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A work containing the wonders of the world and creation and tales of the prophets. The prophets mentioned are Adam, Idrīs, Noah and his three sons, Hūd, Ṣāliḥ, Abraham, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, Elijah, David, Solomon, Jeremiah, Yūnus (Jonah), Zachariah, Yaḥyá (John), ʻImrān and ʻĪsá (Jesus).
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- Author
- Kisāʼī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, active 11th century
- كسائي، محمد بن عبد الله، active 11th century
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 587H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A work containing the wonders of the world and creation and tales of the prophets. The prophets mentioned are Adam, Idrīs, Noah and his three sons, Hūd, Ṣāliḥ, Abraham, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, Elijah, David, Solomon, Jeremiah, Yūnus (Jonah), Zachariah, Yaḥyá (John), ʻImrān and ʻĪsá (Jesus).
Descriptive Information
- Title
- عجائب المخلوقات / للماوردي.
- Transliterated Title
- ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt / lil-Māwardī.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 587H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc3t946240x
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1700-1899
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 200 leaves : paper ; 226 x 165 (165 x 90-130) mm. bound to 226 x 176 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 765.
- Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), II, p. 23, III, p. 174.
- Rieu, Supplement of the catalogue of the Arabic Mss, 497-9.
- Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 1021/2.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (fol. 1a).
- A few marginal notes.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 200 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 21 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (shield with a face-in-the-moon; roman-alphabet letters "AG" and "EAN"; three crescents) ; MS in good condition.
- On the title page the book is described as ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt and is erroneously ascribed to al-Māwardī.
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين الحمد لله الذي انبت الخلق نباتاً وجعلهم احيا بعد ان كانوا امواتا وجمعهم بعد ان كانوا اشتاتا ... فهذا كتاب جمعت فيه المبتدات في جلق الدنيا والسموات والاراضين وجلق الجن والانس ...
- Colophon: والحمد لله وحده وصلى الله على من لا نبي بعده. تم
- Binding Note
- Contemporaneous? type II (with flap) binding in brown leather and blue and brown marbled paper. Paper pastedowns painted with red wavy lines. Not sewn.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 411
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f387ce5c-85f2-4810-8b37-501786405ddd/manifest