Al Koran [004]

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Annotations: rear free endpapers: The MS was written by the poor Husain Zabd, son of the Sheikh Abdu-r-remez son of the Sheikh Sedru-ddin of the children of Sultan Bedru-d-din. ... agha ibu Mohammed. May god pardon him, his parents, and all Muselmans. Prayer be to God for the Prophet and his family all of them. In the year 1066 (A.D. 1655). G.C.R. At top page: G.C.R.N. 101, New cat. No. 63. John Fiott. Aleppo. Purchased of M.[onsieur Jean Louis] Burckhardt at Aleppo for the same price that he paid for it. Sir John Barker the British Resident at Aleppo, promised it for Burckhardt from Constantinople soon after he arrived in Syria, and having become possessed of one smaller and of less weight, he disposed of it to me, on his departure from Aleppo to Arabia. J. Lee. Repaired. London. In ink in another hand: On leaving Aleppo for Arabia and Egypt, he took nothing with him, but what he could carry on his mare, and had no extra baggage. I accompanied him to Hama and Tripoli and took leave of him there at the English Consul's house. He proceeded to Lebanon and Damascus and returned by Aradus-Latichem [probably Arwad (Arados) island and Latakia, Syria] and Antioch to Aleppo. Date at top of rear free endpaper in pencil: 5/10/37 or 31. Other pencil notes on free endpaper: 366, 825, 15/0.
Creator:
Zabd, Husain
Subject:
Manuscripts, Arabic
Date:
1655
License:
Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Rights Holder:
University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Rights:
No Copyright - United States
Use Restrictions:
Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections & University Archives.
Title:
Al Koran [004]
Language:
Arabic [ara]
Provenance:
Donation/Purchase ; Julia Burgess, 1935-1942. and Sir John Barber, Jean Louis Burckhardt, John Fiott; Edward Sandford Burgess (from unknown source).
Media:
Image
Work Type:
manuscripts (documents)
Collections:
University of Oregon Special Collections Manuscripts and Rare Books
Location:
Levant
Repository:
University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives