylah wa-Laylah
from the 17th century onwards
Among the earliest manuscripts are
2 copies of al-Hariri's al-Maqamat (557/1162; 563/1168), and 2 copies of al-Mutarrizi's Kitab al-idah (618/1221; 670/1272)
Anthologies and literary miscellanies
Many manuscripts of works
compiled by al-'Amili, al-Antaki, Ibn 'Abd al-Rabbih, Ibn Hijjah al-Hamawi, Ibn al-Khatib, al-Ibshihi, al-Maydani,
al-Nawaji, al-Safadi, al-Tha'alibi, and others
Several early copies of Abu
Tammam's famous collection,
al-Hamasah (491/1097; 507-37/1113-43; and 580/1184)
Other early manuscripts include
al-Marzuqi's Sharh al-Hamasah (565/1170), al-Zamakhshari's Rabi'
al-abrar (604/1208) and al-Mustaqsa fi amthal al-'arab (617/1221), and
al-Sarraj's Masari' al-'ushshaq (619/1222)
J. L. Burckhardt's collection of
Egyptian proverbs, later published as Arabic Proverbs
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