Arabic MS 204 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

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Contents

Collection of stories

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper

History

Origin: circa 1650 AH

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.

Arabic MS 204A

Contents

Anonymous collection of verses

Folios 1-50
Incipit: هذا مجموع لطيف يشتمل على موشحات وقصايد مخفّفات ويمانى وانشادات وانشاد يماني ومخمسات ولطايف من نجديات وغير ذلك الخ
Language(s): Arabic

Arabic MS 204B

Contents

The story of al-Ward fi l'Akmam and Ins al- Wujud

Folios 51-67
Title: Qiṣṣat al-Ward fī al-Akmām wa-mā jará lahā maʻ Anas al-Wujūd
Title: قصة الورد فى الاكمام وما جرى لها مع انس الوجود
Language(s): Arabic

Arabic MS 204C

Contents

Story of Ḥasīna bint Mūsá

Folios 68-85
Title: Qiṣṣat al-Ḥasīna bint Mūsá al-Tājir
Title: قصة الحسينة بنت موسى التاجر
Language(s): Arabic

Arabic MS 204D

Contents

Collection of Juḥā stories

Folios 86-100
Title: حكايات عن جحا هزلية مضحكة من الغرايب والعجايب
Language(s): Arabic

Additional Information

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.

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