Part 2 of Multi-Part Work
تاريخ ابن كثير.
Tārīkh Ibn Kathīr.
Two volumes of the chronicles of Ibn Kathīr (see title in red on the first fol. of vol. 2, reading: "al-majlad al-sādis ["dis" crossed out] biʻ min sanah 278 ilá sanah 465" ; however, on fol. 2a of the same volume, title reading: "al-majlad al-ḥādī ʻashar [crossed out in purple, with correction reading: "al-sābiʻ"] min Tārīkh Ibn Kathīr"). The first volume begins with part of the year 96 H. [714-715] and closes with the year 241 H. [855-856]. The second volume begins with the year 278 [891-892] and closes with the year 465 H. [1072-1073]. The first volume is incomplete at the beginning. At the end of vol. 2, on fol. 204b-205b, inscriptions and one excerpt from ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt by al-Qazwīnī.
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