Title
Nihāyat al-Arab fī Maʿrifat Qabā'il al-ʿArab
نهاية الأرب في معرفة قبائل العرب
Alternative title
Type
manuscript
Author
al-Qalqashandī, Najm al-Dīn Ibn Abī Ghudda Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Fazārī
Physical description
Folios 148; Number of lines per page 23; Leaf height 205 mm; Leaf width 155 mm
صفحات 148; عدد السطور في الصفحة 23; طول الصفحة 205 ملم; عرض الصفحة 155 ملم
- Volume
-
- Lines
23
- Dimensions
Leaf height 205 mm; Leaf width 155 mm
- Text Area
170x120 mm.
- Number of folios
148
- Binding
Modern binding
Manuscript description
The title is written in gold. Some pages are harmed by bookworms but still legible. Many notes at f.1a and f.148a discussing other works of genealogies. The original work was written in (10 Muharram) 812 AH.
- Ownership Statement
No ownership statements. British Museum stamp on f.1b and f.148a (dated No 8 1919). There is a note on added paper at the end of the book which says ''Bought of abdul majid Belolah 8 Nov. 1919''.
- Colophon
No colophon
- Completeness
Complete
- Catchwords
- Script
- Style
Naskh script
- Ink
Black ink (headings and keywords are rubricated in red).
- Writing material
- Material
European papers with no discernible watermark.
- Color
- Bibliographic Info
Open ITI
0876Qalqashandi.Nihaya
Collection and Call number
British Library - Or. 8420
- Location
British Library
- Current classmark
Or. 8420
- Alternate Classmark
Genre
Genealogy
Historiography
Historiography
Date
Most probably it was copied in the 16th century (CE)
نسخت على الأرجح في القرن السادس عشر الميلادي
Language
Arabic
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