Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 1155]

<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1155&nbsp;</strong><strong>in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth">&nbsp;<strong>Otto Loth,&nbsp;</strong></a><strong><em><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a></em>, (volume 1), no. 813&nbsp;here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>813.</p> <p>1155. Size 10 in. by 5^3/4 in.; foll. 135. Twenty-five lines in a page.</p> <p>كتاب كمامة الزهر و صدفة الدرر فى شرح القصيدة البسّامة ( sic ) الملقّبة بطوق الحمامة و شارحها الفقيه الكاتب الاريب الاديب ابى ( ابو . r ) مروان عبدالملك ابن عبدالله بن بدرون الحضرمى السلبى ( sic ) شكر الله سعيه الخ.</p> <p>&lsquo;Abd al-malik b. &lsquo;Abdallah IBN BADR&Ucirc;N&rsquo;S Historical Commentary on the Ḳaṣ&icirc;dah of &lsquo;Abd al-maj&icirc;d b. &lsquo;Abdallah <em>Ibn &lsquo;Abd&ucirc;n</em> (d. A.H. 529). Cf. Professor Dozy&rsquo;s edition (Leyden, 1846).</p> <p>Well written, by H&acirc;di b. Sa&rsquo;&icirc;d b. &lsquo;Abdallah الصياى الصعدى (sic). Dated Monday, 24th Rab&icirc;&rsquo; I., 996.</p> <p>Although this MS. is revised throughout , it appears to be not more accurate than other copies of this work.¹ Moreover, in the passages referring to &lsquo;Al&icirc;, Ḥusain, etc., there are many interpolations, which are apparently due to a Sh&icirc;&rsquo;ite copyist. The exordium is also different from the common one. It begins as follows: الحمد لله الملك القديم المعبود &lsquo; الصمد القدير المقصود.</p> <p>The beginning is ornamented, and the other pages are within coloured lines. On the title-page is a round ornament in gold, with an inscription, which latter is, however, nearly effaced.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>¹ Cf. Dozy&rsquo;s edition, Introduction, pp. 9-23.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>