Item Summary

A work on the special features with which Egypt has been specially blessed and in which it excels other countries.

Descriptive Information

Title
اخبار مصر وما خصها الله به من الفضل والبرکات والخيرات.
Transliterated Title
Akhbār Miṣr wa-mā khaṣṣahā Allāh bi-hi min al-faḍl wa-al-barakāt wa-al-khayrāt.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 264H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dct722hm053
Language
Arabic
Format
Manuscript
Extent
21 leaves : paper ; 224 x 152 (150 x 85) mm bound to 227 x 157 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 759.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from preface (fol. 1b).
After the colophon are two verses of poetry.
Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 21 + ii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 20-21 lines per page ; ruled.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (three crescents) ; MS in good condition.
Incipit: بسم الله ... قال عمرو بن العاص ابن يوسف الکندي
Colophon: والله سبحانه وتعالى اعلم بالصواب واليه المرجع والماب انه على ما يشاء قدير وبالاجابة جدير وبعباده لطيف خبير والصلاة والسلام على افضل سيد الانام ومصباح الظلام سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين سبحان ربك رب العزة عما يصفون وسلام على المرسلين والحمد لله رب العالمين آمين امين تم
Binding Note
Later half-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and red marbled paper.

Discovery Information

Subject
Egypt—Geography—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Watermarks

Physical Characteristics

File Count
56

Institutional Information

Collection
Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7932ec71-5e97-418b-b57f-e9ef934add70/manifest