Second: The extant manuscripts of “Nuzhat al-Naẓar”.
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The first copy, designated (Ṭ):
This is a handwritten manuscript kept in the Berto Pasha Library, within the Süleymaniye collection in Istanbul, Turkey, under shelf-mark 56. It was copied in 843 AH, was read aloud to the author, and contains lines written in his own hand. -
The second copy, designated (Y):
A handwritten manuscript preserved in the Egyptian National Library (Dār al-Kutub), within the Ṭalʿat collections, Egypt, catalogue number 880/6. It was transcribed in 844 AH during the author’s lifetime and is in the hand of his student Muḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn ʿImrān al-Muqriʾ. -
The third copy, designated (K):
This handwritten manuscript is housed in the Ḥamzāwī Library in the Rāshidiyya region of Morocco, number 204. It was read to the author for critical review and bears his handwriting. At the end of the volume he issued a license to its owner, Nūr al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Dāwūd al-Jawharī al-Ḥanafī (1) — one of his pupils — dated 10 Jumādā al-Ākhirah 850 AH.