ms. 47781 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)
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4 copies of Qiṣṣat Barṣīṣā by 2 authors
1.
Title: Qiṣṣat Barṣīṣā
Title: قصة برصيصا
Incipit: روي عن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما فى قوله ... تعالى كمثل الشيطان اذ قال للانسان اكفر
A version in Arabic of the story of Barsisa, unfinished and interrupted by a commentary in Arabic.
Language(s): Arabic
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2.
Title: Qiṣṣat Barṣīṣā
Title: قصة برصيصا
Incipit: فلما ودعه قال له الابیص ان عندی دعوات اعلمها
Language(s): Arabic
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3.
Title: Qiṣṣat Barṣīṣā
Title: قصة برصيصا
A Swahili translation of the first Arabic version of the story
Language(s): Swahili
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4.
Title: Qiṣṣat Barṣīṣā
Title: قصة برصيصا
A Swahili translation of the second Arabic version of the story
Language(s): Swahili
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Physical Description
Form: codex
1a-4bf. 5a-65b f. 7b-9a f. 10a-11a f.
Dimensions (leaf): 33.5 × 20.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 29 × 18 cm.
Layout
Hand(s)
Naskhi hand
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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