(Q13419)
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Kitāb al-Siyāsah fī maʻrifat al-riyāsah al-maʻrūf bi-Sirr al-asrār ... etc.
كتاب السياسة في معرفة الرياسة المعروف بسر الاسرار ... الخ.
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Education of princes--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Arabic--New Jersey--Princeton
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Manuscrits arabes--New Jersey--Princeton
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Rois et souverains--Devoirs--Ouvrages avant 1800
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Kings and rulers--Duties--Early works to 1800
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1494 or 1495
15. century
1494Gregorian
1494Gregorian
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Extent: i, 38, i leaves : paper ; 260 x 170 (185 x 115) mm. bound to 260 x 170 mm.
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Ms. codex.
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Title from title pages of each text (fol. 1a and 25a).
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Patronage: At the end of the first text, mention of the patron's name: "bi-rasm al-muqirr al-ashraf al-karīm al-ʻālī al-Mawlawī al-Sayfī Tānī Bey(? Qānī bey?) khāzandār al-Amīr ... al-Sayfī ... dawādār Tānī " (fol. 22a).
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Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 38 + i ; i (later free endpaper) + 1-2¹⁰ 3⁴ 4¹⁰ 5⁴ ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
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Layout: 15 lines per page.
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Description: Rubricated.
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Paper: Thick glazed light cream paper with laid and chain lines visible. A few leaves aged differently, and appear now as light biscuit (see fol. 26 and 28).
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Origin: Kitāb al-Siyāsah Copied 900 H. (colophon, fol. 22a). Both texts are apparently by the same hand.
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Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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8 November 2023
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8 November 2023
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