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Manuscript/Mixed Material Risālah fī asmāʼ al-suwar wa-al-kutub, hal hiya iʻlām aw ghari iʻlām رسالة في اسماء السور والكتب هل هي اعلام او غير اعلام

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Title

  • Risālah fī asmāʼ al-suwar wa-al-kutub, hal hiya iʻlām aw ghari iʻlām

Other Title

  • رسالة في اسماء السور والكتب هل هي اعلام او غير اعلام

Summary

  • Short treatise on the names of the sūrahs of the Qurʼān.

Names

  • Umawī, ʻUmar ibn ʻAbd al-Salām, active 1724
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 20 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1170 [5 September 1757]

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title from cover.
  • -  Written by ʻAlī al-Darqanlī(?) al-Hujjātī(?) al-Shāfiʻī.
  • -  Colophon states that the author completed the work on 23 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1136 (13 August 1724)
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Place of writing not determined.
  • -  Paper; yellowed, lightly polished cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no visible watermarks; black ink; catchwords.
  • -  Naskh; 23 lines in written area 17.5 x 11.5 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-4b.
  • -  "49. V 2778 = 5.304."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 5-304.
  • -  Binding; black quarter leather with black grain sides; former owner's name in lower right corner of cover.
  • -  Incipit: البسملة. الحمد لله الذي وسع كل شي رحمة وعلما واسبغ علينا جزيل افصله نعما عما ...
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: تمت بحمد الله وعونه وحسن توفيقه في يوم الاثنين المبارك عشرين ذي الحجة الحرام اختتام سنة 1170 الف وماية وسبعين من الهجرة النبوية ... على يد كاتبه لنفسه الفقير الى الله علي الدرقنلي الهجاتي[؟] الشافعي غفر الله له.

Medium

  • 4 leaves (23 lines), paper : bound ; 23 x 17 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP130 .U467 1757

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016503183

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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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:

Umawī, ʻUmar Ibn ʻAbd Al-Salām, Active 1724, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Risālah Fī Asmāʼ Al-Suwar Wa-Al-Kutub, Hal Hiya Iʻlām Aw Ghari Iʻlām. [20 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 5 September 1757, 1170] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016503183/.

APA citation style:

Umawī, ʻ. I. ʻ. A., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. (1170) Risālah Fī Asmāʼ Al-Suwar Wa-Al-Kutub, Hal Hiya Iʻlām Aw Ghari Iʻlām. [20 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 5 September 1757] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016503183/.

MLA citation style:

Umawī, ʻUmar Ibn ʻAbd Al-Salām, Active 1724, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Risālah Fī Asmāʼ Al-Suwar Wa-Al-Kutub, Hal Hiya Iʻlām Aw Ghari Iʻlām. [20 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 5 September 1757, 1170] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016503183/>.