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
Volumes 2; Folios 197; Number of lines per page 31; Leaf height 252 mm; Leaf width 170 mm
الجزء الثاني; صفحات 197; عدد السطور في الصفحة 31; طول الصفحة 252 ملم; عرض الصفحة 170 ملمم
- Volume
2
- Lines
31
- Dimensions
Leaf height 252 mm; Leaf width 170 mm
- Text Area
205 x 140 mm.
- Number of folios
197
- Binding
Crimson decorated cardboard with a flap tucked under the upper cover.
Manuscript description
Very few notes in the margins. Several empty folios before the work. Several pages are harmed by bookworms.
- Ownership Statement
No ownership statements. On an added folio at the end of the book, the following sentence is written: ''Bought of Abdel Ghani Shehat 8 Nov. 1924''.
- Colophon
No colophon
- Completeness
Missing the title page.
- Catchwords
- Script
- Style
Naskh script
- Ink
Black ink. Titles are rubricated in red. Red dots and inverted commas to mark poetry.
- Writing material
- Material
- Color
- Bibliographic Info
Open ITI
0845Maqrizi.Suluk
Collection and Call number
British Library - Or. 9542
- Location
British Library
- Current classmark
Or. 9542
- Alternate Classmark
There is a stamp inside the upper cover with the number 722 written on it.
The number 616 is written on the first page under the Arabic letter (ʿAyn).
The number 616 is written on the first page under the Arabic letter (ʿAyn).
Genre
Annalistic History
Historiography
Historiography
Date
Most likely, it was copied in the 15th century (CE)
من المرجح أن تكون نسخت في القرن الخامس عشر الميلادي
Language
Arabic
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