Manuscripts Used in Establishing the Text of This Volume

1 – mīm = The first Egyptian National Library manuscript (754 AH).
2 – qāf = The Qarawiyyīn manuscript (766 AH).
3 – kāf = The manuscript of Shaykh Muhammad ‘Abd al-Hayy al-Kattānī (772 AH).
4 – ‘ayn = The Baghdad Awqāf manuscript (790 AH).
5 – sād = The Ibn Khāss Turk manuscript (Turkey), collated against an exemplar read aloud to the author.
6 – jīm = The Amja Zāda Husayn manuscript (Turkey), bearing handwriting by Sibt Ibn al-‘Ajamī (d. 841 AH).
7 – mīm-bā = The Egyptian National Library manuscript, no. 234.
8 – bā = The manuscript of the General Library in Rabat, in the hand of Mahmūd ibn ‘Alī al-Hindī (d. 865 AH).
9 – nūn = The Yemeni manuscript in the Topkapı Palace Museum (1152 AH).