al-Masail al-Safariyya
- Author died
- 761 AH
- Editions
- Mu'assasat al-Risalah
al-Masail al-Safariyya (The Travel Questions) is a short treatise on Arabic grammar by the grammarian Ibn Hisham al-Nahwi (708–761 AH / 1309–1360 CE) .
Attribution and Scope
The work is recorded under the title al-Masāʾil al-Safariyya fī al-Naḥw among the grammatical compositions of Jamal al-Din Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Yusuf, known as Ibn Hisham al-Nahwi . While classical biographers regularly record the author's death date as Friday night, 5 Dhu al-Qa'dah 761 AH , Haji Khalifa lists it under 762 AH , and Ismail Pasha al-Babani notes 763 AH .
The text addresses discrete grammatical questions and is also designated in manuscript copies by the descriptive title al-Asʾilah wa-al-Ajwibah (Questions and Answers) .
Manuscripts and Editions
Manuscripts of the treatise are preserved in multiple collections, including:
- The Hüsrev Paşa collection (MS 754, ff. 33–36 and ff. 38–44) .
- Al-Maktaba al-Qadiriyya (MS 1497/1) .
- The library of Madrasat al-Hajj Zakariyya in Mosul (Majami' 18/13/3) .
- King Saud University (formerly University of Riyadh, MS 1620, copied in 1282 AH) .
- The library of the Zitouna Mosque in Tunis (MS 5667 and MS 4069/2) .
- The Arif Hikmat Library (Majami' MS 88) .
The treatise has been edited and published several times:
- Edited by Hatim Salih al-Damin, published in the journal al-Mawrid (Baghdad, 1980), in Majallat al-Majma' al-'Ilmi al-'Iraqi (Baghdad, 1981), and as a standalone edition by Mu'assasat al-Risalah in Beirut (1403 AH / 1983 CE; 2nd ed., 1988) .
- Edited by Ali Husayn al-Bawwab, published by Dar Taybah in Riyadh (1402 AH / 1982 CE) .
- Edited by Hasan Isma'il Marwa, published within the collection Min Rasa'il Ibn Hisham al-Nahwiyya by Maktabat Sa'd al-Din in Damascus (1409 AH) .
- Edited by Abd al-Samad al-'Ushshab, published in the journal 'Alam al-Kutub (1415 AH / 1994 CE) .
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