A critical edition of Sharḥ al-Jumal li al-Zajjājī by Abū al-Ḥasan Ṭāhir b. Aḥmad b. Bābshād b. Mohamed Al-Naḥwī

Abstract

The present edition of Sharḥ al-Jumal li al-Zajjājī, written by Abū al-Ḥasan Ṭāhir b. Aḥmad b. Bābshād is mainly based on Ẕ MS. No. 1687. This manuscript consists of 312 folios and is divided into two volumes. This thesis presents a critical edition of volume one only; it is hoped that the second volume of this lengthy work may soon be edited also. The present edition is preceded by an introduction which includes a general discussion of the work, of the MSS. used in this edition, of the authorship of Sharḥ al-Jumal and the quotations from the Qur'ān, qirā'āt, Ḥadīth and Poetry that appear in it. Ibn Bābshād intellectual background and grammatical doctrine are also discussed.