As Paul Kahle states Ms “A” is a collection of poems by three shadow players of the 17th Century, šayḫ Da‘ūd, šayḫ ‘Alī al-Naḥla, Dāwud al-‘Aṭṭār or al-Manāwī, the one who wrote the manuscript. In the ms there are a lot of his zaǧal. The play of ‘Alam wa-Ta ‘ādir is known also as La‘b al-Dayr, it is the longest of the various plays. The story is set among the Copts, notwithstanding in the end of the play the young ‘Alam was converted to Islam and married the young Muslim Ta‘ādir.