Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 December 2009
In a previous article discussing the text entitled al-Lughāt fī'l-Qur'ān attributed to Ibn 'Abbās, mention was made of two manuscripts of Gharīb al-Qur'ān also attributed to Ibn 'Abbās. A recent visit to Istanbul allowed an examination of these works, leading to the discovery that, in fact, these manuscripts contain two additional copies of al-Lughāt fī'l-Qur'ān and that an independent text Gharīb al-Qur'ān attributed to Ibn. 'Abbās does not exist. A proliferation of titles has taken place regarding this text and, most significantly of course, around the figure of Ibn 'Abbās and his role in Qur'ānic lexicography.
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7 Thanks are due to the Director, Sϋleymaniye Kϋtϋphanesi, Istanbul, and Dr. Ahmed Subhi Furat, Istanbul University, for their assistance. Travel to Istanbul was made possible by a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research COuncil of Canada.