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Subject(s)

• Jerusalem—Description and travel—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Jerusalem—History—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Notes

• Fols. 31; 15.7 x 11.6 cm.; written surface 11 x 8.4 cm.; 13 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; with vowel signs; with illumination.
• A fragment of a work on the description of Jerusalem together with a history of events that took place there.
• Beg.: بسم الله ... قال شىخ الامة ... الحمد لله خالق السموات والارض ومشرف بعض البقاع على بعض
• Ending: هو منکر الحدىث لم ىروه عن عبد الله بن بشر
• Title page illuminated in gold and color. On 43 folios following last is a fragment of a collection of correspondence in verse and prose. MS in fair condition; stained with dampness; several folios foxed; Arabic cloth binding. Probably from XlVth century.
• Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925.

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OCLC

1340425583

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