Manuscript/Mixed Material Image 1 of Kitāb fī khalq al-ʻarsh wa-al-kursī

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About this Item

Title

  • Kitāb fī khalq al-ʻarsh wa-al-kursī

Other Title

  • كتاب في خلق العرش والكرسي

Summary

  • Commentary on verse 255 of Sūrat al-Baqarah.

Names

  • Biqāʻī, Ibrāhīm ibn ʻUmar, 1406 or 1407-1480
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [18th century?]

Headings

  • -  Qurʼan.--Sūrat al-Baqarah,--255--Commentaries--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title from spine.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Place of writing not determined.
  • -  Paper; heavy light tan paper with no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrication; catchwords.
  • -  Naskh; 21 lines in written area 11 x 8 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-24a.
  • -  "14. III 918 = 3.175."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 3-175.
  • -  Binding; black quarter leather with black grain sides; former owner's name in lower right corner of cover.
  • -  Incipit: البسملة، وبه نستعين. الحمد لله المتفرد بالقدم والبقا والعطمه والكبريا ...
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: لقد قضيت اليوم بالحق حقا ومحقت القوم اليوم محقا وسمقت قلوبهم بالدليل سحقا فسحقا لاصحاب السعير.

Medium

  • 24 leaves (21 lines), paper : bound ; 17.3 x 13 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP128.17 .B57 1700z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016404979

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

BiqāʻĪ, Ibrāhīm Ibn ʻUmar, 1406 Or, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Kitāb Fī Khalq Al-ʻarsh Wa-Al-Kursī. [18th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016404979/.

APA citation style:

Biqāʻī, I. I. ʻ., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. Kitāb Fī Khalq Al-ʻarsh Wa-Al-Kursī. [18th Century?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016404979/.

MLA citation style:

BiqāʻĪ, Ibrāhīm Ibn ʻUmar, 1406 Or, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Kitāb Fī Khalq Al-ʻarsh Wa-Al-Kursī. [18th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016404979/>.