Arabic MS 226 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
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Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ by al-Khaṭīb al-Tibrīzī (volume 2 of 2)
Author: Khaṭīb al-Tibrīzī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh يحيى بن علي محمد بن عبد الله الخطيب التبريزيTitle: Mishkāt al-MaṣābīḥTitle: مشكوة المصابيحTitle: Niche of LampsColophon: قال مؤلف الكتاب شكر الله سعيه واتم عليه نعمته قد وقع الفراغ من جمع الاحاديث النبوية صلى الله تعالى عليه وسلم اخر يوم الجمعة من رمضان عند رؤية هلال شوال سبع وثلثين وسبع مائة بحمد الله وحسن توفيقهLanguage(s): ArabicReferences
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 135 [226]Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: PaperExtent: 553 foliosDimensions (leaf): 330 × 215 mm.Layout
1 column, 12 lines
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Naskh
History
Origin: circa 1810 CEProvenance 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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