NIZAM'S SHARH ON AL-SHAFIA BY IBN HAJIB IN 1100 AH/1688 AD

Arabic manuscript on paper, 16 lines to each page, written in black naskh script, catchwords underlined in red ink with marginal notes. A book with commentaries and explanations of Sharh Al-Shafia, written by Bin Muhammed Taher Jafer in 1100 AH/1688 AD. This manuscript is an explanation/commentaries of Sharh ibn Al-Hajib in the science of morphology(Linguistics) called Shafia, known as Sharh al Nizam-the explanation of Nizam, Nizam al-Din Nishapuri, It is one of the most important explanations in which the text was mixed with the explanations and focused on clarifying the linguistic meanings and abbreviation on the important and beneficial of the science of morphology and the clarification of poetic meanings and also included a drawing and a scheme for showing the pronunciation of the Arabic letters and the manner of its pronunciation. The author of this copy is considered a scholar and is approved by the scholar 'Majlis'.. It is a beautiful, well-written copy with annotations and clarifications, with a later morocco leather binding. 12 by 20 cm.

The author: Nizam al-Din Hasan al-Nishapuri (d. 1328/9AD), was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, jurist, exegete, and poet.  His full name was Nizam al-Din Hasan ibn Mohammad ibn Hossein Qumi Nishapuri. As the genealogy in his full name shows, his grandfather was originally from the city of Qum but Nizam was born in Nishapur. His early education was in the city of Nishapur but he later moved to Tabriz, the capital of Il-Khanids at the time. He studied under and worked with Qutb al-Din Shirazi, who was himself a student of Nasir al-Din Tusi. He was one of the great scientists of Maragheh observatory.