1807 ARABIC GRAMMAR TREATISE by JAMI MANUSCRIPT antique HAND WRITTEN

treatise (commentary) on Arab grammar Al-Kafiya

by Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami

Written by Mullah Balta-bai ibn Auezberdi

Dated 1222/ 1807

Text in Arabic, complete, script Nastaliq

Purchased in Uzbekistan

Original binding with embossed medallions of Mullah Riza-bi Sahhaf

Size 5 by 8 1/4"

Nice calligraphy

about 250 lvs (=500 pp)

Good condition, some wear

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Nur ad-Din 'Abd ar-Rahman Jami (1414 –1492), also known as Mawlana Nur al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman or Abd-Al-Rahman Nur-Al-Din Muhammad Dashti, or simply as Jami or Djami and in Turkey as Molla Cami, was a Sunni poet who is known for his achievements as a prolific scholar and writer of mystical Sufi literature. He was primarily a prominent poet-theologian of the school of Ibn Arabi and a Khwajaganī Sufi, recognized for his eloquence and for his analysis of the metaphysics of mercy. His most famous poetic works are Haft Awrang, Tuhfat al-Ahrar, Layla wa Majnun, Fatihat al-Shabab, Lawa'ih, Al-Durrah al-Fakhirah. 

Jami belonged to the Naqshbandi Sufi order.

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