Arabic MS 77 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
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A work on the life and the conquests of Timur
Title: عجائب المقدور في نوائب تيمورTitle: Wonders of Destiny Concerning the Calamities (brought) by TimurIncipit: الحمد الله الذي على منوال ارادته وتدبيره تنسج مقاطع الامورExplicit: هذا من البحر قطرة ومن الطور ذرة نسال الله سبحانه وتعالى ان يصون عن الزلل ... والخلل افعالنا واحوالنا وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيلLanguage(s): ArabicReferences
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 310 [77]Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: PaperExtent: 115 foliosDimensions (leaf): 215 × 150 mm.Layout
1 column, 17 lines
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History
Origin: circa 1800 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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