The Butter of Revealing Kingdoms and Explaining Roads and Paths / Classification of the Poor Servant to God Almighty Khalil bin Shaheen Al-Dhahiri. Shāhīn al-Ẓāhirī. — Kashf al-Mamālik wa-bayān al-ṭuruq wa-al-masālik. Abridgment, revealing kingdoms and explaining roads and paths
(زبدة كشف الممالك وبيان الطرق والمسالك تصنيف العبد الفقير الى الله تعالى خليل بن شاهين الظاهري )

Name: The Butter of Revealing Kingdoms and Explaining Roads and Paths / Classification of the Poor Servant to God Almighty Khalil bin Shaheen Al-Dhahiri. Shāhīn al-Ẓāhirī. — Kashf al-Mamālik wa-bayān al-ṭuruq wa-al-masālik. Abridgment, revealing kingdoms and explaining roads and paths
Author: Ibn Shāhīn, Khalīl, 1410 or 1411-1468 or 1469

Title	The Butter of Revealing Kingdoms and Explaining Roads and Paths / Classification of the Poor Servant to God Almighty Khalil bin Shaheen Al-Dhahiri. Shāhīn al-Ẓāhirī. — Kashf al-Mamālik wa-bayān al-ṭuruq wa-al-masālik. Abridgment, revealing kingdoms and explaining roads and paths
Title Original	زبدة كشف الممالك وبيان الطرق والمسالك تصنيف العبد الفقير الى الله تعالى خليل بن شاهين الظاهري
Author	Ibn Shāhīn, Khalīl, 1410 or 1411-1468 or 1469
Author Original	Ibn Shāhīn, Khalīl, 1410 or 1411-1468 or 1469, ابن شاهين، خليل
Publication Date:	1512
Publication Place	- [1512]
Subject	Egypt—History—1250-1517—Early works to 1800, Egypt—Geography, Historical—Early works to 1800, Islamic Empire—History—1258-1517—Early works to 1800, Mamelukes—History—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Blind tooled bindings, Autographs, Watermarks (Paper)
Type	Book
Language	ar
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Pages Count	120
Library:	Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID	9949428693506421
Record ID	dcb8515z625
Library Location	Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 263H
Date	1512-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1512
Notes	An abridgment in twelve chapters (bāb, see table of contents in the preamble, fol. 2b-4b) of Kashf al-Mamālik wa-bayān al-ṭuruq wa-al-masālik by the author, about the geography and history of the Mamlūk Sultans of Egypt. \| Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 1a). The same title appears in the preamble (fol. 2b, l. 10)., Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 120 ; catchwords; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 15 lines per page., Description: Rubricated ; watermarks; some leaves are missing (see between fol. 12 and 13 and between fol. 55 and 56)., Origin: Copy completed on 12 Shawwāl 917 (colophon, fol. 120a)., Incipit: Praise be to God, who raised his creation above some degrees and favored those whom he chose... And then the pen of destiny, if it runs through the foot, grants the servant success., Explicit: All of this was not enough to spend the first night in his grave The book is done. \| Type III (without flap) binding in brown leather over paper pasteboards (visible) for upper and lower covers. Both covers are similarly blind-tooled with a central roundel with a geometric star-shaped motif and an elaborate outer frame made of fillets and running patterns. Disbound. \| Three ownership statements on fol. (i) a, in the name of al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, ʻAbd al-ʻAlīm? Afandī, and Muṣṭafá Ibn al-Ḥājj Abī Bakr. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900, from the books of Amīn ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina). \| Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 752, Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 135 (6/1), Brockelmann, C. GAL, SII, 165 (6/1)

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The Butter of Revealing Kingdoms and Explaining Roads and Paths / Classification of the Poor Servant to God Almighty Khalil bin Shaheen Al-Dhahiri. Shāhīn al-Ẓāhirī. — Kashf al-Mamālik wa-bayān al-ṭuruq wa-al-masālik. Abridgment, revealing kingdoms and explaining roads and paths

(زبدة كشف الممالك وبيان الطرق والمسالك تصنيف العبد الفقير الى الله تعالى خليل بن شاهين الظاهري )

Author Ibn Shāhīn, Khalīl, 1410 or 1411-1468 or 1469

Author Original Ibn Shāhīn, Khalīl, 1410 or 1411-1468 or 1469, ابن شاهين، خليل

Publication Date 1512

Publication Place - [1512]

Subject Egypt—History—1250-1517—Early works to 1800, Egypt—Geography, Historical—Early works to 1800, Islamic Empire—History—1258-1517—Early works to 1800, Mamelukes—History—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Blind tooled bindings, Autographs, Watermarks (Paper)

Type Book

Language ar

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Pages Count 120

Library Princeton University Library

Library Asset ID 9949428693506421

Record ID dcb8515z625

Library Location Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 263H

Date 1512-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1512

Notes An abridgment in twelve chapters (bāb, see table of contents in the preamble, fol. 2b-4b) of Kashf al-Mamālik wa-bayān al-ṭuruq wa-al-masālik by the author, about the geography and history of the Mamlūk Sultans of Egypt. | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 1a). The same title appears in the preamble (fol. 2b, l. 10)., Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 120 ; catchwords; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 15 lines per page., Description: Rubricated ; watermarks; some leaves are missing (see between fol. 12 and 13 and between fol. 55 and 56)., Origin: Copy completed on 12 Shawwāl 917 (colophon, fol. 120a)., Incipit: Praise be to God, who raised his creation above some degrees and favored those whom he chose... And then the pen of destiny, if it runs through the foot, grants the servant success., Explicit: All of this was not enough to spend the first night in his grave The book is done. | Type III (without flap) binding in brown leather over paper pasteboards (visible) for upper and lower covers. Both covers are similarly blind-tooled with a central roundel with a geometric star-shaped motif and an elaborate outer frame made of fillets and running patterns. Disbound. | Three ownership statements on fol. (i) a, in the name of al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, ʻAbd al-ʻAlīm? Afandī, and Muṣṭafá Ibn al-Ḥājj Abī Bakr. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900, from the books of Amīn ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina). | Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 752, Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 135 (6/1), Brockelmann, C. GAL, SII, 165 (6/1)