Title from f. 1r.Written in small nastaʻlīq in black ink, 13 lines per page. Marginal and interlinear glosses in even smaller nastaʻlīq in black ink. Rubrics are in red, now faded. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Slightly illuminated ʻunwān with title in it (f. 1v); half-finished illumination at the end (f. 31r).The ms. is water-stained throughout."The ḥawāshī on the margins are signed Qarajah AḥmadJalāl al-Dawwānī? and Muḥyī al-Dīn al-Tālishī. It is not clear whether their ḥāshiyahs are copied in full or they are just selections. The name Aḥmad and Jalāl first appear at the beginning of text on fol. 1v. HoweverMuḥyī al-Dīn's name is first seen in f. 2v."'According to colophon (f. 30v)completed in Rajabin the afternoon (no dates given).'An obliterated seal and possible ownership statement (f. 1r).The book is also known as "Qāla aqūlu", and published under that title (Cawnpore, 1862).Seal of US Naval Lyceum (f. 31v).MS Arab 18. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Arabic.
Missing one leaf or leaves at the beginning.Written in one column, 21 lines per pages in black rubricated in red.According to the colophon (f. 50v), copy completed on 25 Muharram 1182 June 10, 1768.MS Arab 436. Houghton Library, Harvard University.With this is bound: al-Risālah al-kubrá fī al-manṭiq al-Risālah al-waladīyahal-Sayyid al-Sharīf al-Jurjānī (ff. 51v-60v).