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الآداب السلطانيه والدول الاسلاميه al-Ādāb al-sulṭāniyyah wa-al-duwal al-Islāmiyyah, undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)

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Scope and Contents

These are three short extracts from the Tārīkh al-duwal of al-Fakhr al-Rāzī, by al-Shaykh Abū al-Faraj ‘Abd al-Raḥmān b. ‘Alī al-Jūzī (d. 577 A.H., 1181 C.E.). It contains:

  1. Account of the great Khalīfah Hārūn al-Rashīd, the fifth of the line of ‘Abbās, who died, after a reign of 23 years, on the 3rd Jumādá II, 193 A.H. (the 24th March, 809 C.E.), fols. 1-16.
  2. The ministry of his Wazīr, Yaḥyā b. Khālid al-Barmakī, fols. 16-33.
  3. Sketch of Al-Faḍl b. Yaḥyā al-Barmakī, fols. 33-46.
  4. Account of Ja‘far b. Yaḥyā al-Barmakī, fols. 46-63.
  5. The fall of Banū Barmak, fols. 63-65.
  6. The causes of their fall, fols. 65-68.
  7. The murder of Ja‘far b. Yaḥyā, at the age of 28 years, on the 1st Ṣafar, 187 A.H. (the 29th January, 803 C.E.).
  8. The ministry of Abū al-‘Abbās al-Faḍl b. al-Rabī‘ah, fols. 72-74

Dates

  • Creation: undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)

Language of Materials

Arabic (Script: naskh)

Conditions Governing Access

Open. Please contact the repository in advance.

Full Extent

1 volume

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

Hukk, Mohammed Ashraful; Ethé, Hermann; and Robertson, Edward, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library (Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd., 1925).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bequeathed to the University of Edinburgh Library by David Anderson in 1828. Entered the Library in 1834.

Processing Information

Annotation uses legacy data from Mohammed Hukk et al. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library.

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