Keble MS. 88 (Keble College Library, Keble College, University of Oxford)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
A copy of an anonymous work on the proper conduct of Kings entitled Ādāb al-mulūk.
Apparently not the work of the same title by al-Thaʻālibī, nor that of ʻAlī ibn Razīn al-Kātib.
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Physical Description
Layout
One column of 7 lines per page. 180 × 120 mm.
Hand(s)
Script: Large fine Naskh in black ink.
Decoration
Fol. 1a contains a title heading panel and a dedication roundel in blue and gold. Fol. 21a has an end panel in gold. Many sentences throughout are punctuated with small gold, red, and blue florettes.
Binding
Eastern binding severely damaged with only portions of the original leather remaining and the boards crumbling.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Fol. 1a contains a dedication to Mawlānā al-Sulṭān al-Malik al-Ashraf Abū al-Naṣr Qānṣawh al-Ghawrī, penultimate Mameluke ruler of Egypt, d. 1516.
Presented to Keble College Library by Rev. Greville J. Chester, May, 1885.
Record Sources
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
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