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Manuscript/Mixed Material Kitāb al-Khawāṭir al-sawāniḥ fī kashf asrār al-fawātih كتاب الخواطر والسوانح في كشف اسرار الفواته /

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Title

  • Kitāb al-Khawāṭir al-sawāniḥ fī kashf asrār al-fawātih

Other Title

  • كتاب الخواطر والسوانح في كشف اسرار الفواته /

Summary

  • Treatise on the language of the Qurʼān.

Names

  • Ibn Abī al-Iṣbaʻ, ʻAbd al-ʻAẓīm ibn ʻAbd al-Wāḥid, 1198 or 1199-1256 or 1257
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [18th century?]

Headings

  • -  Qurʼan--Language, style--Early works to 1800
  • -  Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title from fol. 1a.
  • -  Name of scribe not indicated.
  • -  "2. I 150 = 1.139."
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Place of writing not determined.
  • -  Paper; dark cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and small portions of an elaborate watermark; black ink with some rubrication; catchwords.
  • -  Numbering on container: 19, Mansuri Manuscript, 1-139, H-0180.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, SI, p. 539
  • -  Naskh; 19 lines in written area 13.5 x 8.5 cm.
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 1-139 (card) 1-129 (book).
  • -  Binding is 20th century Egyptian black quarter leather; former owner's name in lower right corner of cover.

Medium

  • 33, 4 leaves (19 lines), paper : bound ; 19.7 x 14 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PJ6696 .I185 1700z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016496321

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Arabic Language Rare Materials Collection

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Chicago citation style:

Ibn Abī Al-Iṣbaʻ, ʻAbd Al-ʻAẓīm Ibn ʻAbd Al-Wāḥid, 1198 Or Or 1257, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Kitāb al-Khawāṭir al-sawāniḥ fī kashf asrār al-fawātih. [18th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496321/.

APA citation style:

Ibn Abī Al-Iṣbaʻ, ʻ. A. I. ʻ. A., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. Kitāb al-Khawāṭir al-sawāniḥ fī kashf asrār al-fawātih. [18th Century?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496321/.

MLA citation style:

Ibn Abī Al-Iṣbaʻ, ʻAbd Al-ʻAẓīm Ibn ʻAbd Al-Wāḥid, 1198 Or Or 1257, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Kitāb al-Khawāṭir al-sawāniḥ fī kashf asrār al-fawātih. [18th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496321/>.