The third manuscript, designated “C”:
A handwritten codex preserved in the ʿĀṭif Efendi Library, Istanbul, Turkey.
Shelf mark: (378).
Extent: 31 folios.
Date of copying: 23 Jumada al-Akhirah 845 AH.
Scribe: not mentioned.
Script: a standard naskh hand.
Distinctive features:
1 – A complete copy.
2 – The scribe took pains to vocalize difficult words.
3 – The main text is distinguished from the commentary in red ink.
4 – It was read aloud to the author—may Allah have mercy on him—and bears notes indicating a research reading in his own handwriting.
5 – It contains corrections and marginal notes.

The fourth manuscript, designated “D”:
A handwritten codex kept in the Hamzāwiyyah Library, Rashīdiyyah region, Morocco.
Shelf mark: (204).