Islamic Arabic 891 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)
Mingana
Contents
3 works by anonymous authors on the subjects of Astrology, Muḥammad, and Islam
1. ff. 1-31
Title: Malḥamat Dānyāl
A work on astrology, ostensibly based on ancient Greek writers
Language(s): Arabic
Filiation: This MS is a similar to a work at Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Arabische Handschriften No. 5912), but is not as complete as that work.
References
Printed catalogue no. 1911
2. ff. 32-50
Title: Qiṣṣat Tamīm al-Dārī
The legend of Tamīm who went on a miraculous journey and returned to find his wife married to another man.
Incipit: قال بينما عمر بن الخطاب جالس في المحراب واذا بامرأة دخلت عليه و قالت السلام عليك عمر ... وقال من انت ... و قالت ... امرأة بنى الانصار
Language(s): Arabic
References
Printed catalogue no. 1737
3. ff. 51-71
Title: Munājāt Mūsā
Moses' conversation with God
Language(s): Arabic
References
Printed catalogue no. 11255
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 71 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 21.0 × 15.3 cm.
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History
Origin: Composite manuscript, parts date from about 1725-1750 CE Undated, owner's date 1155. AH Dated 1146 AH Undated, probably 18th century 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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