Qq. 44 (University Library, Cambridge University)

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3 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Mecca, Caliphs, and Arabic letters

1.
Author: Azraqī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, d. ca. 865 الازرقي، محمد بن عبد الله القادر
Title: Akhbār Makkah li-al-Azraqī
Title: اخبار مكة للازرقي

Language(s): Arabic

References

no. 17
Digitised version of Qq. 44
2.
Author: Mahdī, Caliph, d. 785 المهدي
Title: Risālat al-Mahdī ilá ahl Makkah
Title: رسالة المهدي الى اهل مكة

Language(s): Arabic

References

no. 476
3.
Author: anonymous
Title: Poem addressed to Daʼūd ibn ʻĪsá ibn Mūsá, governor of Mecca and Medina, from the people of Medina, persuading him to transfer his residence thither

Language(s): Arabic

References

no. 47

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 228 folios.
Dimensions (leaf): 24.5 × 16.0 cm.
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Layout

21 lines per page.

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History

Origin: undated

Provenance and Acquisition

Bequest of J.L. Burckhardt (1784-1817) in 1819.

Record Sources

"Manuscript description based on E. G. Browne: A hand-list of the Muhammadan manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge 1900", abbreviated by the OCIMCO project team.

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JISC

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