Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 142H.

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS2524

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 142H.

Title:

Sukkardān al-sulṭān

Physical Description:

Extent: 117 leaves : paper ; 182 x 130 (155 x 110) mm. bound to 180 x 132 mm.

Note:

Collation: Paper ; fol. 117 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Description: Rubricated ; verse separators in red ; MS in fair condition, some pages mended. Title page lacking. The first page is defective.
Layout: 22 lines per page.
Marginal notes and glosses. After the colophon is an Urjūzah min al-Ḥaḍar containing a prophecy about a king who will come from near Damascus and will in 903 1497 seize Cairo and establish his rule over Syria and Egypt.
Ms. codex.
Title from text (fol. 2b).
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Keyword:

History

Early works

1250-1517

Symbolism of numbers

Egypt

Manuscripts, Arabic

Mamelukes

Seven (The number)

New Jersey--Princeton

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963568743506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/ca0bc5e3-6830-4509-a4bf-f1f529f0ca07/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University