Maktabat Āl al-Ghālibī
Private library in Yemen, with a collection of manuscripts
- HMML ID
- 386399346965
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- LC name
- Maktabat Āl al-Ghālibī
- HMML name
- Maktabat Āl al-Ghālibī
Organization information
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General notes
- Description
- Āl al-Ghālibī; Al-Qāḍī ʻAbd Allāh ʻAlī al-Ghālibī; Ḍaḥyān; date of establishment, early 14th c. AH; private; established by al-Qāḍī al-ʻAllāma Muḥammad ʻAbd Allāh al-Ghālibī, now owned by his grandsons; MSS copied between 7th and 14th centuries AH, but mostly after 10th c. AH; includes texts on jurisprudence, Arabic language, uṣūl al-fiqh, Ḥadīth, tafsīr, biography, history, and botany
- Citations
- ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ʻAlī al-Muʼayyad, "Yemen," in World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts, ed. Geoffrey Roper (London: Al-Furqān Islamic Heritage Foundation, 1994), 648-649, http://www.islamicmanuscripts.info/reference/books/Roper1994-Survey-3/Roper1994-Survey-3-643-679-Yemen.pdf.
Preferred citation
"Maktabat Āl al-Ghālibī." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified April 28, 2023. https://w3id.org/haf/organization/386399346965
Change notes
- Date added
- 2021-04-14
- Last edited
- 2023-04-28
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