(Q13914)
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Kitāb al-Mukhtār fī maḥāsin al-ashʻār wa-nawādir al-akhbār.
کتاب المختار في محاسن الاشعار ونوادر الاخبار.
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Mukhtār fī maḥāsin al-ashʻār wa-nawādir al-akhbār
مختار في محاسن الاشعار ونوادر الاخبار
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Autographs (Provenance)
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Arabic literature--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Arabic--New Jersey--Princeton
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Muḥarram 1084 April/May 1673
17. century
1673
1673
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Extent: 125 leaves : paper ; 203 x 154 (140 x 90) mm. bound to 204 x 155 mm.
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Collation: Paper ; fol. 125 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
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Description: Written in naskhi ; vowel signs ; rubricated ; watermarks (crown?, fleur-de-lis?) ; MS in good condition but some folios are worm-eaten and mended.
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Layout: 19 lines per page ; ruled.
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Marginal notes and glosses; marginal summaries. On the title page are two verses of the Qurʼān and several verses of poetry. After the colophon is a statement that the MS was copied for Aḥmad al-Ḥusayn ibn Amīr al-Muʼminīn al-Manṣūr billāh al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad (fol. 124a), two verses of poetry by Ibn al-Muʻtazz 247-296 861-908, two others by Kushājim, 351 962, two verses by Muḥsin...
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Ms. codex.
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Origin: According to colophon copied Muḥarram 1084 (fol. 124a).
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Title from title page (fol. 1a).
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On the title page are an Arabic seal impression inscribed ʻʻand my success is through none other than God,ʼʼ another obliterated seal impression and several autographs of owners, one dated 1123. Autograph of an owner dated 1280 1863/4 (fol. 124b). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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8 November 2023
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8 November 2023
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