Islamic Arabic 383 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)

Mingana

1 copy of Nūr al-ʿayn by Ḥamawī, Alī ibn ʿAṭīyah, -1530

Author: Ḥamawī, Alī ibn ʿAṭīyah, -1530 علوان بن عطية، ت. 936 هـ

Copy of the commentary on the Ṣūfī qaṣīdah in tāʾ by Ṣafadī, ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥammad, -1509 or 1510 صفدي، عبد القادر بن محمد entitled Silk al-ʿayn li-idhhāb al-ghayn.

Language(s): Arabic

References

Printed catalogue no. 705

GAL 1.c.; II 333; II 461

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 159 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 21.9 × 15.9 cm.

Dimensions (written):

Foliation:

Layout

24 lines per page

Hand(s)

Written in clear Naskhī by ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar al-ʿUmarī al-Shāfiʿī. He copied it from the autograph of the author dated Wednesday, 24th Jumādā I 924. Words commented upon in red.

Decoration

History

Origin: Dated Dhū al-Ḥijja 1057 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.

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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World