ms. 47974 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)
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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Tārīkh al-Raqqah wa-man nazalahā min aṣḥāb Rasūl Allāh by Qushayrī, Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, -945
Biographical dictionary in three parts of the Prophet Muhammad's companions, traditionalists and lawyers who cam from Raqqah. Transcribed from the copy preserved in the Public Library in Damascus. Bound with the volume are letters and postcards from L. Cheikho to A.G. Ellis
Incipit: اخبرنا الشيخ الجليل ... بدر الدين ابو الفدا عبد الرحيم ابن يوسف بن هبة الدين بن الطفيل قراءة عليه ونحن نسمع فى شوال ثالث عشر ربيع الاخر من سنة احدى وثلاثين وستماية /..؟/ قال اخبرنا الشيخ ابو الحسن المبارك بن عبد الجبار ابن احمد الصيرفى بمدينة دار السلام قبا قرات عليه من اصل سماعه ... ثنا سليمان ابن عطا عن ابيه عن من شهد عياض بن عتم حين بعثه ابو ... عبيدة ابن الجراح رضى الله عنه الر الرها
Colophon: يقول مصححه عبد الله الحموى...في خمسة عشر من شهر شول سنه 1325
Language(s): Arabic
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 68 f.
Dimensions (leaf): 24.5 × 17.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 17.5 × 11 cm.
Layout
Hand(s)
Modern naskhi/ruq'ah hand
History
Origin: 1325 AH; 1907 CE
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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