Author
Ibn Abī al-Rabīʻ, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥīm, 1080 or 1081-1169 or 1170
Subject
Africa, North—Description and travel—Early works to 1800[Browse]
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
1340485431
Record ID
9962613433506421
Library Location
Special Collections - Manuscripts
Notes
The colophon states that the author completed his work in Baghdad, Jumādá I, 556.This copy has title ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt on the first and last pages. It begins: ... ولها أساس راسخ ولىس للمنارة باب وعلى المنارة صورة ادمىThis passage is quoted by al-Qazwīnī, ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt I, 124, line 9 Wüstenfeld.ff. 31. 166 x 110; 122 x 73 mm. 17 lin. 18th/19th cen.About the mss. of this work cf. I. Hrbek, Archiv orientální v. 23 (1955) p. 112sq. Brockelmann, GAL, I, 629 (5: no. 1) and S I, 878 are to be corrected accordingly.Acephalous and without illustrations.