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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Surah XXIII of the Koran from the Sudan
The Surat al-mu'minun, written in African ajami script, from the Sudan. "This book was purchased...from a soldier of the 94th Regiment who brought it from Magdala Abyssinia.
The Surat al-mu'minun, written in African ajami script, from the Sudan. "This book was purchased...from a soldier of the 94th Regiment who brought it from Magdala Abyssinia.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 28 ff.
Layout
Hand(s)
African Ajami script
History
Origin: Undated. Sudan
Provenance and Acquisition
This manuscript is part of a small collection of Islamic manuscripts held at Eton College Library, which are not part of the separate ‘Pote Collection’. (The Pote Collection was given in 1788 by Edward Ephraim Pote to Eton College and King’s College, Cambridge and is now held on loan at the Cambridge University Library).
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on M.S.Q. Fraser, Islamic manuscripts in the Eton College Library, 1996.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Eton College
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