Marsumat al-Ayniyya

Description: Commentary on a poem on genealogy. (Marsumatul Ayniyyah). Comments on the Qasidat al-Ayniyya by the Hadrami poet Abd Allah b. Alawi al-Haddad (1634-1719). A two-page preface is in another hand, possibly a letter from Abdallah Ba Kathir to the author. Extent of original: Manuscript 60 pages 18.5 x 25.2 cm . Condition of original: Bound in carton and stitched spine collected in quire and red-and white striped cloth on back. Black ink. Date of original: Between 1896 and 1904 by internal textual evidence.