Details

Subject(s)

• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Acre (Israel)—History—Siege, 1799 [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 96H [Browse]

Summary note

An account of the siege of Acre by Napoleon and his subsequent defeat, eulogizing at the same time Aḥmad Pāshā [al-Jazzār] 1132-1219 [1719/20-1804/5], the governor of Acre. The author refers to Napoleon as "Bartī" (Bonaparte) and makes plays on the words. Reference is also made to Gaza and the siding of its inhabitants with Napoleon.

Notes

• Collation: Paper ; fol. 4 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Description: Full vowel signs ; MS in good condition.
• Layout: 15 lines per page ; ruled.
• Ms. codex.
• Title from heading (fol. 1b).
• Colophon: واله منهم هذا الوزير کفى ان عمنا الله من افضاله الخيرا. تمت بحمد الله وعونه تم
• Incipit: الله اکبر دين الله قد نصرا * بنصراحمد باشا سيد الوزراء

Binding note

Covered in blue paper with pastedowns taken from the leaves of an army log book.

Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 623.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1287778591

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