AN INCOMPLETE AL-MUQADDIMAH AL-AJURRUMIYYAH FI MABADI’ILM AL-ARABIYYAH
Morocco, North Africa, the manuscript 18th century, the binding 19th century

Arabic manuscript on paper, 29ff., each folio with at least 15ll. of sepia ink maghribi script to the page, catchwords, with loose tooled flapped brown calf binding, geomantic charts and auspicious inscriptions to the inner binding, the folio 22.8cm x 16.5cm.

Due to its concision and clarity, this text by the Moroccan Berber author Abu ‘Abd Allah Sidi Muhmmad ibn Da’ud as-Sanhaji – also known as Ibn Ajarrum (1273-1324) - has long been considered the beginner’s go-to text for Arabic grammar and syntax. Known variously in the West as Agrumiah, Gjarumiah, and Girumia through various publications, it was first published in Rome in 1593, with the first English translation appearing in Cambridge in 1853.

Dimensions: the folio 22.8cm x 16.5cm