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Al-Yamini’s book: Explanation of the news of Sultan Yamin al-Dawla and the Secretary of the Faith Abu al-Qasim Mahmoud bin Sabukatkin, and praise of his numerous positions and supporters and the related news of the governors of the parties in his neighbourhood/from what Muhammad bin Abdul-Jabbar al-Utbi collected.
(كتاب اليميني شرح أخبار السلطان يمين الدولة وأمين الملة أبي القاسم محمود بن سبكتكين، ومدح مقاماته في عديده وأنصاره وما يتصل بها من أخبار ولاة الأطراف في جواره مما جمعه محمد بن عبد الجبار العتبي)

Title Al-Yamini’s book: Explanation of the news of Sultan Yamin al-Dawla and the Secretary of the Faith Abu al-Qasim Mahmoud bin Sabukatkin, and praise of his numerous positions and supporters and the related news of the governors of the parties in his neighbourhood/from what Muhammad bin Abdul-Jabbar al-Utbi collected.
Title Original كتاب اليميني شرح أخبار السلطان يمين الدولة وأمين الملة أبي القاسم محمود بن سبكتكين، ومدح مقاماته في عديده وأنصاره وما يتصل بها من أخبار ولاة الأطراف في جواره مما جمعه محمد بن عبد الجبار العتبي
Author ʻUtbī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Jabbār, -1035 or 1036, author. Utbi, Muhammad bin Abdul Jabbar, -1035 or 1036.
Publication Date: 602 1206
Subject Mahmud, Sultan of Ghazni, 971-1030. Mahmud, Sultan of Ghazni, 971-1030. Sabuktakīn, Nāṣir al-Dawlah, Emir of Ghazni, -997. Sabuktakin, Nasir al-Dawla, Emir of Ghazni, 997. Ghaznevids--Early works to 1800. Manuscripts, Arabic.
Type Book
Language Arabic
Digital Yes
Manuscript Yes
Pages Count 55
Physical Dimensions 55 leaves ; 243 x 164 mm, bound to 243 x 165 mm
Library: University of Duke
Library Asset ID ac8b81d0-ddad-4f35-b643-5a2a8f4d7e90
Record ID emsar01018
Date 602 1206
Notes Manuscript codex. Title from colophon, leaf 54b. Physical description: 21 lines per page, written in Naskh script, on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Partially vocalized. Section headings and most marginal notes in red. Catchwords. Some insect damage. Explicit: And [God’s] ugliness is due to his increasing sins and the calamity of human beings, the reward of blame [and] may God have mercy on a servant who said, “Amen.” A history of the Ghaznavid ruler Yamīn al-Dawlah Maḥmūd ibn Subaktakīn, 971-1030 (hence the title of the work) and his father Nāṣir al-Dawlah Sabuktakīn (died 997) who ruled in parts of Iran, Afghanistan and Punjab; incomplete at the beginning. Front cover detached. Modern half leather with marbled paper boards. Label on front cover reads “Tārīkh-i yamīnī-i ʻUtbī.”
Katalog Kaydı https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE008004925
Kalıcı Bağlantı https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4ws8kj3r
Haklar https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0
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Al-Yamini’s book: Explanation of the news of Sultan Yamin al-Dawla and the Secretary of the Faith Abu al-Qasim Mahmoud bin Sabukatkin, and praise of his numerous positions and supporters and the related news of the governors of the parties in his neighbourhood/from what Muhammad bin Abdul-Jabbar al-Utbi collected.

(كتاب اليميني شرح أخبار السلطان يمين الدولة وأمين الملة أبي القاسم محمود بن سبكتكين، ومدح مقاماته في عديده وأنصاره وما يتصل بها من أخبار ولاة الأطراف في جواره مما جمعه محمد بن عبد الجبار العتبي)
Author ʻUtbī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Jabbār, -1035 or 1036, author. Utbi, Muhammad bin Abdul Jabbar, -1035 or 1036.
Publication Date 602 1206
Subject Mahmud, Sultan of Ghazni, 971-1030. Mahmud, Sultan of Ghazni, 971-1030. Sabuktakīn, Nāṣir al-Dawlah, Emir of Ghazni, -997. Sabuktakin, Nasir al-Dawla, Emir of Ghazni, 997. Ghaznevids--Early works to 1800. Manuscripts, Arabic.
Type Book
Language Arabic
Digital Yes
Manuscript Yes
Pages Count 55
Physical Dimensions 55 leaves ; 243 x 164 mm, bound to 243 x 165 mm
Library University of Duke
Library Asset ID ac8b81d0-ddad-4f35-b643-5a2a8f4d7e90
Record ID emsar01018
Date 602 1206
Notes Manuscript codex. Title from colophon, leaf 54b. Physical description: 21 lines per page, written in Naskh script, on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Partially vocalized. Section headings and most marginal notes in red. Catchwords. Some insect damage. Explicit: And [God’s] ugliness is due to his increasing sins and the calamity of human beings, the reward of blame [and] may God have mercy on a servant who said, “Amen.” A history of the Ghaznavid ruler Yamīn al-Dawlah Maḥmūd ibn Subaktakīn, 971-1030 (hence the title of the work) and his father Nāṣir al-Dawlah Sabuktakīn (died 997) who ruled in parts of Iran, Afghanistan and Punjab; incomplete at the beginning. Front cover detached. Modern half leather with marbled paper boards. Label on front cover reads “Tārīkh-i yamīnī-i ʻUtbī.”
Katalog Kaydı https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE008004925
Kalıcı Bağlantı https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4ws8kj3r
Haklar https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0
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