ms. 15769 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)

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2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Arabic language and Turkish poetry

1.
Author: Khawwāṣ, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbbād, 1378?-1454 خواص، احمد بن عباد القنائي
Title: al-Kāfī fī ʿilmay al-ʿarūḍ wa-al-qawāfī
Title: الكافي في علمي العروض والقوافي

A short treatise on Arabic metre and rhyme. Chapters 1 and 2 only without the khatimah

Incipit: الحمد لله على الانعام والشكر له على الالهام وبعد فهذا تاليف الكافى فى علمى العروص والقوافى ... ... والله الموفق وعليه التوكل

Language(s): Arabic

References

view the printed catalogue Gacek no.147
2.
Author: Anonymous
Title: An anthology of short poems in Turkish
Language(s): Turkish

Physical Description

Form: codex
1a-4a f. 5-79 f.
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Layout

Hand(s)

Nasta'liq

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".

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

Subjects

  • Arabic language--Versification
  • Turkish poetry

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