J. 2 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: وفيات الأعيان لابن خلكان (السر الأول) () A MS. of the first volume of Ibn Khallikán's celebrated biographical dictionary
entitled Wafayatul-A'yan, composed in the years 654/1256-672/1274. See Brockel-
mann's Gesch. d. Arab. Litt., vol. 1, pp. 326-328, and the references there given. This MS., one of five bought of J. J. Naaman on December 9, 1911, comprises
200 ff. of 18.8 x 13'8 c. and 26 ll., is written in a good naskh with rubrications, and
was completed in Rajab, 997/May-June, 1589.
entitled Wafayatul-A'yan, composed in the years 654/1256-672/1274. See Brockel-
mann's Gesch. d. Arab. Litt., vol. 1, pp. 326-328, and the references there given. This MS., one of five bought of J. J. Naaman on December 9, 1911, comprises
200 ff. of 18.8 x 13'8 c. and 26 ll., is written in a good naskh with rubrications, and
was completed in Rajab, 997/May-June, 1589.
The manuscript contains the first of the five volumes of the work only.
Title: وفيات الاعيان لابن خلكان
Language(s): Arabic
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 200
Dimensions: 18.8 × 13.8 cm.
Layout
26 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a good naskh with rubrications
History
Origin: 997 AH; 1589 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
This MS. was one of five bought of J. J. Naaman on December 9, 1911.
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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