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1 copy of Lisān al-mīzān by Ibn Ḥajar al-ʻAsqalānī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1372-1449

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

Incipit: الحمد لله المحمود لكل لسان المعروف بالجود والاحسان الذى خلق الانسان وعلمه البيان ... اما بعد فان خير الاعمال الاشتعال العلم الدينى وافضله واعظمه بركة معرفة صحيح حديث رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ...

Language(s): Arabic

References

view the printed catalogue>Gacek no.179

Abridgment of Mīzān al-iʻtidāl fī naqlat tarājim al-rijāl ميزان الاعتدل في نقلة تراجم الرجال of Dhahabī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1274-1348 الذهبي، محمد بن احمد

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: fol. 300.

Dimensions (leaf): 31 × 20 cm.

Dimensions (written): 22.5 × 12 cm.

Layout

Hand(s)

Neat Ottoman naskhi.

History

Origin: 13th century AH; 19th century 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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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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