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Fragment of a list of Arabic names arranged alphabetically : manuscript
Title
Fragment of a list of Arabic names arranged alphabetically : manuscript.
Production
Place not identified, 18th century.
Physical Description
1 volume (5 leaves) ; 21 cm
Language
Arabic
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
The beginning is missing. Text starts with: "... ibn Ṭāriq, ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻĀmir, ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAbd Manāf, ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻArfaṭah, ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻUmayr, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Qays, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Khaldah, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Qays ibn Ṣayfī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Kaʻb ..."
البداية مفقودة. يبدأ النص كما يلي: "... ابن طارق، عبد الله ابن عامر، عبد الله ابن عبد مناف، عبد الله ابن عرفطة، عبد الله ابن عمير، عبد الله ابن قيس، عبد الله ابن خلدة، عبد الله ابن قيس بن صيفي، عبد الله ابن كعب ..."
Secundo folio: ʻAbd Allāh, ʻUtbah ibn Ghazwān, ʻUthmān ibn ʻAffān
بداية الورقة الثانية: عبد الله، عتبة ابن غزوان، عثمان ابن عفّان
15 x 20.5 cm; written surface: 10.5 x 16 cm; 9 lines per page.
Binding: Unbound (one quire).
In large good naskh script, in black ink, on thick white paper; text framed in red; headings and markings in red; no catchwords.
Colophon: No colophon. Text ends abruptly, with the "Kuná", as follows: "... Abū Dāwūd, Abū Dujānah, Abū Sabrah, Abū Salīṭ, Abū Salamah, Abū Sinān, Abū Shaykh, Abū Ṣirmah, Abū Ḍiyāḥ, Abū Ṭalḥah ..."
الخاتمة: لا يوجد خاتمة. ينتهي النص فجأةً بـِ"الكنى"، كما يلي: "... أبو داود، أبو دجانة، أبو سبرة، أبو سليط، أبو سلمة، أبو سنان، أبو شيخ، أبو صرمة، أبو ضياح، أبو طلحة ..."
In Arabic.
Forms part of the Hartford Seminary Collection. For a description of the collection, search by call number: Hartford Seminary.
Provenance
Purchased from Hartford Seminary on the Beinecke Rare Book & Capital Reserve Fund, 2005.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Fragment of an unidentified manuscript, comprising list of Arabic names, arranged alphabetically, probably of the companions of the Prophet Muḥammad, who participated in "Ghazwat Badr" (Battle of Badr in the second year of the Hijrah (624)). The present fragment begins with part of the names starting with the letter ʻAyn, to the letter Yāʼ (excluding the letter Kāf), and ends with the "kuná" (names starting with the word "Abū"). Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
September 16, 2023
References
Fragment of a list of Arabic names arranged alphabetically. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Fragment of a list of Arabic names arranged alphabetically. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Arabic - 18th century.
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