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History & Biography
Biography
Over 130 copies of biographies of
the Prophet Muhammad including works by al-Diyarbakri, al-Halabi, Ibn Hisham, Ibn Sayyid al-Nas, al-Qastallani,
al-Suyuti, al-Wasiti, al-Yahsubi, and others
Among the earliest such
manuscripts are al-Waqidi's Kitab
al-Maghazi (564/1169), Abu Nu'aym
al-Isfahani's Dala'il al-Nubuwah (590/1194), al-Mansur bi-Allah's Ajwibah fi taqaddum al-sahabah 'ala 'Ali (623/1226), a 13th-century manuscript of Ibn Ishaq's Sirat rasul Allah, and Ibn Qilij Mughaltay's Kitab al-isharat ila sirat al-mustafa copied in the author's own lifetime (748/1347)
Many copies of the biographical
works of al-Bakri al-Siddiqi,
al-Dhahabi, Ibn 'Arabshah, Ibn 'Asakir, Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani, Ibn al-Jawzi, Ibn Qadi Shuhbah, al-Nabulusi, al-Sha'rani, al-Subki, al-'Utbi, al-Yafi'i, and others
7 manuscripts of Ibn 'Arabshah's
biography of Timur, 'Aja'ib al-maqdar, including a 15th century copy
Among the oldest copies of other
biographical works are Ibn 'Abd al-Barr al-Qurtubi's Kitab al-isti'ab (564/1169), al-Kisa'i's Qisas al-anbiya' (617/1220), and Ibn Bashkuwal's al-Silah al-akhbar a'immat al-Andalus (625/1227)
Manuscripts copied in the lifetime
of their author include Ibn 'Asakir's Tarikh Dimashq (559/1163), Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani's Tabsir al-muntabih (834/1431), Ibn Khallikan's Wafayat
al-a'yan (655/1257)
History
Many manuscripts of the works of
Abu Shamah, al-Asma'i, al-Biruni, al-Bukhari, al-Hamdani, al-Himyari, Ibn al-Dayba', Ibn Kathir, Ibn al-Shihnah, al-Maqqari, al-Maqrizi, al-Mas'udi,
al-Qalqashandi, al-Qaramani, Sibt ibn al-Jawzi, al-Suyuti, and others
Among the earliest copies are
al-Waqidi's Futuh al-Sham wa-Misr (535/1140), al-Kindi's Akhbar al-Qudah al-Misriyin and Ta'rikh Misr wa-Wulatiha (both written 624/1227),
al-Tabari's Tarikh al-rusul wa-al-muluk (634/1236), Ibn Shamkh's Qawl fi
al-akhbar allati yukhbar biha kathirun (639/1242), Ibn Qutaybah's Kitab
al-Ma'arif (644/1246), and al-Mas'udi's Muruj al-dhahab (13th century)
Autograph manuscripts include a
section of al-Dhahabi's Ta'rikh al-Islam wa-tabaqat al-mashahir wa-al-a'yan (8th/14th c.) and al-Kutubi's 'Uyun
al-tawarikh (also 8th/14th c.)
2 copies of Ibn Khaldun's al-'Ibar
made in the author's lifetime
Geography
Manuscripts of the works of 'Abd
al-Mu'min ibn 'Abd al-Haqq, Abu
al-Fida' al-Ayyubi, al-'Almawi,
al-Qazwini, and others
Amongst the earliest copies are
Yaqut ibn 'Abd Allah's Kitab
al-mushtarik wad'an (630/1233), Ibn Sa'id al-Gharnati's Kitab al-jughrafiyah (700/1300), Ibn Sarabiyun's 'Aja'ib
al-aqalim al-sab'ah (709/1309), and
al-Idrisi's Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (725/1325)
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