Copied in A.H. 1065 (A.D. 1655)., Preceded by 1 leaf of notes., and Treatise on the river Nile.
Description:
Fair naskhī, in red and black., Islamic binding, in brown, with flap., Not identical with Fī manbaʻ al-Nīl (Brockelmann, S III, p. 1255) of al-Akfahsī (d. 1405), since this work mentions events which occurred much later (cf. leaf 62 recto, where mention is made of the year A.H. 897, and of Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī)., and On leaf 8 recto is a map of the Mountain of the Moon and of the source of the Nile.
Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296?
Published / Created:
A.H. 1295 (A.D. 1878)
Call Number:
Arabic MSS 431
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Copied in A.H. 1295 (A.D. 1878)., Short poem in praise of the Prophet., and The attribution to al-Būṣīrī is probably fictitious; the meter (basīṭ) is the same as in al-Būṣīrī's Qaṣīdat al-burdah.
Description:
Copied in the form of a primer of calligraphy; calligraphic hand., Islamic binding, in maroon., and Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949.
Subject (Topic):
Arabic language and literature--Poetry, Arabic language and literature--Primers (Calligraphy), and Islamic binding.