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Daiber I Ms. 109

15 folios; 17,5×25,5 cm; 16 lines; naskhi. Single words in red ink. Last folio by a later hand. Incomplete at the beginning and end; lacuna after fol.10v. Hand of the 8th/14th or 9th/15th century.

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Contents

  1. [1]

    Cover and Preliminary leaves.

  2. [2] [1353] fol. 1r - 15v

    A fragment of an Adab-work, containing anecdotes of an ethical nature. The compiler often refers to classical poets and anthologies (Abu Tammam أبو تمام ; al-Bukhturi البختري ; Mutanabbi متنبي ; al-Akhtal الأخطل ; Ibn al-Rumi ابن الرومي ; al-Tanukhi التنوخي ).