Arabic MS 208 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
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Fākihat al-khulafāʼ by Ibn ʻArabshāh
Title: فاكهة الخلفاء ومفاكهة الظرفاءTitle: Fruit of the Caliphs and Entertainment of the WittyIncipit: اله اسود المعارك واصحابه شموس المسالك ... اما بعد فان الله المقدس فى ذاته المنزه عن سمات النقص فى صفاتهColophon: علقه بيده ... يوسف بن محمد بن يوسف الوكيل البلوى الشافعى ... فى يوم الاثنين المبارك سادس عشر جماد الاخر من شهور سنة ثمانين والفLanguage(s): ArabicReferences
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 672 [208]Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: PaperExtent: 211 foliosDimensions (leaf): 207 × 148 mm.Layout
1 column, 25 written lines
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Naskh
History
Origin: 1080 AH (1669 CE)Provenance and Acquisition
From the collection of Colonel George William Hamilton (1807-1868) who served in India from 1823 to 1867 latterly as Commissioner in Delhi. He acquired over a thousand Indian and Persian manuscripts of which 352 were selected after his death for the British Museum. The remainder were purchased in 1868 by 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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