Descriptive Information

Title

[Collection of Arabic poetry].

Call Number

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 73B

Identifier

ark:/88435/dcw0892q65x

Language

Arabic

Date Created

1800-1899

Rights Statement

Copyright Not Evaluated

Notes

Fols. 185; 22.1 x 15.6 cm.; written surface 14-16.5 x 6.3-11 cm.; 23 lines to page; on glazed European paper; in Fārisi and naskhi; with catchwords; entries in red.

A collection containing:

1. A fragment of Dīwān (collection of original poems) of Kamāl al-Dīn Abū al-ḥasan ʻAlī ibn al-Nabīh al-Miṣrī, A.H. 619 [A.D. 1222]. On the three following folios are five short poems by five different authors.

2. An ode in praise of the Prophet by al-Shihāb al-Khafājī modelled after al-Burdah of Kaʻb ibn Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmá.

3. al-Burdah of al-Būṣīrī (, A.D. 1294).

4. The dīwān of ʻAfīf al-Dīn al-Tilimsānī, A.H. 690 [A.D. 1291]. See ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), III, p. 297.

5. A collection of anthology by various authors.

MS in good condition; Arabic binding with flap. Probably from the XIXth century.

Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925.

Discovery Information

Subject

Arabic poetry—Early works to 1800

Physical Characteristics

File Count

388

Institutional Information

Collection

Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library

IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d91ff02e-af35-415c-9f88-dc2637cd6c62/manifest

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