Mahmud b.'Umar al-Zamakhshari (d.AH 538/1144-5AD):Al-Mufassal fi San'at al-A'rab

PROBABLY BAGHDAD, RAMADAN 563 AH/MAY 1168 AD

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Mahmud b.'Umar al-Zamakhshari (d.AH 538/1144-5AD):Al-Mufassal fi San'at al-A'rab
Probably Baghdad, Ramadan 563 AH/May 1168 AD
Grammar, Arabic manuscript on light buff paper, 56ff. and one flyleaf, each with 25ll. of neat sepia naskh, occasional words and phrases, particularly the word "fasl" in red, various notes in a later hand written diagonally in the margin, light staining and smudging, folio with colophon signed Ali b. Abd al-Rahim b. al-Hasan al-Salami and dated Ramadan 563, in Mamluk style brown morocco binding with flap
Folio 6¼ x 4¾in. (16 x 12cm.)

Lot Essay

Both the scribe, also known as Ibn al-'Assar, and the author of this work were eminent grammarians. The author was born and died in Khwarazm, but was educated in Baghdad, where the scribe also lived and died.
This is one of the earliest copies of this work.

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