Islamic Arabic 765 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)
Mingana
Contents
1 copy of Rawḍ al-akhyār by Amāsī, Muḥammad ibn Qāsim, 1459 or 60-1533 or 4
Title: Rawḍ al-akhyār
Title: روض الاخيار
Language(s): Arabic
References
Printed catalogue no. 1719
GAL I 289-93, no. XV, Auszüge 2, II 429; Suppl. I 512, II 638
Extract from Rabīʿ al-abrār ربيع الابرار , a collection of discourses on religious, moral, and social topics, by
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 240 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 17.2 × 12.2 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Foliation:
Foliation:
Layout
15 lines per page
Hand(s)
Written in Taʿlīq of probably the 17th century; red headings; many glosses.
Decoration
History
Origin: Undated, probably 17th century CE The figure 922 at the end of the text is simply an erroneous calculation of the chronogram which the author gives for the date of the completion of the work, which was actually 921 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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