Title: Comparisons in Arabic Grammar

Description

• A considerable portion of this untitled work by an unknown author is devoted to a discussion of al-qiyas, or comparison, in Arabic grammar. The work also contains excerpts from a work by Muftizade and disquisitions about logic, as well as other references to Muftizade. The manuscript was transcribed by Abdallah al-Hamshini. The manuscript is from the Bašagić Collection of Islamic Manuscripts in the University Library of Bratislava, Slovakia, which was inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World register in 1997. Safvet beg Bašagić (1870-1934) was a Bosnian scholar, poet, journalist, and museum director who assembled a collection of 284 manuscript volumes and 365 print volumes that reflect the development of Islamic civilization from its inception to the early 20th century. The manuscript is item 283 in Jozef Blaškovič, Arabské, turecké a perzské rukopisy Univerzitnej knižnice v Bratislave (Arab, Turkish, and Persian manuscripts in the University Library, Bratislava).

Language

• Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)

Place

• Middle East and North Africa

Time

• 1500 CE - 1699 CE
• 1900 CE - 1949 CE

Topic

• Philosophy & psychology > Logic
• Language > Other languages > Afro-Asiatic languages; Semitic languages

Additional Subjects

• Arabic language;
• Grammar, Comparative and general;
• Islamic manuscripts;
• Logic;
• Memory of the World

Type of Item

• Manuscripts

Physical Description

• 18 folios ; 22 x 16 centimeters ; black and red ink ; hardcover

Notes

• Title supplied by cataloger.

Collection

• Bašagic's Collection of Islamic Manuscripts

Institution

• University Library in Bratislava