Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 271B

Metadata

DS ID:

DS17548

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 271B

Title:

Two abridged biographical dictionaries

Biographical texts

Date:

1500-1599

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Note:

Fols. 230; 18.4 x 13.7 cm.; written surface 13.2 x 10 cm.; 17-19 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; with catchwords; entries in red.
A collection containing:
1. An abridgment of Ṭabaqāt al-ḥuffāẓ, a biographical dictionary by al-Dhahabī, A.H. 748 [A.D. 1348]. The present work is probably al-Suyūṭīʼs. Cf. Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), IV, p. 134.
Copy incomplete at beginning. Copied A.H. 916 [A.D. 1510] by Jarāmurd [?] al-Nāṣirī.
2. An abridgment of Wafayāt al-aʻyān, the well known biographical dictionary of Ibn Khallikān, A.H. 681 [A.D. 1282], together with some additional biographies.
Marginal notes and glosses. Marginal summaries. MS in good condition but worm-eaten; Arabic binding.
Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic

Sixteenth century

Hadith--Authorities

Early works

Islamic Empire

Biographies

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963585423506421

Holding Institution:

Princeton University