in a good, vowelled Naskhi script. It consists of 256 folios, with 21 lines per page.

7 - The fourth part from another copy, containing from the beginning of the Book of Sales to the end of the Chapter on the Musarra'ah (animal left unmilked) and other things. At its beginning: "This is what the weakest of Allah's servants and the most in need of Allah's pardon, Ahmad ibn 'Abd Allah, may Allah pardon him, has endowed, perpetuated, reserved, designated, and given as charity. He has endowed and perpetuated it for whomever might benefit from it among the students of noble Islamic knowledge, a sound and legal endowment, on the condition that it shall not be sold, gifted, owned, acquired, or mortgaged; that this blessed book shall remain under the care and supervision of its endower until the time of his death; then, after his death, may the mercy of Allah the Exalted be upon him, its place shall be with the one among the Muslim students of knowledge whose conduct is righteous and whose trustworthiness has become apparent. It shall not be denied as a loan to a student of knowledge, and when the borrower has fulfilled his purpose with it, he shall return it to the one in whose custody it is, one after another, until Allah inherits the earth and all that is upon it, and He is the Best of inheritors. Whoever alters it after he has heard it, his sin shall be upon those who alter it; indeed, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing." At the top of the page is the seal of the endower, and the word "'Umariyya," meaning it is an endowment for the 'Umariyya Madrasa. At the end of the copy is also the seal of the endower, who is its scribe. He wrote it in a Naskhi script, and it consists of 199 folios, with 21 lines per page.

8 - The fifth part from another copy, from the beginning of the Book of Salam to the end of the Book of Partnership (Sharika). At the beginning of the copy is the previous endowment statement. It is in a good Naskhi script, and it consists of 181 folios, with 19 lines per page.

9 - The ninth part from another copy, from the middle of the Book of Divorce: "He said... Section: When the divorce takes place in a time or is suspended by a condition to which it is related..." to the end of the Book of Maintenance (Nafaqat). On the front and at the end of the part is the previous endowment statement and the seal of the endower. On its front is the word "'Umariyya," and on its front also: "Perused by and selected from its benefits... 'Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abi... al-Maqdisi al-Salihi, may... [Allah] forgive... the Muslims." Then: "Looked into by 'Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Maqdisi al-Hanbali, praying for mercy and pleasure for its endower, may Allah