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[کتاب العبر وديوان المبتدا والخبر في ايام العرب والعجم والبربر]
[Kitāb al-ʻibar wa-dīwān al-mubtadá wa-al-khabar fī ayyām al-ʻArab wa-al-ʻAjam wa-al-Barbar]
The first part of Ibn Khaldūnʼs general history, Kitāb al-ʻIbar. This part is universally known as al-Muqaddimah [the prolegomena] and contains rules for the composition of critical history, notes on population, the founding of towns, the establishment of empires and the causes of their decadence, the nature of various forms of royalty, the temporal and spiritual power of the caliph, and comments on other diverse subjects.
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- Arabic
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Item Summary
The first part of Ibn Khaldūnʼs general history, Kitāb al-ʻIbar. This part is universally known as al-Muqaddimah [the prolegomena] and contains rules for the composition of critical history, notes on population, the founding of towns, the establishment of empires and the causes of their decadence, the nature of various forms of royalty, the temporal and spiritual power of the caliph, and comments on other diverse subjects.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [کتاب العبر وديوان المبتدا والخبر في ايام العرب والعجم والبربر]
- Transliterated Title
- [Kitāb al-ʻibar wa-dīwān al-mubtadá wa-al-khabar fī ayyām al-ʻArab wa-al-ʻAjam wa-al-Barbar]
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 176H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc9k41zq313
- Language
- Arabic
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- (1), 128, (1) leaves : paper ; 270 x 188 (190 x 120) mm. bound to 270 x 192 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 9362/3.
- Catalogue des manuscrits arabes de la Bibliothèque Nationale, 1517-24.
- Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium (1846), 279.
- Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), IV, p. 183.
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 593.
- Rieu, Supplement of the catalogue of the Arabic Mss, 477.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- A few marginal notes. The MS ends with the chapter on "al-ḥurūb wa-madhāhib al-umam fī tartībihā," corresponding to Vol. I, p. 231 (Būlāq ed.).
- Collation: Paper : fol. (1) + 128 + (1) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Description: Headings in black ; watermarks (bell?) ; MS in good condition, with water staining in upper corner through second half of MS. Cover has damage with spine largely missing.
- Layout: 24-33 lines per page.
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Ending: بعد البيان فله وجه والله اعلم
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ... يقول العبد الفقير الى الله تعالى
- Binding Note
- Type II (with flap) binding in brown leather. Red-stamped mandorla and decorative blind-tooled edging on covers and flap.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 271
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/ca767da8-1f00-4cfd-a436-b71ac092de9b/manifest