Manuscript Information

  • Title in Arabic/Persian Script: كيمياء الفارسية
  • Arabic Title: Kīmiyā' al-Fārsiyya
  • Chinese Title: 古文仙法
  • Author: Ma Lianyuan 馬聯元
  • Assembler: None
  • Editor: None
  • Scrivener: None
  • Translator: None
  • Type: Book
  • Place: Shanghai
  • Year: 1954
  • Standard Year: 1954
  • Language: Arabic||Persian
  • Publisher: 發售處：穆民經書社 Fashou chu: Mumin jingshushe
  • Number of Pages: 125
  • Description: Book on Persian grammar and lexicography written in Arabic.
  • Notes: Numerous editions of the book exist, and reprints abound. The earliest manuscript seems to date to 1895. Kīmiyā' is one of the three major textbooks used by Sino-Muslims in their Persian linguistic training. The text was kindly shared by Professor Matsumoto Masumi of Muroran Institute of Technology in Japan. Originally a gift from Ahmad Liu Jian Ya of Fuxin, Liaoning Province, China.