Title: At-Tayseer fil Qiraa’aat as-Sab’a | التيسير في القراءات السبع
Author: Abu ‘Amr ‘Uthmaan bin Sa’eed bin ‘Uthmaan bin Sa’eed bin ‘Amr Al Umawi, Al Qurtubi, Ad-Daani; he was known in the past as Ibn Al Sayrafi (d.444H)| ابو عمر عثمان بن سعيد بن عثمان بن سعيد بن عمر القرطبي الداني ويعرف قديما بابن الصيرفي
Scribe: ‘Ali bin Naasir al Misri | علي بن ناصر المصري
Script: Naskh
Date: Friday the 20th of Ramadan, 1092H | October 2nd, 1681CE)
Size: 21 X 15 CM
Folios: 68 ff.
Description: 17 Lines/Page | European laid paper (Italian) with watermark: Arms of Genoa with a crown and two griffins, a cross in the middle and two circles below with (reversed N)A in the top circle and B in the bottom circle. This type of paper with this watermark was produced in Italy as early as 1668 to 1698 CE. This coincides with the date of the manuscript 1681CE. | Black ink with Rubrication. Ta’qeebaat (catchwords) on verso |There are some restorations to the codex and the cover, which is unbound from text
Incipit: الْحَمد لله الْمُنْفَرد بالدوام المتطول بالانعام
Explicit: وكان تمام نساخة هذا الكتاب
Provenance: No Ownership Notes visible.
Research Notes: The earliest print publication of this book was done by a German Orientalist named Otto Pretzl in 1930 (Published by Matba’at al-Dawlah in Istanbul). It was later published in 1984 by Dar al-Kitab al-‘Arabi in Beirut using the same checking of Otto Pretzl. Since then, there have been several checking done by Muslim researchers and newer publications more recently. Dr. Khalaf bin Hamoud Ash-Shaghdali from the Islamic University of Madeenah conducted his Master’s Thesis on this work. Five manuscripts were used in this thesis that was done in 1421H: (1) The Copy in Maktabat adh-Dhaahirriyyah in Damascus; (2) The copy in Maktabah Taymoor Basha in Cairo; (3) A very early copy in the Fiqh Assembly in Kuwait, which is dated 576H scribed by Muhammad Mahdi bin Yousef Hajjaj al Meknasi Al Maliki Al Qaysi; (4) the undated copy in Al-Azhar, Egypt; (5) The Awqaaf in Baghdad. | Other manuscripts: (6) A copy in the King Saud Library ( 211.3 / ت . ع) that is likely from the 12th century Hijri. (7) A 7th century Hijri copy is in the National Library of Rabat, Morocco. | More research is required
Acquisition #: Ms.018c