The ‘Ājūrrūmiyya’

A work on Arabic grammar by the Moroccan scholar Ibn Ājūrrūm al-Ṣanhājī (1273-1323)

Created: 18th/19th century

Formats: Manuscript

Usage Terms: Public Domain

Taken from The British Library :

“This is a copy of the Ājūrrūmiyya, a major work on Arabic grammar by the Moroccan scholar Ibn Ājūrrūm al-Ṣanhājī (1273-1323), who put the principles of Arabic grammar into verse form. This copy was made by scribes in West Africa. The lines of large text on each page are the original work. The copious and erudite notation in smaller text was no doubt added by local scholars for teaching purposes. This manuscript is testament to the transfer of knowledge and scholarship across the Sahara.

The volume in which this work is bound, at shelfmark OR 6953, contains sixteen separate works in Arabic from West Africa on law, religion and the Arabic language. The last work is the Rawḍ al-Jinān composed by the wazīr of Sokoto, Gidado dan Laima. These manuscripts were bound by the British Museum upon acquisition in 1909. Their provenance within West Africa is unclear.”