Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 588H.

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS2745

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 588H.

Title:

Tuḥfat al-aḥbāb wa-nukhbat al-aʻjāb /

Date:

1899

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 31 leaves : paper ; 212 x 164 (170-200 x 120-160) mm. bound to 212 x 164 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
On the title page is a statement from Ḥā̄jjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), II, p. 222 to the effect that the author died after 560 1164/5. Folios 26b-29b, 30b-31b, and the verso of the following folio contain historical accounts about early Islamic figures including Caliph ʻAbd al-Mālik ibn Marwān, ʻAlī ibn Jabalah al-ʻAkawwak, Hārūn al-Rashīd and Jabalah ibn al-Ayham.
Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 31 + ii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 23-25 lines per page.
Description: Watermarks (three crescents, roman-alphabet letters "VG"; 3 faces-in-the-moon) ; MS in good condition.
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Keyword:

Watermarks

Geography, Medieval

Manuscripts, Arabic

Voyages and travels

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963573683506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e6d84eda-7079-4086-bfee-93d9ae1d4dd7/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University