Title
al-Nujūm al-Zāhira fī Mulūk Miṣr wa-l-Qāhira
النجوم الزاهرة في ملوك مصر والقاهرة
Alternative title
Type
manuscript
Author
Ibn Taghrībirdī, Jamāl al-Dīn Abu l-Maḥāsin Yūsuf al-Atābkī
Physical description
الجزء الثاني; صفحات 196; عدد السطور في الصفحة 25; طول الصفحة 270 ملم; عرض الصفحة 180 ملم
Volume 2; Folios 196; Number of lines per page 25; Leaf height 270 mm; Leaf width 180 mm
- Volume
2
- Lines
25
- Dimensions
Leaf height 270 mm; Leaf width 180 mm
- Text Area
- Number of folios
196
- Binding
Modern binding
Manuscript description
This volume covers the period 255-524 AH. Few notes and corrections in the margins. Completion of the main text in the margins. The topics discussed in the main text are highlighted in the margins. The folio f.195a contains a list of the rulers who were mentioned in this volume. F.196b contains a wiped-out reading note. The folio f.195b has a note which states that this manuscript consists of 24 quires. The first flyleaf has the date: 18 January 1873 written in Latin.
- Ownership Statement
Written for the library of al-amīr Yūnus b. al-amīr Sūdūn al-Ashqar al-Abū Bakrī al-Malakī Ẓāhirī (one of the princes in the Egyptian abode) (f.195b). Ownership statement of al-faqīr Fayḍ-allah (f.196a)
- Colophon
Colophon dated 866 AH (f.195b)
- Completeness
Incomplete (The first folio is missing)
- Catchwords
Consistent use of catchwords
- Script
- Style
Naskh script
- Ink
Black ink. Red rubrication and overlining, and red inverted commas around poetry hemistichs.
- Writing material
- Material
Oriental Papers
- Color
- Bibliographic Info
Open ITI
0874IbnTaghribirdi.NujumZahira
Collection and Call number
National Library of France (BNF) ( Bibliothèque nationale de France BNF) - Arabe 1775
- Location
National Library of France (BNF)
- Current classmark
Arabe 1775
- Alternate Classmark
Ancien fonds Arabe 660
Genre
Annalistic History
Historiography
Historiography
Date
1461 CE
بتاريخ سلح ربيع الأول المبارك سنو ستة و ستين و ثمان مايه 866 هجرية
Language
Arabic
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