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Image Number: 
Bookreader Arabic MS 647 [40]
Reference Number: 
Arabic MS 647 [40]
Parent Work Title: 
Thousand and One Nights
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Arabian Nights
Date Created: 
18th century
Description: 
Manuscript of 'Thousand and One Nights'. The manuscript contains only nights 1 - 141. 1) Ff. 1-20: the introductory text 2) Ff. 20b – 36a: Nights 1 – 7, the story of the merchant and Jinni 3) Ff. 36 – 70: Nights 8 – 27, the story of the fisherman; the King, the 'Ifrit', and the possessed young man. 4) Ff. 70b – 147: Nights 28 – 79, the story of the porter, the Kalandars, the girls and the Caliph. 5) Ff. 148 – 184a: Nights 80 – 101, the story of Shams ad-Din Muhammad, Nur ad-Din Ali, and Hasan al Basri. 6) Ff. 184b-229: Nights 102 – 141, the story of the tailor, the Jew, the Christian, and the young man. This story is unfinished, and the manuscript ends abruptly with three pages of verses by the old woman, and the announcement of Night 142. At the beginning of the text is a memorandum: 'S.H. Lewin, 1827. £1. 11s. 6d. From the collection of Dr. Russell, author of the History of Leppo.' Clear European hand. Sixteen lines to the page. Rubricated. A few corrections in pencil by S. H. Lewin.
Language Code: 
ara
Language: 
Arabic
Subject: 
Arabic literature
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Pencil
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Item Height: 
205 mm
Item Width: 
150 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Russell, Patrick, Dr., former owner
Provenance: 
Bland, Nathaniel, 1803-1865, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
References: 
Mingana, A., Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1934
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2013-08-21
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2013-09
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB