Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Islamic Arabic 1427 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)

Mingana

Contents

1 copy of Commentary on the Qurʾān

Commentary on sūrah 20 (ṭaha سورة طه‎ ), verse 47 to sūrah 37 (al-ṣāffāt سورة الصافات ), verse 164, and at the beginning, added by a second hand, sūrah 93 (al-ḍuḥā سورة الضحى ) to 99 (al-zalzalah سورة الزلزلة ), the later one twice.

Beginning and end missing.

Language(s): Arabic

References

Printed catalogue no. 37

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 232 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 21.0 × 15.3 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Foliation:
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Layout

Hand(s)

Written in Naskhī probably of the 17th century; words commented upon in red.

Decoration

History

Origin: Undated, probably 17th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on H. L. Gottschalk et al.: Islamic Arabic Manuscripts. Catalogue of the Mingana Collection of Manuscripts. Vol. IV. Revised edition edited by Derek Hopwood. Birmingham: Selly Oak Colleges, 1985, with additional enhancements.

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Funding of Cataloguing

Cadbury Research Library


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