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Image Number: 
Bookreader Arabic MS 652 [137]
Reference Number: 
Arabic MS 652 [137]
Parent Work Title: 
Arabian Nights and other stories
Description: 
Ff. 2-16: The story of the son of the King of Rome. Ff. 17-33: The story of the sorcerer and a cook. Ff. 34-54: The story of the ancedotes told by inmates of a lunatic asylum to the Caliph Harun ar-Rashid. Ff. 55-75: The story of Attaf of Damascus. Ff. 76-106: The story of Sultan Habib and Durrat al-Ghawwas. Ff. 106-125: The story of the fisherman, the Caliph and the copper boiler. Ff. 126-130: The story of the cock and the fox. Ff. 131b-140: The story of the sparrow and the hunter.
Language Code: 
ara
Language: 
Arabic
Language Code: 
tur
Language: 
Turkish
Subject: 
Arabic literature
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Item Height: 
160 mm
Item Width: 
100 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2012-02-06
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB