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
Volume 4; Folios 339; Number of lines per page 19; Leaf height 267 mm; Leaf width 165 mm
الجزء الرابع; صفحات 253; عدد السطور في الصفحة 19; طول الصفحة 267 ملم; عرض الصفحة 165 ملم
- Volume
4
- Lines
19
- Dimensions
Leaf height 267 mm; Leaf width 165 mm
- Text Area
198x120 mm.
- Number of folios
339
- 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, green, brown, and blue which has an upper cartouche that contains the title of the book, four corner pieces, and a central rosette that contains the author’s name. There is a golden medallion next to the upper left side of the rectangular panel. Margins contain some correction notes.
- Ownership Statement
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
No colophon
- Completeness
Complete
- Catchwords
Consistent use of catchwords
- Script
- Style
Naskh script (a bit unclear)
- Ink
Black ink. Red rubrication and overlining, and red inverted commas around poetry hemistichs.
- Writing material
- Material
No info
- Color
- Bibliographic Info
Open ITI
0845Maqrizi.Suluk
Collection and Call number
Sulaymānīya Library (Istanbul - Turkey)(Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi) - Fatih Collection 4379
- Location
Sulaymānīya Library (Istanbul - Turkey) - Fatih Collection
- Current classmark
04379
- Alternate Classmark
4380 (in Indo-Arabic numbers)
Genre
Annalistic History
Historiography
Historiography
Date
نسخت على الأغلب في القرن الخامس عشر أو السادس عشر الميلادي
Most probably, it was copied in the 15th or the 16th centuries (CE)
Language
Arabic
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