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In this article, examined the life of Ârifî Ahmed Pasha (1145/1733) who is one of the letters, calligraphers and politician’s men at the 18th Ottoman Empire period and his short grammar book named el-Me‘ârifü’l-feyżiyye which has been not mentioned in the biographical works until now. This book, is the second of the four commentaries that worked upon Muġnî of Ebü'l-Mekârim Fahrüddîn Ahmed b. el-Hasen b. Yûsuf Cârperdî (746/1346). And its unique copy that has been found in the libraries and has 113 papers stored in the Library of Ahmed III. el-Me‘ârifü’l-feyżiyye, in which there is no physical destruction, were recorded as the second commentary work in the library records because of the first sentences of the Muġnî, and Kâfiye, that is the work of İbnü’l-Hâcib, have been identical. In spite of this, there is no information related to this book in the sources which given data about the Ârifî Ahmed Pasha's life. Ârifî Pasha decided to write the el-Me‘ârifü’l-feyżiyye after he realized some shortcomings in other commentary of Muġnî while he was searching for books for his child in order to learn the Arabic language. In his study, Ârifî Pasha followed the methods which applied in the classical works and tried to explain almost every word and sentence as a method. This study, apart from the introduction and result consist of three sections. In the first section, explained the author's life briefly. In the second section, besides the description of the detected manuscript, presented information about of the book’s content, sources and author’s commentary and quotation methods. The information about of brief comparison of the two works informed in the third part.