ms. 47976 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)
Special Collections
Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Qurrat al-ʻuyūn bi-akhbār al-Yaman al-maymūn by Ibn al-Daybaʻ, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAlī, 1461-1537
Incipit: الحمد لله الذي خص قطر اليمن الميمون بالايمان دون ساير الاقطار ... اما بعد فان علم التاريخ علم ... عظيم المقدار رفيع المنار
Colophon: وكان الفراغ منه نساخته هذا التاريخ المبارك عصر يوم الخميس ثمانيه وعشرين شهر الحجه سنه 1289 بخط محمد بن يحيى امين قشاعه
Language(s): Arabic
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 150 f.
Dimensions (leaf): 25.5 × 18 cm.
Dimensions (written): 17 × 9.5 cm.
Layout
Hand(s)
Clear naskhi hand
History
Origin: 1289 AH; 1872 CE
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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