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Manuscript/Mixed Material al-Tanbīh ʻalá ghalaṭ al-jāhil wa-al-nabīh التنبيه على غلط الجاهل والنبيه

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Title

  • al-Tanbīh ʻalá ghalaṭ al-jāhil wa-al-nabīh

Other Title

  • التنبيه على غلط الجاهل والنبيه

Summary

  • Treatise on errors of usage in Arabic.

Names

  • Kemalpaşazade, 1468 or 1469-1534
  • Birgivî Mehmet Efendi, approximately 1522-1573
  • Abū al-Saʻūd Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1492 or 1493-1574 or 1575
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [18th century?]

Headings

  • -  Arabic language--Errors of usage--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Cover title.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  This work is also attributed to Birgivî Mehmet Efendi.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Place of writing not determined; possibly Turkey.
  • -  Paper; stiff, lightly polished light cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrication; text followed by Taqyīdāt by Abū al-Saʻūd.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, GII, p. 452.160
  • -  Taʻlīq script; 23 lines in written area 14.5 x 6.5 cm.
  • -  Fol. 2b-11b, 11b-13a.
  • -  "51. VI 2987 = 5.475."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 5-475.
  • -  Binding; black quarter leather with black grain sides; former owner's name in lower right corner of cover.
  • -  Incipit: باسمه سبحانه وتعالى. الحمد لله الذي جعلنا من زمرة من علم ولم يجعلنا من الذين يحرفون الكلم ...
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: ومنها به النكات بكسر النون جمع النكتة واذا ضمت حرف الالف وكثير من الناس يضمون النون يتبنون الالف.

Medium

  • 13 leaves (23 lines), paper : bound ; 21.3 x 12 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PJ6167 .K46 1700z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016496357

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Arabic Language Rare Materials Collection are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

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:

Kemalpaşazade, 1468 Or, Approximately Birgivî Mehmet Efendi, 1492 Or Or 1575 Abū Al-SaʻŪd Muḥammad Ibn Muḥammad, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. al-Tanbīh ʻalá ghalaṭ al-jāhil wa-al-nabīh. [18th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496357/.

APA citation style:

Kemalpaşazade, 1. O., Birgivî Mehmet Efendi, A., Abū Al-SaʻŪd Muḥammad Ibn Muḥammad, 1. O. O. 1., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. al-Tanbīh ʻalá ghalaṭ al-jāhil wa-al-nabīh. [18th Century?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496357/.

MLA citation style:

Kemalpaşazade, 1468 Or, et al. al-Tanbīh ʻalá ghalaṭ al-jāhil wa-al-nabīh. [18th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496357/>.