Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Islamic Arabic 1443 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)

Mingana

Contents

Summary of Contents: 2 works by ʿAlī al-Çelebī al-Qarālī (al-Ghazzālī?), dates unknown on the subjects of Geography and Inheritance and succession
1. ff. 1-35

A general world geography

MS contains several coloured maps and diagrams.

Incipit: الحمد الله الذي رفع السماء بلا عمد ... و بعد فيقول ... لما رايت الانسان بصير بعلم الارض بصيرا و بمعرفة في اقطار الارض واعماق البحار

Language(s): Arabic

References

Printed catalogue no. 1888
2. ff. 36-44

A treatise on the laws of inheritance

Language(s): Arabic

References

Printed catalogue no. 1115

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 44 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 23.7 × 18.5 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Foliation:
Foliation:

Layout

Hand(s)

Written in Naskhī of probably the 19th century

Decoration

Red headings with red overlinings.

History

Origin: Undated, probably 19th 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

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