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The biography of King Alexander Dhu al-Qarnayn and his minister, Sayyid al-Wali al-Khidr, and what happened to them of the strange and strange words that happened to them. wa-al-amr al-muṭrib al-gharīb — Sīrat al-Iskandar, Biography of Alexander
(سيرة الملك الاسكندر ذو القرنين ووزيره السيد الولي الخضر وما جرى لهم من الكلام والعجيب والامر المطرب الغريب )

Title The biography of King Alexander Dhu al-Qarnayn and his minister, Sayyid al-Wali al-Khidr, and what happened to them of the strange and strange words that happened to them. wa-al-amr al-muṭrib al-gharīb — Sīrat al-Iskandar, Biography of Alexander
Title Original سيرة الملك الاسكندر ذو القرنين ووزيره السيد الولي الخضر وما جرى لهم من الكلام والعجيب والامر المطرب الغريب
Author Ṣūrī, Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mufarrij, -approximately 1495
Author Original Ṣūrī, Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mufarrij, -approximately 1495, صوري، ابراهيم بن المفرج، -approximately 1495
Publication Date: 1176
Publication Place - 1176?-16 Ramaḍān 1180 [1762 or 1763-February 15, 1767]
Subject Alexander the Great 356 B.C.-323 B.C.—Romances—Early works to 1800, Alexander the Great 356 B.C.-323 B.C.—Legends—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, romances (medieval narratives), Romances, Blind tooled bindings, Autographs, Stamps, Watermarks (Paper)
Type Book
Language ar
Digital Yes
Manuscript Yes
Library: Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID 9963573463506421
Record ID dcbv73cc214
Library Location Special Collections Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 170Hq
Date 1762-01-01 T00:00:00 AH/1767-12-31 T:Khas:Khasz — 1762-1767
Notes A biography of Alexander the Great and a history of his conquests, with many legends about him. | Ms. codex., Title from title page, volume 1 (fol. 1a)., Marginal notes., Collection: Paper ; Volume 1: ii (later paper) + (1) + 242 + iii (later paper); volume 2: i + 176 + i ; catchwords; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals (vol. 1 only); modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 25-28 lines per page., Description: Rubricated (vol. 1 only) ; watermarks (vol. 2: three crescents); MS in fair to good condition., Origin: First volume apparently completed in 1176 (v. 1, fol. 240b). According to colophon volume 2 completed 16 Ramaḍān 1180 by Muḥammad ibn Qāsim al-Qīrrī? (v. 2, fol. 176a)., Incipit: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and in Him we seek help. Praise be to God, the Mighty, Merciful King, the Great Curtain... As for what follows, the learned Sheikh Abu Ishaq Ibn Mufarraj Al-Souri said, may God have mercy on him, as for what follows, I have stopped at Sayer and the chapters of the Prophets and the Lives of Kings..., Colophon (vol. 1): The first half of the biography of Alexander Dhul-Qarnayn Ibn Darab Al-Rumi has been completed, and God grants success to what is right, and to Him is the return and the source | Volume 1: Later half-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and brown spotted paper. Volume 2: Contemporaneous? type II (with flap) binding in dark brown leather. Color-stamped mandorla with pendants and blind tooled edging on cover. Similar decoration on flap. Block pressed design on blue paper pastedowns. Volume is larger than volume 1. | Ownership signatures: Aḥmad al-Qāḍī ibn ʻUthmān al-Hindī, obscured names, with dates of 1188 and 1233, seal impressions (v. 1, fol. 1a); Saʻd dated 1182, Aḥmad? Rafʻat (f. 2, fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 735, 735, Orientalischen handsschriften der Herzoglichen bibliothek zu Gotha, 2385-93.
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The biography of King Alexander Dhu al-Qarnayn and his minister, Sayyid al-Wali al-Khidr, and what happened to them of the strange and strange words that happened to them. wa-al-amr al-muṭrib al-gharīb — Sīrat al-Iskandar, Biography of Alexander

(سيرة الملك الاسكندر ذو القرنين ووزيره السيد الولي الخضر وما جرى لهم من الكلام والعجيب والامر المطرب الغريب )
Author Ṣūrī, Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mufarrij, -approximately 1495
Author Original Ṣūrī, Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mufarrij, -approximately 1495, صوري، ابراهيم بن المفرج، -approximately 1495
Publication Date 1176
Publication Place - 1176?-16 Ramaḍān 1180 [1762 or 1763-February 15, 1767]
Subject Alexander the Great 356 B.C.-323 B.C.—Romances—Early works to 1800, Alexander the Great 356 B.C.-323 B.C.—Legends—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, romances (medieval narratives), Romances, Blind tooled bindings, Autographs, Stamps, Watermarks (Paper)
Type Book
Language ar
Digital Yes
Manuscript Yes
Library Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID 9963573463506421
Record ID dcbv73cc214
Library Location Special Collections Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 170Hq
Date 1762-01-01 T00:00:00 AH/1767-12-31 T:Khas:Khasz — 1762-1767
Notes A biography of Alexander the Great and a history of his conquests, with many legends about him. | Ms. codex., Title from title page, volume 1 (fol. 1a)., Marginal notes., Collection: Paper ; Volume 1: ii (later paper) + (1) + 242 + iii (later paper); volume 2: i + 176 + i ; catchwords; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals (vol. 1 only); modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 25-28 lines per page., Description: Rubricated (vol. 1 only) ; watermarks (vol. 2: three crescents); MS in fair to good condition., Origin: First volume apparently completed in 1176 (v. 1, fol. 240b). According to colophon volume 2 completed 16 Ramaḍān 1180 by Muḥammad ibn Qāsim al-Qīrrī? (v. 2, fol. 176a)., Incipit: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and in Him we seek help. Praise be to God, the Mighty, Merciful King, the Great Curtain... As for what follows, the learned Sheikh Abu Ishaq Ibn Mufarraj Al-Souri said, may God have mercy on him, as for what follows, I have stopped at Sayer and the chapters of the Prophets and the Lives of Kings..., Colophon (vol. 1): The first half of the biography of Alexander Dhul-Qarnayn Ibn Darab Al-Rumi has been completed, and God grants success to what is right, and to Him is the return and the source | Volume 1: Later half-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and brown spotted paper. Volume 2: Contemporaneous? type II (with flap) binding in dark brown leather. Color-stamped mandorla with pendants and blind tooled edging on cover. Similar decoration on flap. Block pressed design on blue paper pastedowns. Volume is larger than volume 1. | Ownership signatures: Aḥmad al-Qāḍī ibn ʻUthmān al-Hindī, obscured names, with dates of 1188 and 1233, seal impressions (v. 1, fol. 1a); Saʻd dated 1182, Aḥmad? Rafʻat (f. 2, fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 735, 735, Orientalischen handsschriften der Herzoglichen bibliothek zu Gotha, 2385-93.
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