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[مختار الاغاني في الاخبار والتهاني].
[Mukhtār al-Aghānī fī al-akhbār wa-al-tahānī].
1600-1800
An abridgment of Kitāb al-Aghānī of Abū al-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī, containing songs, anecdotes, diverse information about desert and city life and biographies of ancient and medieval poets arranged alphabetically. This contains only the letter ʻayn.
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- Publisher
- [not after 1801?]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 122H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
An abridgment of Kitāb al-Aghānī of Abū al-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī, containing songs, anecdotes, diverse information about desert and city life and biographies of ancient and medieval poets arranged alphabetically. This contains only the letter ʻayn.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [مختار الاغاني في الاخبار والتهاني].
- Transliterated Title
- [Mukhtār al-Aghānī fī al-akhbār wa-al-tahānī].
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 122H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/6682xd59k
- Publisher
- [not after 1801?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1600-1800
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 215 leaves : paper ; 225 x 155 (187 x 199) mm. bound to 225 x 162 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 180.
- Pertsch, Die orientalischen handschriften der Herzoglichen bibliothek zu Gotha, 2126.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 215 + iii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Decoration: Simple illuminated gilt headpiece (fol. 1b). Frame and verse separators on fols. 1b and 2a in gold.
- Description: Watermarks (roman-alphabet letters?) ; MS in good condition.
- Layout: 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Ending: حرف الغين المعجمة. غياث الاخطل
- Incipit: حرف العين. عبيد بن سريج. جميعا واياك صحق [صحن] دار
- Binding Note
- Later type II (with flap) binding in red leather and blue marbled paper. Multi-colored endbands.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 449
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/7ab9c0e2-1f68-4439-bb70-bbe68b7621e8/manifest