Sharhan ala Marah al-Arwah fi Ilm al-Sarf
- Author died
- 855 AH
- Editions
- Shirkat Maktabat wa Matba'at Mustafa al-Babi al-Halabi wa Awladuhu
Sharhan ala Marah al-Arwah fi Ilm al-Sarf (Two Commentaries on Marah al-Arwah in the Science of Morphology) is a composite grammatical work centered on the study of Arabic morphology (sarf), primarily comprising the commentary composed by the Ottoman Hanafi scholar Shams al-Din Ahmad ibn Abd Allah, commonly known as Diknqoz (d. c. 855 AH / 1451 CE; also reported as d. c. 860 AH / 1455 CE), together with the marginal commentary al-Falah by Ibn Kamal Pasha (d. 940 AH / 1533–34 CE).
Background and Contents
The foundational text, Marah al-Arwah, was authored by Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Mas'ud (fl. 8th or 9th century AH) as a concise and widely studied manual on the rules and paradigms of Arabic word derivation. Diknqoz—who served as an instructor in Ottoman schools and held a teaching post at the madrasa of Sultan Bayezid Khan in Bursa until his death—composed an analytical exposition of the text. His commentary explicates the grammatical rules, morphological transformations, and terminology introduced in Ibn Mas'ud's primer.
Reception and Abridgment
Diknqoz's commentary was widely circulated and praised among later scholars. Tashkubrizadah described it as a beneficial commentary characterized by rigorous investigation (tahqiq), while Hajji Khalifa characterized it as a useful and esteemed work. Hajji Khalifa also noted that Abd al-Rahim ibn Khalil al-Rumi produced an abridgment of Diknqoz's commentary.
Publication History
The commentary of Diknqoz has frequently been printed alongside Ibn Kamal Pasha's marginal commentary, al-Falah fi Sharh al-Marah. Notable editions include:
- The Ottoman General Press (al-Matba'a al-Amma) edition in Turkey (1302 AH / 1884–85 CE).
- The Matba'at al-Maymaniyya edition in Cairo (1309 AH / 1891–92 CE).
- Cairo editions published in 1937 CE and later by the Mustafa al-Babi al-Halabi press in 1379 AH / 1959–60 CE.
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