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
Volume 3; Folios 250 (+v); Number of lines per page 17; Leaf height 280 mm; Leaf width 190 mm
الجزء الثالث; صفحات 250 (+5); عدد السطور في الصفحة 17;طول الصفحة 280 ملم; عرض الصفحة 190 ملم
- Volume
3 ( covers the period 616-775 AH).
- Lines
17
- Dimensions
Leaf height 280 mm; Leaf width 190 mm
- Text Area
205x130 mm
- Number of folios
250 (+v)
- Binding
European binding
Manuscript description
Partially vocalized. The last folio (f.250a) is not part of the work. Copied from an Autograph of the author. Not extensive us of the margins which contain correction notes. Completion of the main text in the margins. The topics discussed in the main text are highlighted in the margins. Some folios are numbered twice (which do not match) and others are not numbered at all (or the ink is no longer visible on them). Many words are wiped-off or unclear due to the ink spots. The Kurras number is noted on the upper left side of the recto sides. The third flyleaf has the date: 15 January 1873 written in French.
- Ownership Statement
Ownership statements of: ʿAlī b. ʿAlī al-Rifāʿī (Khādim al-Sharīʿa (al-?) bi-dīwān miṣr al-ʿāmira) (f.1a).
- Colophon
Copied in 883 AH
- Completeness
Complete
- Catchwords
inconsistent use of catchwords
- Script
- Style
Naskh script
- Ink
Black ink (headings and keywords are rubricated in red ).
- 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 1782
- Location
National Library of France (BNF)
- Current classmark
Arabe 1782
- Alternate Classmark
Ancien fonds arabe 661 A
Genre
Annalistic History
Historiography
Historiography
Date
1488 CE
بتاريخ سلخ جمادى الآخرة من سنة ثلاث وثمانين (وثمانين؟) وثمانمايه (883 هجرية)
Language
Arabic
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