MAS’UD B. ‘UMAR KNOWN AS AL-TAFTAZANI (D.1390 AD), KITAB MUKHTASAR SHARKH AL-TALKHIS, KNOWN ALSO AS AL-SAGHIR FI'L-MA’ANI WA'L-BAYAN, ON ANTHOLOGY AND LITERATURE, COPIED BY IBN IBRAHIM AL-AFATI, NORTH OR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, OTTOMAN, DATED 1206 AH/1791 AD
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MAS’UD B. ‘UMAR KNOWN AS AL-TAFTAZANI (D.1390 AD), KITAB MUKHTASAR SHARKH AL-TALKHIS, KNOWN ALSO AS AL-SAGHIR FI'L-MA’ANI WA'L-BAYAN, ON ANTHOLOGY AND LITERATURE, COPIED BY IBN IBRAHIM AL-AFATI, NORTH OR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, OTTOMAN, DATED 1206 AH/1791 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 191 leaves plus 10 fly-leaves, 19 lines to the page written in naskh in black ink, important words and headings in red, the margins with dense commentaries in black and red, f.3a with the title written in bold black and red, in a brown stamped binding, with flap
leaf: 23 by 16.5cm.
Sa’d al-Din Mas’ud ibn ‘Umar b. ’Abd Allah was born in Taftazar, a village in the region of Khurasan in 1322 AD. He was a renowned scholar, writing on religion, logic, rhetoric, grammar and law. He moved to Herat in 1358 AD and later to Samarqand where he worked under the patronage of Timur. At the court of Timur he enjoyed a great honour until 1387 AD, when he became engaged in a scholarly rivalry with al-Sharif al-Jurjiani, who was preferred by the ruler. He died in 1390 AD and was buried in Sarakhs. He was a prolific author, writing both on religious matters (Qur’an commentaries and fiqh) as well as literature, rhetoric and grammar. See also Brockelmann, GAL, II. 215 (648) and S., II. 301.