Islamic Arabic 755 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)
Mingana
Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Tafsīr al-qurʾān al-wajīz by Wāḥidī, Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad, d. 1075 or 6
Title: Tafsīr al-qurʾān al-wajīz
Contains the second part only, beginning with sūrah 8 (al-anfāl سورة الأنفال ) and abruptly ending in the middle of sūrah 14 (Ibrāhīm سورة إبراهيم ), verse 42.
Language(s): Arabic
References
Printed catalogue no. 16
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 288 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 26.0 × 17.8 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Foliation:
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Layout
Differen numbers of lines.
Hand(s)
Written in Naskhī of probably the 16th century
Decoration
Words of the Qurʾān overlined.
History
Origin: Undated, probably 16th century CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Reader's note dated 1038 on the title page
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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