Arabic MS 4 (The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester)
Arabic Manuscripts
Contents
A copy of Maqamāt al-Ḥarīrī, complete but no risālahs
Title: Maqamāt al-Ḥarīrī
Title: مقامات الحریری
Title: The Makamat (= Ornate Tales) of Hariri
Language(s): Arabic
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 685 [4]
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 154 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 213 × 128 mm.
History
Origin: circa 1820 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Formerly part of the collection of the Persian scholar Nathaniel Bland (1803-1865). Bland’s oriental manuscripts were sold through Bernard Quaritch in 1866 to Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford.
Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands in 1901 from James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, for the John Rylands Library.
Record Sources
Catalogue record based on Alphonse Mingana, Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1934).
Availability
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