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Daiber I Ms. 193

9 folios; 8×21 cm; 17 lines; naskhi. Single words in red ink. The beginning is missing. Hand of the 12th/18th century.

IIIF Collection

Contents

  1. [1]

    Cover and Preliminary leaves.

  2. [2] [1485] fol. 1r - 4v

    Anonymous excerpts from poems.

  3. [3] [1486] fol. 5r - 6r

    Excerpts from poems by Abu al-Ala' al-Ma'arri أبو العلاء المعري (363-449/973-1058). On the poet cf. Encyclopaedia of Islam2 V 927ff.

  4. [4] [1487] fol. 6r - 6v

    Excerpts from poems by al-Tughra'i التغرائي (died 515/1121). On the poet cf. GAL I 247 and S I 439.

  5. [5] [1488] fol. 6v - 7r

    Anonymous excerpts from poems.

  6. [6] [1489] fol. 7r - 9v

    An anecdote (hikaya حكاية ) by Ahmad Ibn Abi Da'ud أحمد بن أبي داوود , the Qadi قاضي of Basra during the reign of al-Mu'tasim المعتصم (218/833). Some anonymous poems are adjoined.