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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0001 00001

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537654

Country:

Indonesia

City (Province):

Ogan Komering Ilir (Sumatera Selatan)

Name of collection:

Private collection of Mukhsin

Right to Left?:

Yes

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Arabic Linguistics

Begin Year Date:

1925

Place of copying:

Mecca

Script:

Arabic

Writing support:

Exercise Book

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

23 x 17 cm

Text block dimension:

19 x 16 cm

Number of pages:

34 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

Yes

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The manuscript deals with Arabic grammar (naḥw) and is written in the question-answer format. At the start the definition of Arab grammarians of kalām is discussed and at the end is a chapter on maf‘ul ma‘ah

Other notes:

There is a small note that says “ila huna Mukhtar 5/3/25” to which a signature is added. According to the owner of the manuscripts, most of them were written when his grandfather was in Mecca around 1920-1930. The Arabic script uses few diacritics only.

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Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

[‘Ilm al-naḥw]

Item 1 - Title in English script:

[Arabic Syntax]

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Arabic