Arabic MS 139 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Arabic Manuscripts
Contents
Sīrat Bani Hilal (volume 1 of 5)
Title: Sīrat Bani Hilal
Title: سيرة بني هلال
Title: Adventures of Banū Hilāl
Incipit: الحمد الله الذى خلق الانسان من صلصال ... اما بعد فقد قال الاصمعي وابو عبيدة وجهينة اليمنى وابو عمر الغسامي يروون ذلك عن كعب الاحبار ووهب بن منبه واوس وخزرج رواة هذه السيرة اليمانية
Language(s): Arabic
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 623 [139]
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: 263 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 215 × 160 mm.
Layout
1 column, 21 written lines
Hand(s)
History
Origin: 19th century 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 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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