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1 copy of Rawḍ al-akhyār by Amāsī, Muḥammad ibn Qāsim, 1459 or 60-1533 or 4

Author: Amāsī, Muḥammad ibn Qāsim, 1459 or 60-1533 or 4 محمد ابن قاسم ابن يعقوب

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 Zamakhsharī, Maḥmūd ibn ʻUmar, 1075-1144. زمخشري، محمود إبن عمر

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 240 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 17.2 × 12.2 cm.

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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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