Islamic Arabic 1647 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)

Display:

Mingana

Summary of Contents: 2 works by Ghayṭī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1504 or 5-1573 or 4 on the subjects of Sufism, Moses, Giants, Qurʼan, and Prophets

1. ff. 1b-5a

Author: Ghayṭī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1504 or 5-1573 or 4 الغيطي، نجم الدين محمد بن احمد بن علي الشافعي الاسكندري

Title: Tract on ʿŪj ibn ʿAnaq

Language(s): Arabic

References

Printed catalogue no. 750

GAL II 338-9, esp. no. 10

2. ff. 5b-8a

Author: Ghayṭī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1504 or 5-1573 or 4 الغيطي، نجم الدين محمد بن احمد بن علي الشافعي الاسكندري

Title: Tract on Iram dhāt al-ʿImād

Language(s): Arabic

References

Printed catalogue no. 750

GAL II 338-9, esp. no. 10

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 8 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 20.4 × 15.3 cm.

Dimensions (written):

Foliation:

Layout

27 lines per page

Hand(s)

Written in informal Naskh by Ḥijazī ibn ʿUmar ibn Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, called Ibn al-Baylūkī (?) حخازي بن عمر بن محمود بن محمد بن محمد الشهير بنسبه يا بن البيلوكي ; present copy was copied from the MS of ʿUmar ibn Muḥammad al-Balqīnī al-Azharī عمر بن محمد البلقني الازهري

Decoration

History

Origin: Dated 5th Dhū al-Ḥijja 1020 AH

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.

Availability

We welcome all interested researchers to use the Cadbury Research Library at the University of Birmingham. All researchers need to register for a reader's card on their first visit. For more information visit Registering with Cadbury Research Library. Contact special-collections@bham.ac.uk to check the availability of your chosen item(s).

Funding of Cataloguing

Cadbury Research Library

Subjects

TO TOP