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A short history of the family of Abū Ṭālib. It was written at the request of Jalāl al-Dīn al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAlī, the twenty-second descendant of the house.
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- Publisher
- [19th century?]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 38Lq
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A short history of the family of Abū Ṭālib. It was written at the request of Jalāl al-Dīn al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAlī, the twenty-second descendant of the house.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- عمدة الطالب في نسب آل ابي طالب.
- Transliterated Title
- ʻUmdat al-ṭālib fī nasab āI Abī Ṭālib.
- Call Number
- Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 38Lq
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcff365j290
- Publisher
- [19th century?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1800-1899
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 45 leaves : paper ; 302 x 195 (200 x 90) mm bound to 304 x 200 mm.
- Provenance
- Obscured signature and seal impression (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 693.
- Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), IV, pp. 259/60.
- Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 9399ˡˡ.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from preface (fol. 3b).
- MS incomplete at the end.
- Collation: Wove paper ; fol. 45 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 17 lines per page ; ruled.
- Description: Rubricated ; overlining in red ; MS in good condition.
- Origin: Probably from the XIXth century.
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين الحمد لله الذى خلق من الماء بشرا فجعله نسبا ومهرا ورفع بعض الانام ... اما بعد فان علم النسب علم عظيم المعداد ساطع الانوار اشار الكتاب الالهى اليه ...
- Ending: ابن عبد الله ابن الحسن
- Binding Note
- Upper and lower limp covers of dark paper over cardboard.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 102
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/c8dce3e6-c799-4cee-8fd2-8a4353a4be90/manifest