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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Badhl al-mā‘ūn fī fawā’id al-ṭā‘ūn by Ibn Ḥajar al-ʻAsqalānī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1372-1449

Author: Ibn Ḥajar al-ʻAsqalānī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1372-1449 ابن حجر العسقلاني

Title: Badhl al-mā‘ūn fī fawā’id al-ṭā‘ūn

Title: بذل الماعون في فوائد الطاعون

Elucidation of traditions relating to the plague. Composed in 833/1429. Transcribed from and collated with, the autograph in Rab. II 1067 .

Incipit: الحمد لله على كل حال ونعوذ بالله من حال اهل النار ... اما بعد فقد تكرر سوال الاخوان نفع الله بهم في جميع الاخبار الواردة في الطاعون مع شرح ... غريبها وتيسير معانيها

Language(s): Arabic

References

view the printed catalogue>Gacek no.38

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: fol. 100.

Dimensions (leaf): 20.5 × 14.5 cm.

Dimensions (written): 15.5 × 9.5 cm.

Condition

Somewhat wormed and water stained

Layout

Hand(s)

Irregular. Text rubricated.

History

Origin: 1067 AH; 1657 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

20th century.

Record Sources

"Manuscript description based on Adam Gacek : Catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1981".

Availability

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