[Collection of Arabic stories and sayings].

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
1150 [1737 or 1738]
Description
69 leaves : paper ; 223 x 168 (150 x 78) mm.

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Special Collections - Manuscripts Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 155H Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Getty AAT genre
    Summary note
    Collection of stories and wise sayings on religious, moral and social topics.
    Notes
    • Collation: Paper ; fol. 69 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
    • Description: Rubricated ; MS in fair condition.
    • Layout: 19 lines per page ; ruled.
    • Marginal notes and glosses. On page before the first is the basmalah; evidently the copyist intended to begin the MS on this page.
    • Ms. codex.
    • Origin: According to colophon copied 1150 by the compiler al-Muṣṭafá al-Qīrālshahrī [al-Qīrʹshahrī] (fol. 69b).
    • Title supplied by cataloger.
    • Colophon: جمعها وکتبها بخط[ﻪ] العبد الضعيف المذنب المحتاج الى عفو ربه الغني المصطفى القيرالشهري المتوطن بمرعش غفرالله له ولوالديه ولجميع المؤمنين والمؤمنات بالطافه الواسعات في سنة ثمان وثلاثين ومائة والف تاريخ سنة 1138
    • Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. الحمد لله الذي دبرامورنا من فضله وکرمه
    Binding note
    Unbound.
    Provenance
    Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
    Source acquisition
    Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
    References
    Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 225.
    Other format(s)
    Also available in an electronic version.
    OCLC
    1288701578
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