Author
Ibn Abī Ḥajalah, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, 1325-1374 or 1375
Author Original
Ibn Abī Ḥajalah, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, 1325-1374 or 1375, ابن ابي حجلة، احمد بن يحيى، 1325-1374 or 1375
Subject
Mamelukes—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Seven (The number)—Early works to 1800, Symbolism of numbers—Early works to 1800, Egypt—History—1250-1517—Early works to 1800
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
117
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9963568743506421
Record ID
dc9w032c697
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 142H
Notes
An encyclopedic work containing a prolegomena in seven chapters: (1) on the characteristics of the number seven, (2) the relation of al-Sulṭān al-Malik al-Nāṣir to that number, (3) the boundaries of Egypt, (4) on the Sultanʼs being the seventh in the Turkish line, (5) the life of the sultan, (6) on strange conincidences, (7) explanation of some of the words in the book. These are followed by seven chapters: (1) the story of Joseph, (2) the story of Moses and Pharaoh, (3) lives of the kings of Egypt, (4) the life of al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh, (5) events that happened in Egypt, (6) Cairo, (7) seven flowers. | Collation: Paper ; fol. 117 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Description: Rubricated ; verse separators in red ; MS in fair condition, some pages mended. Title page lacking. The first page is defective., Layout: 22 lines per page., Marginal notes and glosses. After the colophon is an Urjūzah min al-Ḥaḍar containing a prophecy about a king who will come from near Damascus and will in 903 [1497] seize Cairo and establish his rule over Syria and Egypt., Ms. codex., Title from text (fol. 2b)., Colophon: على يد عبد [العبد] الفقير راجي رحمة رب [الرب] القدير شاهين ابن عبدالله المحمدي الشهير بين المماليك الملك الظاهر جقمق رحمه الله رحمة واسعة وللمسلمين اجمعين امين يا رب العالمين ولمن قرا ورد الى صاحبه. تم, Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه التوفيق. منه ... الطير ... واجرى البحار السبعة بقدرته | Later? quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and violet paper with block-stamped design in yellow and blue. Violet paper pastedowns and flyleaf attached to first and last folios. | Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 8377/8., Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, V, p. 68., Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), III, pp. 574, 604., Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 207., Pertsch, Die orientalischen handschriften der Herzoglichen bibliothek zu Gotha, 1658-66.
İnternette mevcut
arks.princeton.edu
Koleksiyonlar
Middle East Manuscripts, Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts
Bağışlayan
Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
