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 5; Folios 194; Number of lines per page 27; Leaf height 270 mm; Leaf width 185 mm
الجزء الخامس; صفحات 194; عدد السطور في الصفحة 27; طول الصفحة 270 ملم; عرض الصفحة 185 ملم
- Volume
5 (covers the period 746-800 AH.)
- Lines
27
- Dimensions
Leaf height 270 mm; Leaf width 185 mm
- Text Area
- Number of folios
194
- Binding
decorated cardboard with a flap tucked under the upper cover
Manuscript description
Several correction and commentary notes in the margins. Completion of the main text in the margins. The topics discussed in the main text are highlighted in the margins. The name l-Manṣūr al-Imām Abū Jaʿfar al-Muntaṣir bi-Allah Amīr al-Muʾminīn is written twice on (f.1a). Another note says “al-sulṭān al-aʿẓam ẓill allāh fī-l-arḍ” (f.1a). Several wiped-out and unclear notes (f.1a). Several notes which contain words which have no meaning in Arabic, or Just random Arabic letters (f.1a). f.2a bears the work’s title and author’s name along with several praises for the author. F.2a has an invocation against bookworms “Yā Kabīkaj, Yā Kabīkaj, Yā Kabīkaj”. There is a prayer on f.194b written by al-faqīh/al-faqīr Masʿūd b. Masʿūd. There is a note on f.194 about the biography of Ibn Ḥajar in the book and his death in 833 AH. There is an index of the rulers mentioned in this volume written in the margins of the folio f.193b. F.1a has the date: 18 January 1873 written in French.
- Ownership Statement
Ownership statement of [Fayḍ-allah] (f.1a)
- Colophon
No colophon
- Completeness
Complete
- Catchwords
Consistent use of catchwords
- Script
- Style
Naskh script
- Ink
- 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) - 1785
- Location
National Library of France (BNF)
- Current classmark
Arabe 1785
- Alternate Classmark
Ancien fonds Arabe 664
Genre
Annalistic History
Historiography
Historiography
Date
نسخت في القرن الخامس عشر ميلادي
Copied in the 15th century CE
Language
Arabic
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