The manuscript of al-Malik al-Afḍal, al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAlī b. Dāʾūd b. Yūsuf b. ʿUmar b. ʿAlī Ibn Rasūl (d. 778/1377) : a medieval Arabic anthology from the Yemen

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The manuscript of al-Malik al-Afḍal, al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAlī b. Dāʾūd b. Yūsuf b. ʿUmar b. ʿAlī Ibn Rasūl (d. 778/1377) : a medieval Arabic anthology from the Yemen

edited with an introduction by Daniel Martin Varisco and G. Rex Smith

Aris & Phillips for the Gibb Memorial Trust, c1998

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Photographic facsimile of text, paginated in reverse order

Includes bibliographical references (p. 24-26) and index

"E.J.W. Gibb Memorial Trust"--P. [1]

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Description

The author's talents spanned many disciplines and this is a collection of works on agriculture, animals, astrology, astronomy, biography, calendars, crops, genealogies, geography, grammar, lexicography, mathematics, medicine, taxes, timekeeping, warfare and weapons. It is reproduced here in facsimile with descriptions of the contents and an introduction and index by the editors. Arabic text.

Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction description of the manuscript
  • The Rasulids
  • Al-Malik al-Afdal al-Abbas
  • Contents of the manuscript
  • References
  • Subject index
  • The facsimile text.

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