Arabic MS 118 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
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The second half of a history of the Muslim empires and dynasties by ʻAbd al-Malik ʻIṣāmī
Title: النجوم العوالي في أنباء الأوائل والتواليTitle: Lofty Stars in Records of the Ancients and thier SuccessorsIncipit: المقصد الرابع وفيه سبعة ابواب. الباب الاول في الدولة الاموية. لا يخفى ان كان لبني عبد مناف في قريش محل من العدد والشرف لا يناهضهم فيه احد من بطون قريش وكان فخذاهم بنو امية وبنو هاشم حيا جميعا يباهون بعبد مناف وينتسبون اليهExplicit: فتمت بابهى منظر وازهى نظام ولما كان اليوم الخامس من ذي الحجة الحرامColophon: ثم دخلت سنة ثمان وتسعين ... هذا مما حدث في هذه السنة نساله اللطف بنا وبالمسلمين فيها وفيما يليهاLanguage(s): ArabicReferences
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 252 [118]Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: PaperExtent: 232 foliosDimensions (leaf): 320 × 225 mm.Layout
1 column, 37 written lines
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History
Origin: circa 1700 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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