Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Islamic Arabic 726 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)

Mingana

Contents

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Short extract of Akhbār al-rusul wa-al-mulūk by Ṭabarī, 838?-923 الطبري، محمد بن جرير، 224-310 هـ

Extract from the creation to the death of the Umayyid caliph Marwan II

Language(s): Arabic

References

Printed catalogue no. 874
GAL I 142-3, esp. no.1; I 217-18

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 276 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 23.2 × 13.8 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Foliation:
Foliation:

Layout

25 lines per page

Hand(s)

Written in Naskhī of probably the 17th century; red headings and important passages overlined in red; some corrections in the margins.

Decoration

History

Origin: Undated, probably 17th century CE

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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Funding of Cataloguing

Cadbury Research Library

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