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Ibn Iyās ابن إياس Nashq al-azhār fī ʻajāʼib al-aqṭār نشق الأزهار في عجائب الأقطار [244r] (498/604)
The record is made up of Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. ii+294+ii. It was created in 20 Ramaḍān 1065. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.
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A geographical compendium with a particular emphasis on Egypt (see f. 1v, lines 9-13), by Abū al-Barakāt Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Ibn Iyās (أبو البركات محمد ابن أحمد ابن إياس; died c. 1524).
The text was completed on 14 Shaʻbān 922/11 September 1516 (see f. 293v, lines 17-20 transcribed below), and the present copy was completed on 20 Ramaḍān 1065/24 July 1655 by Qāsim ibn Muḥammad al-Rūmī (قاسم ابن محمد الرومي; see Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 294r, lines 3-5, transcribed below).
Begins (f. 1r, lines 2-3)
الحمد لله الذي عرف وفهم وعلم الإنسان ما لم يكن يعلم هدى
أقوامًا إلى اقتناص شوارد المعارف والعلوم...
Ends (f. 293v, lines 17-20)
...وهذا آخر ما انتهى إلي مما جمعته في هذا الكتاب
ووقع عليه الاختيار من الأخبار والآثار وأعاننا الله سبحانه وتعالى على
جمعه إلى أن فرغ في يوم الجمعة المباركة رابع عشر شعبان المكرم سنة
اثنين وعشرين وتسعمائة...
Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 294r, lines 3-5)
وكان الفراغ من كتابته نقلًا على يد أفقر العباد الي رحمة ربه قاسم
ابن محمد الرومي في عشري رمضان المعظم يوم السبت المبارك
سنة خمسة وستين وألف من الهجرة النبوية...
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- Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. ii+294+ii
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Material: Eastern laid paper
Dimensions: 220 x 144 mm leaf [147 x 93 mm written]
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil
Ruling: Misṭarah ; 21 lines per page; vertical spacing 14 lines per 10 cm
Script: Naskh ; the scribe is Qāsim ibn Muḥammad al-Rūmī (قاسم ابن محمد الرومي; see f. 294r, lines 3-5)
Ink: Black and brown ink, with rubricated headings in text and margins, and overlinings in red
Decoration: None
Binding: Both boards covered with red leather with blind-tooled frames enclosing a repair made of varnished Eastern laid paper; repaired spine
Condition: Waterstains to upper edge in first half of the volume and lower edge in the middle; some ink transfer and smudges
Marginalia: Very few, some scribal corrections
Seals: f. 1r; British Museum seals: ff. 1r, 16r, 31r, 43r, 76r, 93r, 111r, 123r, 147r, 173r, 183r, 211r, 228r, 273r and 294v
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