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Image Number: 
Bookreader Arabic MS 703 [442]
Reference Number: 
Arabic MS 703 [442]
Parent Work Title: 
Al-Maqamat al-Hindiyah
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Autograph of Darkutni
Date Created: 
c1790
Description: 
Al-Maqamat al-hindiyya, eighteenth century Arabic manuscript. The wording of the colophon it appears that is an autographof Darkutni.19 lines to the page. No date. The writing is a good Indian Nasta'liq of about 1790 CE. Fully rubricated on ff.1-3. Board margins.
Language Code: 
ara
Language: 
Arabic
Subject: 
Arabic literature
Subject: 
Poetry
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Item Height: 
260 mm
Item Width: 
186 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Hamilton, George William, 1807-1868, 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): 
2014-08-15
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2018-06
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB