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RSPA 103
- Record Id:
- 032-004380805
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004380805
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169708454.0x00008a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RSPA 103
- Title:
- 1 copy of Sharḥ al-Muʿallaqāt by Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā al-Tibrīzī
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004380805", "parent" : "#", "text" : "RSPA 103: 1 copy of Sharḥ al-Muʿallaqāt by Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā al-Tibrīzī" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004380805
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004380805
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- ff.i+140+i
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1768
- End Date:
- 1768
- Date Range:
- 1768
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā al-Tibrīzī
- Subjects:
- Epic poetry, Arabic
- TEI:
-
India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
RSPA 103
Contents
1 copy of Sharḥ al-Muʿallaqāt by Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā al-Tibrīzī
Language(s): Arabic
ff. 1v-140vTitle: Sharḥ al-MuʿallaqātTitle: شرح المعلقاتIncipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيمز قال الشيخ رحمه الله تعالى سألني بعض الاصدقاء ادام الله الدايم بقاه ... أن أشرح له القصائد السبعExplicit: فعلى اضمار مبتدا كانه قال هي فلاة في دونها افلاءColophon: تم الشرح المبارك بعون الله تعالى في غرة شهر صفر الخير سنة ۱۱۸۲ غفر الله لكابيه آمينContents as follows: Imruʾ 'l-Qays ff1v-30r; Ṭarafa ff30r-52r; Zuhayr ff50r-65v; Labīd ff65v-89r; ʿAntara ff89r-106v; ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm ff106v-124r; al-Ḥārith ff124r-140v.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Thin white European paper. Watermarks located towards the margin. Mostly obscured.Extent: ff.i+140+iDimensions (leaf): 210 × 140 mm.Dimensions (written): 165 × 75 mm.Foliation:European numerals in pencil.
Condition
Textblock in excellent condition. Binding lightly damaged, particularly on spine.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 21
Hand(s)
Clear black ink naskh. Poetry written in red ink.
Decoration
Additions:Jones has made annotations throughout the manuscript, particularly indicating the sections authored by al-Tibrīzī, the metres of the poetry and transliterating the Arabic.
Binding
Brown leather and board binding with gilded decoration.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1768-06-17 1_Ṣafar_1182 AH; 17 June 1768 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.68 no.CIIIAvailability
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