[Rasāʾil] / Muḥammad al-Mahdī ibn ʻAbd Allāh. -- [after 1885].

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Description

Title
[Rasāʾil] / Muḥammad al-Mahdī ibn ʻAbd Allāh. -- [after 1885].
Creator
Mahdī, Muḥammad Aḥmad, 1848-1885
Contributor
Landberg, Carlo,--1848-1924--Ms. notes
Published / Created
[after 1885]
Abstract

Copied after the Mahdī's death, since his name is occasionally followed by the formula ʻalayhi al-salām.

Letters and proclamations.

Description
"Registre des lettres et proclamations du Mahdi qui se trouvent dans [ce] manuscrit"; 4 leaves, in C. Landberg's hand, in pocket, inside front cover.
Cf. JAOS, 31(1911), 368-69, from where it would seem that C. Landberg's original manuscript 543 (a volume of "170 Seiten") is now in the Egyptian Intelligence Office in Cairo and that it was captured at the battle of Toski in 1889.
Fair Sudanese hand, in red and black.
Imperfect: pp. 252-351 wanting.
Islamic binding, in red, with flap.
Leaves numbered as pp. 1-503 (not counting the first page; pp. 495-503 are blank except for page-numbers).
Extent
202 leaves ; 23 x 16.5 cm.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been partially digitized.
Language
Arabic

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Landberg MSS 543

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
text
Genre
Manuscripts, Arabic
Subject (Name)
Landberg, Carlo,--1848-1924--Ms. notes
Subject (Topic)
History--Sudan
Islamic binding

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
3829720
Object ID (OID)
15821802

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