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Descriptive Information

Title
قصص الانبىاء.
Transliterated Title
Qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʼ.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 202B
Identifier
ark:/88435/p5547x69h
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1400-1499
Format
Manuscript
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Anonymous.
Fols. 117; 24 x 16.5 cm.; written surface 16.8 x 12.5 cm.; 17 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; with vowel signs; entries in red.
A collection of the tales of the prophets.
Beg.: باب في ذکر بختنصر وخبر شعىا وارمىا ودانىال.
Ending: ازال الدهر ملکهم واضحى * ىنقّل من اناس الى اناس
Marginal notes and glosses. First six folios by later hand and on European paper. On three folios following last is a discussion of the tale of the army of the elephant (see Sūrah CV) entitled Majlis fī Qiṣṣat Aṣḥāb al-Fīl. This is dated A.H. 1145 [A.D. 1733]. MS in good condition but worm-eaten; Arabic binding with flap; blind stamped and tooling. Probably from XVth century.
Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925.

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Subject
Prophets, Pre-Islamic—Early works to 1800

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File Count
134

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
Holding location
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