Author
Abū al-Barakāt Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Iyās
Publication Date
20 Ramaḍān 1065 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
220 x 144 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Add MS 7503
Record ID
vdc_100092865308.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
20 Ramaḍān 1065 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Notes
A geographical compendium with a particular emphasis on Egypt (see f. 1v, lines 9-13), by Abū al-Barakāt Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Ibn Iyās (Abu al-Barakat Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Iyās; died c. 1524).
The text was completed on 14 Shaʻbān 922/11 September 1516 (see f. 293v, lines 17-20 transcribed below), and the present copy was completed on 20 Ramaḍān 1065/24 July 1655 by Qāsim ibn Muḥammad al-Rūmī (Qasim ibn Muhammad al-Rūmī; see
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 294r, lines 3-5, transcribed below).
Begins (f. 1r, lines 2-3)
Praise be to God who knew, understood, and taught mankind what he did not know to guide him
People seek to seize resources of knowledge and science...
Ends (f. 293v, lines 17-20)
...And this is the last thing I concluded from what I collected in this book
He was chosen from the news and narrations, and God Almighty helped us
He collected it until it was finished on the blessed Friday of the fourteenth of Shaban Al-Mukarram of the year
Nine hundred and twenty-two...
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 294r, lines 3-5)
The completion of his writing was a transfer by the poorest of servants to the mercy of his Lord, Qasim
Ibn Muhammad Al-Rumi in the holy month of Ramadan on the blessed Saturday
In the year one thousand and sixty-five of the Prophet’s migration...
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları
Cureton, William and Charles Rieu,
Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens
(London: The British Museum, 1846-71), Item 385, pp. 185.
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from Mary Rich (née Mackintosh), widow of Claudius James Rich (1786-1821),
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in Baghdad (1808-21), 25 March 1825
Köken
Claudius James Rich (كلاديس جيمس رچ, b. 1786-d. 1821),
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in Baghdad (1808-21): his seal (in Arabic), dated 1812, with legend (from the preface to the Gulistān of Sa‘dī) بلغ العلى بكماله كشف الدجى بجماله حسنت جميع خصاله صلوا عليه وآله (f. 1r);
Anonymous ownership inscription, dated Jumādá 1196/1782 (f. 294v);
al-Faqīr
al-Sūdānī Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Fulānī al-Kashināwī (الفقير السوداني محمد ابن محمد الفلاني الكشناوي, d. 1154/1741-2), Mālikī scholar of Katsina (in modern Nigeria), resident at Cairo: his ownership inscription, dated 1141/1728-29 (f. 1r);
Ḥasan al-Ḥibrīnī [?] (حسن الحبريني): his ownership inscription (f. 1r);
Aḥmad al-Ḥamawī (أحمد الحموي): his inscription (f. 1r).
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Edition and French translation (partial):
Ibn Iyās, 'Nubdhah min nashq al-azhār fī ʿajāʾib al-aqṭār. Extraits de l’odeur des fleurs dans les merveilles de l’univers, (Cosmographie) de Mohhammed ben-Ahhmed ben-Ayâs', Louis Langlès (tr.),
Notices et extraits des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque impériale et autres bibliothèques
, 8,1 (Paris: De l’imprimerie impériale, 1807).
Study:
Chalyan-Daffner, Kristine,
Natural Disasters in Maml
ūk Egypt (1250-1517): Perceptions, Interpretations and Human Responses
, Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Heidelberg (2013)
