Composite volume containing the Nukhbat al-fikr fī muṣṭalaḥ ahl al-athar (نخبة الفكر في مصطلح أهل الأثر) by Ibn Ḥajar al-ʻAsqalānī (ابن حجر العسقلاني), and the Dīwān al-‘adad al-wafq (ديوان العدد الوفق)
Delhi Arabic 110
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The record is made up of Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. i+119+i. It was created in 15th to 18th century. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.
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Composite volume comprising two unrelated manuscripts (codicological units) bound together.
Contents:
- (1) Ibn Ḥajar al-ʻAsqalānī (ابن حجر العسقلاني), Nukhbat al-fikr fī muṣṭalaḥ ahl al-athar (نخبة الفكر في مصطلح أهل الأثر; ff. 2v-27r);
- (2) Anonymous, Dīwān al-‘adad al-wafq (ديوان العدد الوفق; ff. 28a-r-119v).
- Extent and format
- Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. i+119+i
- It is grouped into
- 50 imagesRef: Delhi Arabic 110, ff 2v-27r187 imagesRef: Delhi Arabic 110, ff 28a-r-119v
- Physical characteristics
Material: Eastern laid paper
Dimensions: 270 x 180 mm leaf [180 x 95 mm written ff. 1-27; 210 x 140 mm written ff. 28-119]
Foliation: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. foliation in pencil; with the folios of the second codicological unit (ff. 29-119) also foliated in black ink in Eastern Arabic numerals
Ruling: No ruling visible; 19 lines per page (ff. 1-27), 25 lines per page (ff. 28-119); vertical spacing 11 lines per 10 cm (ff. 1-27), 12 lines per 10 cm (ff. 28-119)
Script: Nasta‘līq
Ink: Black ink (ff. 1-27); black ink with rubricated headings and diagrams in red, light red and two other colours (blue and yellow?) that have corroded and damaged the paper (see ff. 58 and 101) (ff. 28-119)
Binding: Full cloth case binding
Condition: Extensive insect damage and water stains; many folios torn and repaired
Marginalia: Some marginal corrections in first text (ff. 1-27); very few in second text, which has catchwords added by a later hand (ff. 28-119)
Seals: Ff. 2r, 28r, 28a-r and 119v
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- Arabic in Arabic script
- Type
- Manuscript
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- British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
- Access conditions
Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- Delhi Arabic 110
- Date(s)
- 15th to 18th century (CE, Gregorian)
- Provenance
The Government of India, its seal with central legend 'Delhi MSS' (ff. 2r and 119v)
- Immediate source of acquisition
Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Library, 1876
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Composite volume containing the Nukhbat al-fikr fī muṣṭalaḥ ahl al-athar (نخبة الفكر في مصطلح أهل الأثر) by Ibn Ḥajar al-ʻAsqalānī (ابن حجر العسقلاني), and the Dīwān al-‘adad al-wafq (ديوان العدد الوفق), British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Delhi Arabic 110, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100028835675.0x000001> [accessed 5 November 2024]
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- Delhi Arabic 110
- Title
- Composite volume containing the Nukhbat al-fikr fī muṣṭalaḥ ahl al-athar (نخبة الفكر في مصطلح أهل الأثر) by Ibn Ḥajar al-ʻAsqalānī (ابن حجر العسقلاني), and the Dīwān al-‘adad al-wafq (ديوان العدد الوفق)
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-v, i-r, 1r:2r, 27v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
- Author
- Please see item description
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- Delhi Arabic 110, ff 2v-27r
- Title
- Nuzhat al-naẓar fī tawḍīḥ Nukhbat al-fikar نزهة النظر في توضيح نخبة الفكر Ibn Ḥajar al-ʻAsqalānī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī ابن حجر العسقلاني، أحمد بن علي
- Pages
- 2v:27r
- Author
- Please see item description
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- Delhi Arabic 110, ff 28a-r-119v
- Title
- Dīwān al-‘adad al-wafq ديوان العدد الوفق Anonymous
- Pages
- 28ar:28av, 28r:108v, 108av, 109r:119v
- Author
- Please see item description
- Usage terms
- Public Domain