Islamic Arabic 389 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)

Mingana

1 copy of Marāḥ al-arwāḥ by Ibn Masʿūd, Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī, active 13th century

Author: Ibn Masʿūd, Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī, active 13th century صاحب المراح، أحمد بن علي، ت. 700؟ هـ

Title: Marāḥ al-arwāḥ

The manuscript contains the main work together with the commentary by Shams al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Dunqūz, living in the 9th

Language(s): Arabic

References

Printed catalogue no. 1526

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 145 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 20.8 × 12.7 cm.

Dimensions (written):

Foliation:

Layout

19 lines per page

Hand(s)

Written in Naskhī; red rulings, and words commented upon overlined in red; some glosses.

Decoration

History

Origin: Dated 4th Muḥarram 995 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