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Another copy of this diwan is in the British Museum (14528.b.3).
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OTTOMAN PROVINCES, POSSIBLY HEJAZ, 17TH CENTURY
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‘ABD AL-RAHIM BIN AHMAD BIN ‘ALI AL-BAR’I AL-HAJARI AL-YAMANI: DIWAN
OTTOMAN PROVINCES, POSSIBLY HEJAZ, 17TH CENTURY
A compilation of poetry, Arabic manuscript on European countermarked paper, 50ff. plus two modern fly-leaves, each folio with 17ll. of black naskh script mostly arranged in two columns, with red dot markers, titles in red script, with catchwords, colophon stating that this was copied in Mecca near Bab Ajyar in AH 1050, fly-leaves with later ownership notes and black seal impressions, in modern stamped binding
8 ¼ x 5 ¾in. (20.8 x 14.6cm.)
OTTOMAN PROVINCES, POSSIBLY HEJAZ, 17TH CENTURY
A compilation of poetry, Arabic manuscript on European countermarked paper, 50ff. plus two modern fly-leaves, each folio with 17ll. of black naskh script mostly arranged in two columns, with red dot markers, titles in red script, with catchwords, colophon stating that this was copied in Mecca near Bab Ajyar in AH 1050, fly-leaves with later ownership notes and black seal impressions, in modern stamped binding
8 ¼ x 5 ¾in. (20.8 x 14.6cm.)
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