Literary text: L-G Ar. I.141

Literary text L-G Ar. I.141

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L-G Ar. I.141
Primary Language
Arabic

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Arabic poetry. On parchment. Looks old, perhaps 10th century or earlier. Contains the following verses by al-Imām al-Shāfiʿī: فمن لي بهذا] ليت أني وجدته لقاسمته ما لي من الحسنات تصفحت] إخواني فكان أقلهم على كثرة الإخوان أهل ثقاتي Underneath a variant of: وزمت] مطايانا إلى برزخ البلى وساقت بنا سوقا حثيثا فأسرعت On the facing page, possibly an excerpt from a letter or a letter formulary.

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Collection
Bodleian Library and Cambridge University Library (jointly owned) , Lewis-Gibson
Historical shelfmarks
West. Coll. (Westminster College), Ar. (Arabica) I, f. 141; West. Coll. (Westminster College), Ar. (Arabica) I, fol. 141
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In PGP since 2022
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L-G Ar. I.141 1r

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1r

L-G Ar. I.141 1v

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1v
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Bodleian Library and Cambridge University Library (jointly owned) , Lewis-Gibson, L-G Ar. I.141. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/36013/ (accessed October 13, 2026).