ms. 380279 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)
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Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of al-Durar al-Sanīyah fī al-hadīyah al-fīlīyah al-wāfidah min fakhīm al-Ḥaḍrah al-Najlīzīyah by Balghīthī, al-Ṭāhir ibn Aḥmad
Literary/historical composition, describing the presentation of an Indian elephant called Stoke, from Queen Victoria to Hassan I, Sultan of Morocco, 1831-1894 The presentation was made by Captain Inglefield, and took place on the 2nd of Sept. 1891/Ṣaf. 1309.
Incipit: الحمد لله وحده ولا حول ولا قوة الا بالله لما كان بين الدولتين الفخيمتين دولة المغرب ودولة اكريت بريطن من الوداد ما قدم وتاكد في ساير الازمنة وطال ... بميمنته النجاد
Language(s): Arabic
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 11 f.
Dimensions (leaf): 21.5 × 17 cm.
Dimensions (written): 17.5 × 11.5 cm.
Layout
Hand(s)
Calligraphic maghribi hand.
History
Origin:
Provenance and Acquisition
in Gregorian.
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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