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Ḥāshiya
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Ḥāshiya (Arabic plural ḥawāshī), a gloss, scholium, or marginalium (the two latter terms being far more common in the plural), namely a comment or annotation written in the margins or between the lines of a manuscript or book. The function…

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Abdullah Masoudi Arani and Translated by Alexander Khaleeli, “Ḥāshiya”, in: Encyclopaedia Islamica, Editors-in-Chief: Farhad Daftary. Consulted online on 02 October 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1875-9831_isla_SIM_045767>
First published online: 2022



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