Title
al-Sulūk li-Maʿrifat Duwal al-Mulūk
السلوك لمعرفة دول الملوك
Alternative title
Type
manuscript
Author
al-Maqrīzī, Taqī al-Dīn Abu l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad b. ʿAlī al-ʿUbaydī
Physical description
الجزء الثالث; صفحات 295; عدد السطور في الصفحة 13; طول الصفحة 315 ملم; عرض الصفحة 210 ملم
Volume 3; Folios 295; Number of lines per page 13; Leaf height 315 mm; Leaf width 210 mm
- Volume
3
- Lines
13
- Dimensions
Leaf height 315 mm; Leaf width 210 mm
- Text Area
220x135 mm.
- Number of folios
295
- Binding
No info
Manuscript description
Info obtained from the Library of Fatih's catalog, the Sulaymaniyya's database (on-site), and a digitized colored copy of the manuscript. The folio f.1a has an illuminated rectangular panel executed in gold, blue, green, and brown which has an upper cartouche that contains the title of the book, a central (turban-like) rosette (surrounded by four small flowers) which contains the library’s name of Yashbak al-Dawadār al-Ashrafī al-Sayfī, and a lower cartouche which has the author's name. There are two medallions on the left side of the illuminated rectangular. Clean margins. The folios are numbered twice. one in Black ink and one in pencil (which is one used in numbering this manuscript).
- Ownership Statement
Written for the library of Yashbak al-Dawadār al-Ashrafī al-Sayfī (برسم المقر الأشرفي العالي الكريمي السيفي يشبك أمير داوادار كبير) f.1a. Waqf statement of the library of the Sultan Maḥmūd Khān (السلطان محمود خان) written by Muṣṭafā Darwīsh (مصطفى درويش) the inspector of the endowments of the Holy Shrines (المفتش بأوقاف الحرمين) f.1a. Two stamps of the Sultan Maḥmūd Khān (السلطان محمود خان) and Muṣṭafā Darwīsh (مصطفى درويش) on f.1a.Suleymaniye Kütüphanesi stamp.
- Colophon
Colophon of Abu al-Faḍl al-Aʿraj in 880 AH.
على يد الفقير الى الله تعالى أبوالفضل الأعرج في تاسع عشر ربيع الأول عام ثمانين وثمان مايه
- Completeness
Complete
- Catchwords
Consistent use of catchwords
- Script
- Style
Naskh script
- Ink
Black ink. Title written in blue ink. Red rubrication and overlining, and red inverted commas around poetry hemistichs.
- Writing material
- Material
No info
- Color
Some folios are darker and the black ink on some of them is illegible probably due to the effect of the metallic ink
- Bibliographic Info
Open ITI
0845Maqrizi.Suluk
Collection and Call number
Sulaymānīya Library (Istanbul - Turkey) (Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi) - Fatih Collection 04381
- Location
Sulaymānīya Library (Istanbul - Turkey) - Fatih Collection
- Current classmark
04381
- Alternate Classmark
242962
Genre
Annalistic History
Historiography
Historiography
Date
1475 CE/ 880 AH
وكان الفراغ منه في تاسع عشر ربيع الأول عام ثمانين و ثمانمائة 880 هجرية
Language
Arabic
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