Item Summary

The virtues of Abū Bakr ibn Qiwām 584-658 [1188/9-1259/60].

Descriptive Information

Title
مناقب الامام ابي بکر ابن قوام.
Transliterated Title
Manāqib al-Imām Abū Bakr ibn Qiwām.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 257H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc4x51hv236
Language
Arabic
Extent
20 leaves : paper ; 197 x 149 (145 x 92) mm. bound to 197 x 150 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 10099.
Brockelmann, GAL, II, p. 90.
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 688.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
A few marginal notes. On title page is a story about al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī 4-61 [625/6-680]. This copy was prepared for Aḥmad Chalabī.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 20 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks ; MS in good condition.
Layout: 21 lines per page.
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
Colophon: اعاد الله علينا وعلى من کتبت برسمه السيدي العزيزي الدخري سيد احمد چلبي المحاسبجي عاملنا الله واياه بلطفه وکرمه
Incipit: بسم الله ... الحمد لله الذي الف بين قلوب عباده
Binding Note
Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and blue and black marbled paper.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
48

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/71e7badf-021b-48c9-843a-6828090406d2/manifest