Collection of traditions and anecdotes concerning al-Miqdād ibn al-Aswad, a prominent Companion of the Prophet Muḥammad.
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from leaf 1b.
Physical description: 14 lines per page; written in elegant maghribi in black on heavy glazed, laid European paper. Illuminated ʻunwān in gold and color bearing the title within a circle on leaf 1b. Text framed in red and gold on leaves 1b-2a; remainder of text framed in blue and red. Rubrication, vocalization, and catchwords. Edges are ragged, particularly toward the beginning; some staining. Manuscript is unbound.
اخبرنا ابو الحسن البكري ... كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم مع اصحابه اذ كبط [؟] عليه جبريل عليه السلام وقال يا محمد ربك يقريك السلام ويخصك بالتحية و الإكرام
Binding note
Loose in folder consisting of full brown leather with flap; blind-stamped central mandorla and pendants and blind-tooled fillets.
Language note
Arabic.
Provenance
The dates 1270 H and 1321 H are noted on leaf 1a. Ex libris of A.S. Yahuda on inner front cover. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
Source acquisition
Gift; Robert Garrett (Class of 1897), 1942.
OCLC
842263727
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