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Two Arabic poems
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Karāmah, Buṭrus ibn Ibrāhīm, 1774 or 1775-1850 or 1851
كرامة، بطرس بن ابراهيم، 1774 or 1775-1850 or 1851
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Manuscripts, Arabic--New Jersey--Princeton
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Extent: 8 leaves : paper ; 210 x 150 (195 x 130) mm. bound to 210 x 155 mm.
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Collation: Paper ; fol. 8 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
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Description: Written in naskhi ; MS in good condition, cover worm-eaten.
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In the introduction the author states that he composed his first ode with the rhyme khāl in response to the suggestion of a Turkish poet who composed a Turkish ode with the same rhyme. The author composed his ode and sent it to Dāwūd Pāshā, former governor of Baghdād, who sent it to some poets in Baghdād; one of these sent an ode rhyming in rāʼ criticising Buṭrus Karāmahʼs ode...
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Layout: 18-20 lines per page with separation between hemistitches.
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Ms. codex.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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On the title page occurs an obliterated seal impression. Seal impression that reads: bi-al-yumn ... Salāmah on fol. 5a. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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8 November 2023
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8 November 2023
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