Islamic Arabic 545 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)
Mingana
Contents
1 copy of Wafāt al-Ḥusayn by Abū Mikhnaf, -774
Title: Wafāt al-Ḥusayn
Title: وفات الخسين
Language(s): Arabic
References
Printed catalogue no. 873
GAL I 65; I 101-2
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 76 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 20.6 × 15.3 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Foliation:
Foliation:
Condition
Evidence of historical worm damage and old repairs.
Layout
Fol. 1v-32v: 16-18 lines per page
Fol. 33r-75v: 11 lines per page
Hand(s)
Written in Naskhī by two hands. The later one (fol. 33r-75v) dated and signed by Sayyid ʿAlī al-ʿAṭṭār ibn al-Marḥūm السيد علي العطار ابن المرحوم ; red headings.
Decoration
Binding
Green paper over pasteboards, red fabric spine with modern label.
History
Origin: Dated end of Rajab 1165 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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