RAS Ellis Arabic 14 (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Arabic Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of al-Jawāhir al-thamīnah fī maḥāsin al-Madīnah by Kibrīt, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 1603 or 4-1659 or 60
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ورحمة ربك خير مما يجمعون الحمد لله الذي حبب الينا المدينة وجعلها من افضل البقاع الامينة
Explicit: والحمد لله الذي بامره جرى القلم على منوال ما اقتضته الحكم وسلام على عباده الذين اصطفى وحسبنا الله وكفى||
Language(s): Arabic
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 124 p.
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Layout
Hand(s)
Ruq'ah
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Note at end of manuscript records that 'Abd al-Majid al-Baghdadi was sent from London to Medina to buy a copy of the text when it was still a rarity in 1326 A.H.(1908)
Presented by A.G. Ellis Gregorian
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