Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

ms. 174084 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)

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Contents

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Ṭabaqāt al-shuʻarāʼ fī madḥ al-khulafāʼ wa-al-wuzarāʼ by Ibn al-Muʻtazz, ʻAbd Allāh, 861-908

An anthology of Arabic poets. Preceded by a Fihrist

Incipit: الحمد لله الذى اقحم مصاقع الفصحاء بمعجز كلامه واخرس شقاشق البلغاء بترتيبه ونظامه ... وبعد فيقول افقر العباد الى الله عبد الله بن المعتر بالله بن المتوكل ... على الله بن محمد المعتصم بالله بن الرشيد هرون عقد الفكر طرفى ليلة بالنجوم لوارد ورد على من الهموم فخطر على الخاطر فى بعض الافكار ان اذكر في نسخة ... ما وضعته الشعرا من الاشعار فى مدح الخلفاء والوزرا ... والامراء من بنى العباس
Colophon: كمل كتاب طبقات الشعراءالمحدثین في اليوم السادس من شهر شوال سنه 1285 بيد الحقير مهدي بن علي نقي التبريزي

Language(s): Arabic

References

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: (4) 101 f.
Dimensions (leaf): 33.5 × 20 cm.
Dimensions (written): 21 × 9.5 cm.

Layout

Hand(s)

Elegant small naskhi hand

History

Origin: 1285 AH; 1869 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Property of the Gibb Memorial Trustees

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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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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