Maktabat Āl al-Ghālibī

Private library in Yemen, with a collection of manuscripts

HMML ID
386399346965
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https://w3id.org/haf/organization/386399346965
LC name
Maktabat Āl al-Ghālibī
HMML name
Maktabat Āl al-Ghālibī

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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.

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"Maktabat Āl al-Ghālibī." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified April 28, 2023. https://w3id.org/haf/organization/386399346965

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Date added
2021-04-14
Last edited
2023-04-28

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