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خطب الامام علي ومكاتباته وقصص الانبياء.
Khuṭab al-Imām ʻAlī wa-mukātabātihi wa-Qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʼ.
1000-1802
Two fragments, the first is a collection of some of the orations and the correspondence of the Caliph ʻAlī, evidently taken from Nahj al-balāghah. The second fragment is a collection of stories of the prophets commencing with Adam and concluding with Abraham, evidently taken from Qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʼ by Abū Bakr al-Kisāʼī, who flourished ca. beginning of 5th/11th century.
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- Publisher
- [not after 1802?]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 244H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
Two fragments, the first is a collection of some of the orations and the correspondence of the Caliph ʻAlī, evidently taken from Nahj al-balāghah. The second fragment is a collection of stories of the prophets commencing with Adam and concluding with Abraham, evidently taken from Qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʼ by Abū Bakr al-Kisāʼī, who flourished ca. beginning of 5th/11th century.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- خطب الامام علي ومكاتباته وقصص الانبياء.
- Transliterated Title
- Khuṭab al-Imām ʻAlī wa-mukātabātihi wa-Qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʼ.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 244H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcrv043428n
- Publisher
- [not after 1802?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1000-1802
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 263 leaves : paper ; 245 x 163 (190 x 130) mm bound to 240 x 165 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 742.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from heading (fol. 1a).
- Marginal notes and glosses. On the first page is the title of the MS by a later hand. Both pastedowns covered in writing.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 263 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 15-17 lines per page ; ruled.
- Description: Vowel signs ; MS in fair condition except several folios stained with dampness and several others foxed.
- Incipit: قال حدثنا ابو جعفر محمد بن علي ...
- Ending: ففرغ نمرود من ذلك وارتعد وخرت الاسود
- Binding Note
- Contemporaneous? type III (without flap) binding in dark brown leather. Blind-tooled cenral motif and edging on cover.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 536
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/39d3d5bd-3096-4139-a701-3217ae4d84a2/manifest