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Manuscript/Mixed Material Arabic manuscript by Sheikh Sana See

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Title

  • Arabic manuscript by Sheikh Sana See

Names

  • Sana See, Sheikh, author
  • Dwight, Theodore, 1796-1866, former owner
  • Hicks, Frederick, active 1862, correspondent
  • Omar ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [around 1850?]

Headings

  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title assigned by cataloger.
  • -  Written by Shaykh Bāsāk Tām Yāsīn(?)
  • -  At head of the first column (right side): "Received from Mr. Frederick Hicks at Panama."
  • -  Purchased from Sotheby's London, 30 June 2017.
  • -  Written in Panama.
  • -  Paper; blue laid paper lined in blue with large blind stamp of a dragon(?); dark and lighter brown inks vocalic markings in magenta ink; text is in two columns.
  • -  Maghribī script; 16 lines in written area 26.5 x 13 cm.
  • -  1 folded sheet.
  • -  Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم صلى الله على سيدنا محمد نبيه وع. اله وصحبه وسلم تسليما ثقيلا ...
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: ...تمت بحمد الله كتابه له الشيخ باساك(؟) تام يس.

Medium

  • 1 sheet, originally folded (16 lines), paper ; 40 x 31.3 folded to 31.3 x 20.3 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E445.N8 O43, no. 36

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018371876

Online Format

  • image

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Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Omar Ibn Said Collection are in the public domain and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Omar Ibn Said Collection.

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Chicago citation style:

Sana See, Sheikh, Author, Theodore Dwight, Frederick Hicks, and Omar Ibn Said Collection. Arabic manuscript by Sheikh Sana See. [Around ?, 1850] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018371876/.

APA citation style:

Sana See, S., Dwight, T., Hicks, F. & Omar Ibn Said Collection. (1850) Arabic manuscript by Sheikh Sana See. [Around ?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018371876/.

MLA citation style:

Sana See, Sheikh, Author, et al. Arabic manuscript by Sheikh Sana See. [Around ?, 1850] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018371876/>.