Sa'd al-Din Mas'ud ibn 'Umar al-Taftazani, Al-Mutawwal Sharh Takhlis al-Qazwini, signed by Hedayat'ullah bin Inayat'ulla al-Hussayni al-Isfahani, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Persia (probably Isfahan), 27 Muharram 1011 (1602)]

Sa'd al-Din Mas'ud ibn 'Umar al-Taftazani, Al-Mutawwal Sharh Takhlis al-Qazwini, signed by Hedayat'ullah bin Inayat'ulla al-Hussayni al-Isfahani, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Persia (probably Isfahan), dated 27 Muharram 1011 AH (17 July 1602 AD)]

283 leaves (plus four endleaves), lacking first leaf (here replaced with facsimile in manuscript), a few leaves loose, 23 lines in black naskh, some important phrases overlined in red, contemporary marginal notation throughout in black naskh, nineteenth-century ink ownership seal and inscriptions to front free endpapers, modern printed book label pasted to upper pastedown, old auction record loosely inserted, 248 by 125mm., nineteenth-century red buckram binding, rather rubbed

Provenance: from the Mohamed Makiya collection (their 128/100).

Text: Al-Taftazani (1322-1390 AD.) was especially known for his work in rhetoric, logic and theology. Two of his most notable commentaries are on Al-Quazvinis Talkhis al-Mitfah, a work on rhetoric, entitled al-Mutawwal (the longer commentary) and al-Mukhtasar. These two works were widely accepted and studied throughout the Islamic world, and were considered as the most authoritative texts for the advanced study of rhetoric.

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