J. 9 (University Library, Cambridge University)

E. G. Browne Collection

Summary of Contents: ريحانة الاولياء وزهرة الحياة الدنيا The title ordinarily given to this biographical work of Ahmad ibn Muhammad
ibn 'Umar al-Khafájí al-Misri (d. 1069/1659) differs slightly from the above, and is
Rayhánatu'l-Alibbá (not Awliyá) wa-Nushatu (not Zuhratu) 'l-Hayáti'd-Dunya.
See Brockelmann's Gesch. d. Arab. Litt., vol. II, pp. 285-286, and Rieu's Arabic
Supplement, pp. 705-706. This MS., bought of the late Hájjí 'Abdu'l-Majid Belshah in November, 1920,
comprises 227 ff. of 21'5 × 15 c. and 15 ll., and is written in a good, clear modern
mask with rubrications. The transcription was completed in Dhul-Qa'da, 1300/
September, 1883.

Author: Khafājī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1571 or 2-1659 احمد بن محمد الخفاجي

Title: Rīḥānat al-awliyāʼ wa-zuhrat al-ḥayāt al-dunyā

Title: Rīḥānah al-alibbāʼ wa-nuzhat al-ḥayāt al-dunyā

Title: ريحانة الاولياء وزهرة الحياة الدنيا

Title: ريحانة الالباء ونزهة الحياة الدنيا

Language(s): Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: Ff. 227

Dimensions: 21.5 × 15 cm.

Layout

15 lines

Hand(s)

Good, clear modern mask with rubrications.

History

Origin: 1300 AH; 1883 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

This MS., bought of the late Hájjí 'Abdu'l-Majid Belshah in November, 1920.

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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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

J. 9 (University Library, Cambridge University)

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