NORTH AFRICA, 15TH CENTURY

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A MANUAL ON HISTORY
NORTH AFRICA, 15TH CENTURY
Starting with the Prophet Hud and ending with the reign of the Almohad ruler Al-Hasan al-Sa'id bin Ya'qub al-Mansur, on history, Arabic manuscript on European watermarked paper, 150ff., each folio with 29ll. of sepia maghribi script, titles in larger sepia, pink or green script, with occasional marginal notes, catchwords, paginated in pencil, opening folio lacking, in stamped and tooled red morocco binding with flap
Folio 11 5/8 x 8in. (29.5 x 20.5cm.)

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This manuscript opens on a paragraph on Prophet Hud who was 'the first to speak Arabic (awwal man takallama bi al-lisan al-'arabi)'. It then mentions a large number of biblical and historical figures such as Shaddad bin 'Ad, the Arabian king of Iram, Nuh (Noah), Ibn 'Abbas, Abu Bakr, Harun al-Rashid, and a number of Abbasid caliphs. It ends with the Almohad ruler Ya'qub al-Mansur (r. 1184-1199).

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