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<dd>69 leaves : 197 x 145 (155 x 90) mm, bound to 197 x 150 mm</dd>
<dd>Copy of Nasīm al-ṣabā, a collection of poetry segments and couplets on a variety of topics, followed by a section of blurbs about the writings of six well-known authors, and finishing with a collection of poetry with short introductions</dd>
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<dd>1. f 1v-55v: Nasīm al-ṣabā -- 2. f. 56r-61r: Taqrīẓāt badīʻah -- 3. f. 62r-69r: [Poetry selections]</dd>
<dd>Layout: 21 lines per page</dd>
<dd>Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed. Catchwords each verso, lower left</dd>
<dd>Decoration: black and red ink</dd>
<dd>Origin: Probably copied in the first half of the 18th century. A statement at the end of the work gives a date of 1763</dd>
<dd>Shelfmark: MS Or 292</dd>
<dd>Gift of George Arthur Plimpton, 1936</dd>
<dd>Formerly owned by George Arthur Plimpton (bookplate inside front cover)</dd>
<dd>Paperboard cover with plain paper sides and red leather spine</dd>
<dd>Item cataloged from digital facsimile and existing description</dd>
<dd>Digitized as part of the Muslim World Manuscripts Project, 2018-2020, funded by CLIR</dd>
<dd><b>Columbia University Catalog: </b>&lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14230902">http://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14230902</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;go to CLIO&lt;/a&gt;</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Sufism -- Early works to 1800; Arabic literature -- Early works to 1800; Manuscripts, Arabic; Arabic literature; Sufism</div>
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Ibn Ḥabīb al-Ḥalabī, Badr al-Dīn al-Ḥasan ibn ʻUmar, 1310-1377</div>
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