Title
Mawrid al-Laṭāfa fī man Waliya al-Salṭana wa-l-Khilāfa
مورد اللطافة في ذكر من ولي الخلافة
Alternative title
Type
manuscript
Author
Ibn Taghrībirdī, Jamāl al-Dīn Abu l-Maḥāsin Yūsuf al-Atābkī
Physical description
Folios 200 (+ii); Number of lines per page 17; Leaf height 253 mm; Leaf width 153 mm
صفحات 200 (+2); عدد السطور في الصفحة 17; طول الصفحة 253 ملم; عرض الصفحة 153 ملم
- Volume
-
- Lines
17
- Dimensions
Leaf height 253 mm; Leaf width 153 mm
- Text Area
160x83 mm (framed by one red line except for the first two folios which have gold frames).
- Number of folios
200 (+ii)
- Binding
Brown leather with a flap tucked under the upper cover and carved mandorla.
Manuscript description
This manuscript has biographical entries of Sultans who reigned after the death of the author (e.g. Ṭūmān-Bāy II and Qānṣūh al-Ghawrī). The title and author's name on f.1a is written on a golden frame. Papers are stained but still clearly legible. Clean copy except for few correction notes. Two empty folios at the end of the manuscript.
- Ownership Statement
Unclear ownership statement in 1054 AH (next to the words ''Qīmatahu ghurūsh'' and probably the number 2 as well) (f.1a). Bequest of J.L. Burckhardt (1784-1817) in 1819.
- Colophon
Colophon of ʿAbd al-Dāʾim al-Buḥayrī in 1023 AH (f.200a).
- Completeness
Complete (This manuscript though has biographical entries of Sultans who reigned after the death of the author (e.g. Ṭūmān-Bāy II and Qānṣūh al-Ghawrī). )
- Catchwords
- Script
- Style
Naskh script
- Ink
Black ink with red rubrication and overlining.
- Writing material
- Material
Papers are not watermarked
- Color
- Bibliographic Info
Open ITI
0874IbnTaghribirdi.MawridLatafa
Collection and Call number
University Library, Cambridge University - Qq. 280
- Location
University Library, Cambridge University
- Current classmark
Qq. 280
- Alternate Classmark
Genre
Annalistic History
Historiography
Historiography
Date
1604 CE/1013 AH
نسخت في 1013 هجرية
Language
Arabic
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