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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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- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from notes on vol. 2, fol. 2a.
- Vol. 2 On fol. 15b begins the original text, with a basmalah. On fol. 1a, note quoting al-Imām al-Shāfiʻī on seven --- in Babylon.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 221 + i, i + 205 + i ; catchwords ; quires signed: 4-46 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 25-27 lines per page ; ruled.
- Description: Rubricated ; MS is worm-eaten and fragile. Vol. 1 missing some leaves, e.g. central bifolio of the fifth quire (between fol. 31 and 32), two bifol. in the sixth quire, etc.
- Paper: Vol. 1: light cream paper with laid lines and pulp visible ; The quires of vol. 1 are numbered using Arabic ordinals and numerals, starting with "Rābiʻ 4" on fol. 18a. Vol. 2: light cream paper with laid lines, chain lines, and pulp visible ; Fol. 2-15a are later replacements on glazed European paper (corners wanting on fol. 2-7; fol. 15 pasted on the recto of an original leaf).
- Origin: Copy of vol. 1 completed in the beginning (mustahall) of Shawwāl 889 [Oct. 1484] (colophon, fol. 221b).
- Beginning vol. 1 as extant: فاخبرني به والا ضربت الذي فيه عيناك فقال نعم يا امير المومنين كنت رجلا جمالا فبينما انا ... [2أ] ... خلافة سليمان بن عبد الملك.
- Explicit vol. 1: بكافرين ويشير الى احمد بن حنبل واصحابه والله سبحانه وتعالى اعلم.
- Beginning vol. 2: ... طلع نجم ذو وجه ثم صار الوجه ذو ايه ... [15ب] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين قال الشيخ الامام ... عماد الدين اسمعيل بن كثير البصروي الشافع ... قال اجمع عقلا كل امة على ان من لم يجر مع القدر.
- Explicit vol. 2: وتوفى فى سلخ ذى القعدة من هذه السنة وقد جاوز سبعين سنة وكان يوم جنازته يوما مشهودا ورويت له منامات صالحة حسنة رحمه الله وسامحه ورحمنا وسامحنا انه قريب مجيب رحيم ودود والحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم يتلوه سنة ست وستين واربعماية.
- Binding Note
- Later half-bound type III (without flap) binding in brown material and dark brown spotted paper. Brown paper pastedowns and flyleaves. Multi-colored endbands.
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