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Summary of Contents: ديوان المتنبي A fine MS. of the Díwán of the celebrated Arabic poet al-Mutanabbi (b. 303/
905; d. 354/965). See Brockelmann, 1, pp. 86-89, R. A. Nicholson's Literary
History of the Arabs, pp. 304-313, etc. This MS., bought on Oct. 31, 1902, for £10 from J. J. Naaman, comprises
173 ff. of 22'5 x 12'1 c. and 20 ll. It was transcribed in Nakhjuwán by Sultánsháh
ibn Sanjar ibn 'Abdi'lláh, and was completed in Jumádà 1, 692/April, 1293. It is
written throughout in a beautiful, clear naskh, fully vocalized, with a good many
marginal notes in a very minute hand, especially in the earlier part.
Author: Mutanabbī, Abū al-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn, 915 or 16-965 المتنبي، ابو الطيب احمد بن الحسين
Title: Dīwān al-Mutanabbī
Title: ديوان المتنبي

Language(s): Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 173
Dimensions: 22.5 × 12.1 cm.

Layout

20 lines

Hand(s)

Beautiful, clear naskh, fully vocalized, with a good many marginal notes in a very minute hand, especially in the earlier part.

History

Origin: 692 AH; 1293 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought on Oct. 31, 1902, from J. J. Naaman

Bequest of E. G. Browne.

Record Sources

Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.

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