Islamic Arabic 872 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)

Mingana

1 copy of A historical religious handbook

Beginns with the birth of Muḥammad and continues through the caliphs to the death of al-Ḥusayn. The latter sections are devoted to the more general topics (e.g. basmalah, dhikr)

The only title given Majmūʿ fawāʾid has been written by a later hand on the cover of the MS.

Incipit: الحمد للّه الذي ابرز غرّة عروس الكون

Language(s): Arabic

References

Printed catalogue no. 1969

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 98 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 15.3 × 10.3 cm.

Dimensions (written):

Foliation:

Layout

19 lines per page

Hand(s)

Written in Naskhi; red headings

Decoration

History

Origin: Undated, probably 18th 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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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World