Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 109H.

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DS ID:

DS2487

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 109H.

Title:

Two Arabic poems

Date:

18--?

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 8 leaves : paper ; 210 x 150 (195 x 130) mm. bound to 210 x 155 mm.

Note:

Collation: Paper ; fol. 8 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Description: Written in naskhi ; MS in good condition, cover worm-eaten.
In the introduction the author states that he composed his first ode with the rhyme khāl in response to the suggestion of a Turkish poet who composed a Turkish ode with the same rhyme. The author composed his ode and sent it to Dāwūd Pāshā, former governor of Baghdād, who sent it to some poets in Baghdād; one of these sent an ode rhyming in rāʼ criticising Buṭrus Karāmahʼs ode...
Layout: 18-20 lines per page with separation between hemistitches.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
On the title page occurs an obliterated seal impression. Seal impression that reads: bi-al-yumn ... Salāmah on fol. 5a. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Keyword:

Stamps (Provenance)

Poetry

Manuscripts, Arabic

New Jersey--Princeton

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963568153506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/a9bcbfb5-ca0a-4f33-b731-ae2ebb1c4ad0/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University