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236 - Sa'd al-Din Mas'ud b. 'Umar al-Taftazani, Summary of a treat…
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Sa'd al-Din Mas'ud b. 'Umar al-Taftazani, Summary of a treatise on rhetoric, dated 1671-72 Arabic manuscript on paper, Mukhtasar al-Ma'ani by Sa'd al-Din Mas'ud b. 'Umar al-Taftazani, 19 lines per page in black and red ink, by several hands, some pages with gilt rosettes and gilt fillets. The colophon states that the copyist Hasan b. Abi'l-Wafa al-Tashlijawi, from Taslica (Plevlja) in Montenegro, is a resident of Belgrade, dated 1082H./ 1671-72. Bound in leather with embossed decoration. Accidents, wear, stains, not collated, pages unbound, flap detached and damaged. 20 x 11.5 cm This text is a summary (mukhtasar) by Sa'd al-Din Mas'ud b. 'Umar al-Taftazani (d.1390) of his earlier work entitled al-Mutawwal Sharh Talkhis al-Miftah, which was a commentary on the rhetorical treatise Talkhis al-Miftah by al-Qazwini (d.1338).
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