G. 2 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: كتاب الجمان في اخبار الزمان A general history in three sections (fast) entitled Kitábu'l-Jumán fí Akhbariz-
Zamán, ascribed in this MS. to Shaykh Shihábu'd-Din Aḥmad al-Maghribi al-Fásí,
but in Rieu's Arabic Supplement (p. 290, No. 482) to Abú 'Abdi'lláh Muḥammad
ibn 'Alí...ash-Sháțibí. Another MS. of the work (not mentioned by Wüstenfeld or
Brockelmann) described by Rieu (pp. 318-319, No. 518, 1) begins with the same short doxology as the present MS., carries the history of the Caliphate and of the
Moors in Spain down to about 667/1268-9, and concludes with an account of the
End of the World and the Resurrection.
Zamán, ascribed in this MS. to Shaykh Shihábu'd-Din Aḥmad al-Maghribi al-Fásí,
but in Rieu's Arabic Supplement (p. 290, No. 482) to Abú 'Abdi'lláh Muḥammad
ibn 'Alí...ash-Sháțibí. Another MS. of the work (not mentioned by Wüstenfeld or
Brockelmann) described by Rieu (pp. 318-319, No. 518, 1) begins with the same short doxology as the present MS., carries the history of the Caliphate and of the
Moors in Spain down to about 667/1268-9, and concludes with an account of the
End of the World and the Resurrection.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 334
Dimensions: 20.5 × 14.4 cm.
Layout
18 lines
Hand(s)
Good Maghribi hand with rubrications
History
Origin: 1148 AH; 1736 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
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