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1 copy of ʻUnwan al-sharaf by ʻUmarī, Muḥammad Amīn ibn Khayr Allāh, 1738-1788
Title: ʻUnwan al-sharaf
Title: عنوان الشرف
Biographical dictionary arranged in tabaqat and extending down to the first quarter of the nineteenth century. Numerous lacunae
Incipit: حرف الالف طبقة الانبياء آدم عليه السلام خلقه الله بيده واسجد له جميع ملائكته ونفخ فيه الروح تاسع ساعة من يوم الجمعة الثامن والعشرين من آذار وكان الطالع الثور وروى ابي بن كعب عن رسول الله صلى ... الله عليه وسلم كان آدم طويلا كانه نخلة
Language(s): Arabic
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 257 f.
Dimensions (leaf): 31 × 22 cm.
Dimensions (written): 22.5 × 14 cm.
Layout
Hand(s)
Clear naskhi hand
History
Origin:
Provenance and Acquisition
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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