8vo. 128 pp., French and Arabic text, edited & introduced by Charles Barbier de Meynard, publisher’s original wrappers with small blemishes, blotchy, light wear to edges, copy otherwise clean and in good condition, unopened pages, Extrait Du Journal Asiatique (Octobre-Decembre 1875), published by the Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, 1876. Separately Reprinted from the Journal Asiatique, October-December in 1875.

Synopsis

Richly annotated edition of the book The Gushing Thoughts or Nawabigh el-Kelim (Les Pensees Jaillissantes) by the Muslim scholar Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar, also known as al-Zamakhshari. Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar al-Zamakhshari became a renowned scholar of the Mutazilite school of Islam. He used Persian in some of his works, although he was a strong supporter of the Arabic language as well as an opponent of the Shu’ubiyya movement, even composing an entire grammatical work to refute it. He is best known for Al-Kashshaaf, a seminal commentary on the Qur’an. The commentary is famous for its deep linguistic analysis of the verses. He lived in Mecca for many years, and he became known as Jar-Allah (“God’s neighbour”). He later returned to Khwarezm, where he died in 1144 in the capital Gorgan (in the present-day province of Gulestan, Iran). He studied in Bukhara and Samarkand while enjoying the fellowship of jurists of Baghdad.