Title
ʿAjāʾib al-Maqdūr fī Nawāʾib Tīmūr
عجائب المقدور في نوائب تيمور
Alternative title
Type
manuscript
Author
Ibn ʿArabshāh, Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd Allāh
Physical description
Folios 197; Number of lines per page 17; Leaf height 211 mm; Leaf width 150 mm
صفحات 197; عدد السطور في الصفحة 17; طول الصفحة 211 ملم; عرض الصفحة 150 ملم
- Volume
- Lines
17
- Dimensions
Leaf height 211 mm; Leaf width 150 mm
- Text Area
140x 105 mm.
- Number of folios
197
- Binding
Brown cover with a flap tucked under the upper cover.
Manuscript description
Clean copy with very few notes and comments. The first two pages are in bad status. The edges of the papers are slightly cut.
- Ownership Statement
Ownership statements of: Yuḥannā walad (Manqrūs?) (Khuzām?) who states that he has bought the book by his own money and whoever steals the book will be held accountable in the judgment day (f.197b); Ibrāhīm walad Jubrān (Sakrūj?) who states that he has bought it with specific price and it enetred his legacy, and whoever steals it will be punished by god; and an ownership seal of Muṣtafā b. (or Yāsīn?) Muḥammad al-Fihrī (or al-ʿUmarī?) (f.197b). Two Khedival library stamps (f.1a and f.197b). There are three unclear seals (f.1a) and one erased reading note (f.197b).
- Colophon
The copyist mentions that he found the following statement in the base copy written by the author's handwriting:''
(ألفه مؤلفه من أوله لآخره مبتهلا الى الله تعالى بدوام بقا مولانا و سيدنا مالكه و خلود أيامه (...؟ ان شاء الله تعالى و كتب أحمد بن محمد بن عربشاه الحنفي انتهى و اله تعالى أعلم''
- Completeness
Complete
- Catchwords
- Script
- Style
Naskh script
- Ink
Black ink (very extensive use of red rubrication).
- Writing material
- Material
Oriental Papers
- Color
- Bibliographic Info
Open ITI
0854IbnCarabshah.CajaibMaqdur
Collection and Call number
Dār al-Kutub wa-l-Wathāʾiq al-Qawmīya (Egypt) - Tārīkh 658 (دار الكتب و الوثائق القومية المصرية - تاريخ 658)
- Location
Dār al-Kutub wa-l-Wathāʾiq al-Qawmīya (Egypt)
- Current classmark
Tārīkh 658
- Alternate Classmark
ʿUmūmī 48919
Genre
Historiography
Individual Biography
Individual Biography
Date
نسخت على الأغلب في القرن السادس عشر الميلادي
Most likely, it was copied in the 16th century (CE)
Language
Arabic
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