Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 214L

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DS ID:

DS17506

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 214L

Title:

al-Durr al-nathīr / الدر النثىر

Lexicological text

Author:

Suyūṭī, 1445-1505

Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti WIKIDATA

Date:

1800-1899

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Note:

Copied A.H. 1219 [A.D. 1805] by Muḥammad al-Ṣādiq ibn ʻAlī.
Fols. 220; 23.5 x 15.8 cm.; written surface 16.5 x 8.5 cm.; 25 lines to page; on glazed European paper; in naskhi; with catchwords; entries in red; with illumination.
An abridgment of al-Nihāyah fī gharīb al-ḥadīth wa-al-athar, a dictionary of the uncommon terms in traditions which are authentic but resting on the authority of only one Companion, by Majd al-Dīn Ibn al-Athīr.
Beg.: بسم الله ... هذا مؤلف لخصت فىه کتاب النهاىة
Colophon: وکان الفراغ من تنمىق هذه النسخة المبارکة المرغوبة اللطىفة وقت صلاة الضحى على ىد افقر العباد السىد الحاج محمد الصادق ابن الحاج علي غفرالله ذنوبهما وسترعىوبهما في الىوم المبارك نهار الثلثاء خامس شهر ذي الحجة سنة تسع عشرة ومائتىن والف لهجرة من له العز والشرف
Marginal notes and glosses; ruled marginal lines in gold on first two folios and in red throughout. First page elaborately illuminated with gold and color. Title appears on edges. MS in good condition; Arabic binding with flap.
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1904.
Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), VI, p. 403; cf. A catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 1000.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic

Nineteenth century

Arabic language--Lexicography

Early works

Hadith

Encyclopedias and dictionaries

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