Manuscripts Used in Establishing the Text of This Volume

1 - م= First Egyptian National Library manuscript (754 AH)
2 - ق= Al-Qarawiyyīn manuscript (766 AH)
3 - ك= Manuscript of Shaykh Muhammad Abd al-Hayy al-Kattānī (772 AH)
4 - ع= Baghdad Endowments manuscript (790 AH)
5 - ص= Ibn Khāss Turk manuscript (Turkey), collated against an exemplar read to the author
6 - ج= Amjah Zādah Husayn manuscript (Turkey), bearing the handwriting of Sibt Ibn al-Ajamī (d. 841 AH)
7 - مب= Egyptian National Library manuscript, no. 234
8 - ن= Yemeni manuscript in the Topkapı Palace Museum (1152 AH)