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<dl><dd>Arabic and Latin on opposite pages</dd>
<dd>Contains a transcript of the "Nathr al-laali" from the Leyden manuscript, with variant readings from the Paris codex and from "Proverbia quaedam Alis imperatoris muslemici," edited by Thomas Erpinius (1629), a selection from the London manuscript of the "Ghurar al-hikam," arranged in alphabetical order by Abd al-Wahid al-Amidi (11th cent.), and proverbs ascribed to Ali in al-Maidani's "Majma al-amthal," based on the London manuscript and compared with variant readings by Everard Scheidius</dd></dl><br>Subjects:</div>
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<dl><dd>Ali ibn Abi Talib, Caliph, ca. 600-661</dd>
<dd>Waenen, Cornelis van, 1732-1806, ed. and tr</dd>
<dd>Amidi, Abd al-Wahid ibn Muhammad, d. 1155</dd>
<dd>Maydani, Ahmad ibn Muhammad, d. 1124</dd></dl></div>
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