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RSPA 98
- Record Id:
- 032-004380804
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004380804
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169708454.0x000089
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RSPA 98
- Title:
- 1 copy of al-Tārīkh al-Yamīnī by Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Jabbār al-ʻUtbī
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004380804", "parent" : "#", "text" : "RSPA 98: 1 copy of al-Tārīkh al-Yamīnī by Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Jabbār al-ʻUtbī" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004380804
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004380804
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- ff.ii+37+iv
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1792
- Date Range:
- 1700-1792
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Ḥarīrī, 1054-1122,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108688311,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/9907600 - Subjects:
- Arabic prose literature--750-1258--History and criticism
- TEI:
-
India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
RSPA 98
Contents
1 copy of al-Tārīkh al-Yamīnī by Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Jabbār al-ʻUtbī
Language(s): Arabic
Title: al-Tārīkh al-YamīnīTitle: التاريخ اليمينيIncipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. الحمد لله الظاهر بآياتهExplicit: سارا الى اتستوا متقيين حر الفضب وم ركب الاميران كتافهماThis is a fragment of al-ʿUtbī's larger history of Maḥmūd al-Ghaznī.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Laminated woven paper.Extent: ff.ii+37+ivDimensions (leaf): 250 × 200 mm.Dimensions (written): 165 × 100 mm.Foliation:European numerals in pencil.
Condition
Extensive worm damage throughout manuscript. Supports and guards.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 21
Hand(s)
Neat black ink nastaʿlīq with rubrications.
Decoration
Additions:Some marginal notes throughout. Ownership notes on f1r.
Binding
Standard India Office half leather binding with wine coloured marbled endpapers.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1700-1792 1700 - 1792 CE ; IndiaProvenance and Acquisition
RSPA 1-118 were presented to the Royal Society in January 1792 by Sir William and Lady Jones. This manuscript was presented by Lady Jones.
The Royal Society's collection of 280 Persian and Arabic, and 86 Sanskrit manuscripts were transferred to the India Office Library in 1876.
1876
India Office Library
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on E. Denison Ross and E. G. Browne, Catalogue of two collections of Persian and Arabic manuscripts preserved in the India Office Library (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1902), p.66 no.XCVIIIAvailability
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