It was collated against another manuscript, which the scribe identified by the siglum (kh); points of comparison are marked with the word balagh or with a small circle containing a dot.

The Ḥāʾil copy:
This manuscript is kept in the library of Shaykh ʿAlī ibn Yaʿqūb. It comprises 207 pages, penned in a clear, ordinary naskh hand, and was completed on 20/9/1318 AH by Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar ibn Salīm. (1)
The scribe did not state the exemplar from which he copied.
This copy is distinguished by the following points:

It was collated with another manuscript, as noted on fols. 63 and 90.

Whenever the text contained a problematic word or phrase, the scribe wrote “kadhā” (sic) above it, as on fols. 36, 89, and 90.

It bears numerous corrections, for instance on fols. 35, 41, 44, 47, 55, and 108, and elsewhere.