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Selections from a Persian translation of the Futūḥ al-Shāʾm

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1 copy of Futūḥ al-Shāʾm

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Fragment of an untitled collection of select episodes by an unnamed compiler from a Persian translation of the history of early Islamic conquests, the Futūḥ al-Shāʾm, by Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar al-Vāqidī(d. 207/823).

Defective at end.

Not dated at end.

Condition very fragile.

Author: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar al-Vāqidī

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 16 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 220 × 113 mm.

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History

Origin: 1700 - 1749 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876

1876
Government of India

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