Arabic MS 43 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
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Summary of Contents: A history of the Muhammadan dynasties and peoples from the birth of the Prophet down to the death, in A.H. 512, of the Caliph al-Mustazhir billahTitle: Tarikh Ibn-al-AmīdTitle: تاريخ ابن العميدTitle: History of Ibnul-'AmidIncipit: الحمد الله المقدس بجميع اللغات الممجد في سمو عرشه من سائر المخلوقات ... وبعد فاني لما وقفت على تاريخ الامام العالم ابي جعفر محمد بن جرير الطبريExplicit: وهذا اورد على حكم التاريخ لا على حكم الافتخار فان الكتاب يقول من افتخر فليختفر بالرب. تمت نسخة الكتابLanguage(s): ArabicReferences
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 239 [43]Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: PaperExtent: 131 foliosDimensions (leaf): 218 × 150 mm.History
Origin: circa 1790 CEProvenance 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 information compiled by Abdullah al-Rashidi from Alphonse Mingana, Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester University Press, 1934.Availability
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