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25. Sharh Kafie Turkish commentary on the syntactic work Kafie, without the author's name, 4to
26. Mirah al-Arwah fi al-Tasrif Repository of souls in conjugation, by Ahmed f. Ali f. Mesud. It is a complete doctrine of conjugations or sarf morphology, which is opposed to syntax or nahw syntax. It is an elementary book that students in Turkey constantly keep in their hands. It consists of six parts, which are: Mirah, Izzi, Maksud, Bina, al-Amthila al-Muttarida regular examples, al-Amthila al-Mukhtalifa irregular examples.
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Since these treatises are often found individually and usually lack a title, it is convenient to set down the beginning of each one here. 1) Mirah is an introduction to the entire work; it begins with these words: "Know that conjugation is the mother of the sciences, and syntax is the father of them." 2) Izzi begins: "Know that conjugation is change in language." 3) Maksud, a treatise on compound verbs, begins: "Know that the Arabic language is a path to the sciences of the Law." 4) Bina, thirty-six chapters on the forms of triliteral and quadriliteral verbs, begins: "Know that the chapters of conjugation are thirty-five." 5) and 6) Amthila Examples, small and large; these are tables of verb forms and derivatives of the verb, along with verb conjugation. If to these is added the treatise on particles called Avamil Regents and Egrumie Ajurrumiyya, and finally the syntax explained in the work Kafie, the entire grammatical course, as it is taught in Turkish schools, will be completed in these nine parts.
33. Sharh Mirah al-Arwah fi al-Tasrif Commentary on the work Mirah, by Mola Hassanpascha f. Alaeddini Esved. It is neither too succinct nor too extensive, but holds a middle ground between both, as Hadschi Chalfa asserts.
34. This codex contains: 1) Tuhfat al-Ushshaq Gift of Lovers, Persian dialogues for learning this language, written by Ebilhassan the Turk (died 622). 2) Manasik al-Hajj On the offices of the sacred pilgrimage, a Turkish treatise. 3) A glossary for the Gulistan Rose Garden of Saadi. 4) A glossary for the Modum Mode/Style of Shahidi, composed by a certain man for his nephew Abdur-rahman.
35. A Turkish abecedary.
36. Two Emsile examples, small and large, or tables of forms and conjugations of the Arabic verb.