A Book of early Arabic chemistry. It explains the characteristics of gems and ruby and their chemical reaction. |If you would like to view the Arabic language description in the AUB catalogue, please go to : https://libcat.aub.edu.lb/record=b2611301Condition: Good condition. Missing pages at the end of the manuscript.
The essay of Ibn Zaydun, the Andalusi visir and poet who addressed sarcastic poems at Ibn Abdus, his antagonist and rival for his beloved Wallada bint al-Mustakfi. |If you would like to view the Arabic language description in the AUB catalogue, please go to : https://libcat.aub.edu.lb/record=b2617145Condition: Good condition.
The file comprises a letter from Ernest Vincent Packer, Manager for Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Arnold Crawshaw Galloway) enclosing a copy of the oil concession agreement signed with Sheikh Sulṭān bin Sālim Āl Qasimī of Ras-al-Khaimah [Ra's al Khaymah]. The concession agreement is in English and Arabic.1 file (21 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 23; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 6-19; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Relation des voyages faits par les Arabes et les Persans dans l'Inde et à la Chine dans le IXe siècle de l'ère chrétienne. : Texte arabe imprimé en 1811 par les soins de feu Langlès, pub. avec de corrections et additions et accompagné d'une traduction française et d'éclaircissements par M Reinaud.Publication Details: Paris : Imprimerie royale, 1845.Ownership: With stamp of the East India Company Library.Arabic text, with French translation, of Silsilat al-tawārīkh. In two books, the first said to be taken down from statements made by a merchant named Sulaimān, the second a continuation of the first, by Hasan. Appended to the Arabic text are extracts from the Marūj al-ḏahab and the Kitâb Altanbîh by Maʿsúdí.1 volume (504 pages)Dimensions: 125 mm x 80 mm.Pagination: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-clxxx); (book I: 1-154; book II: 1-105, Arabic text: 1-202 [these numerals appear in Arabic]).
List of names with Coptic numerals (perhaps contributors and their contributions).Condition: torn, holes, rubbed, faded, stainedLayout: 18 lines (recto); various lines (verso)