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)

Content

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

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

50 images

Ref: Delhi Arabic 110, ff 2v-27r

Dīwān al-‘adad al-wafq ديوان العدد الوفق Anonymous

187 images

Ref: 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

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Delhi Arabic 110

History of this record

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 24 April 2024]

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