Abridged history of Arab dynasties.

Title:

Abridged history of Arab dynasties.

Creator:

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund

Date:

between 1650 and 1699?

Description:

An abridged copy of a history of several Arab dynasties, ending with the Almohads. This volume contains three partial chapters: the end of an abridgement of chapter 1, chapter 2, and the beginning of chapter 3. The text begins and ends abruptly. Chapter 2 (f. 47v-90r) is about the Prophet Muhammad. Chapter 3 starts with the first four Caliphs, continues through the Umayyads (f. 103r-120v), tours briefly through the Abbasid rulers (f. 120v-142v), mentions the Fatimids (f. 143v), then follows up with brief accounts of the Almohad rulers through al-Ḥasan al-Saʻīd ibn Yaʻqūb al-Manṣūr (d. 646 A.H = 1249).

Language:

Arabic

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Codices (bound manuscripts)
Abridgements
Manuscripts, Arabic--17th century

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Mohamed Makiya.Sold at auction at Christie's (South Kensington) as part of the Mohamed Makiya collection, 18 April 2016, lot 145.

Extent:

29 long lines, compactly written; text block is frame-ruled; poetry is indented on both sides; no colophon.

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania

Rights:

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Identifier:

Oversize Ms. Codex 1892

Is part of:

OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World

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