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Kitāb Naẓar al-insān bi-tarjamat Wafayāt al-aʻyān
كتاب نظر الانسان بترجمة وفيات الاعيان
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Ibn Khallikān, 1211-1282
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Manuscripts, Persian--18th century
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Muslim scholars--Islamic Empire--Biography--Early works to 1800
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Musulmans--Biographies--Dictionnaires anglais--Ouvrages avant 1800
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Savants musulmans--Empire islamique--Biographies--Ouvrages avant 1800
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Islamic Empire--Biography--Early works to 1800
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Muslims--Biography--Dictionaries--Early works to 1800
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1750-1815
18. century
19. century
1750
1815
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Extent: 423] p. (20 lines), bound ; 26 cm.
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Title from t.p. of v.1.
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Pages numbered consecutively in a later hand.
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Translator identified in colophon as Yaḥyā ibn Khālid Barmak.
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Bottom half of leaf 211, v.1 is missing.
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Ms. in indifferent nastalīq on glazed paper. 25.4 x 17 cm. Headings in red ink; some marginal notations.
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Paper is brittle and discolored in some places by water damage. Some leaves show repair; some are damaged. Minor insect damage; some leaves loose.
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Binding is black and maroon leather. Spines and cover borders are black; covers are maroon. Covers have blind stamped mandorlas with flanking tulips at top and bottom. Verso cover is detached from spine. Several inscriptions and drawings are found on the pastedowns and endpapers.
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ELS 1438. Gift of Robert Garrett (Princeton Class of 1897), 1942.
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Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda.
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11 November 2024
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11 November 2024
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