Islamic Arabic 687 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)
Mingana
Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Kharīdat al-ʿajāʾib wa-farīdat al-ghāraʾib by Ibn al-Wardī, Sirāj al-Dīn Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar, -1457
Title: خريدة العجائب وفريدة الفرائب
Map of Mecca on fol. 55v; appears to be incomplete.
Language(s): Arabic
References
Printed catalogue no. 891
GAL II 131-2; II 162-3
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 141 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 20.5 × 14.7 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Foliation:
Foliation:
Layout
15 lines per page
Hand(s)
Written in Naskhī of probably the 16th century.
Decoration
History
Origin: Undated, reader's note of 1018 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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