سيرة سيف بن ذي يزن, Sīrat Sayf ibn Dhī Yazan
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Abstract/Description: | Sayf ibn Dhī-Yazan's life and exploits are reimagined in this folk epic romance, where historical reminiscences combine imaginative episodes and motifs, e.g., his mother is claimed to to be a jinni. |
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Subject(s): | Sayf King of Yemen, approximately 516-approximately 574 -- Legends Romances, Arabic -- Texts |
Title: |
سيرة سيف بن ذي يزن. Sīrat Sayf ibn Dhī Yazan. |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Manuscripts. | |
Issuance: | monographic | |
Extent: | 199 leaves : paper ; 22 x 16 cm. | |
Abstract/Description: | Sayf ibn Dhī-Yazan's life and exploits are reimagined in this folk epic romance, where historical reminiscences combine imaginative episodes and motifs, e.g., his mother is claimed to to be a jinni. | |
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Manuscript codex. Incomplete. Cataloging and digitization funded by an anonymous challenge grant, 2014-2015. Former shelfmark: Ar. 190. Described in a holograph draft of an anonymous Catalog of JTS Arabic manuscripts, Ar. 190. Sayf ibn Dhī-Yazan, the son of Dhī-Yazan, was a Himyarite king of Yemen who lived between 516 and 574 CE; he ended Aksumite rule over Southern Arabia with the help of the Sassanid Empire. Arabic ; Arabic maghribi hand. Irongall and red inks on medium weight laid paper. |
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Subject(s): |
Sayf King of Yemen, approximately 516-approximately 574 -- Legends Romances, Arabic -- Texts |
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Library Classification: | MS NH125 | |
Library Classification: | SHF 1944:3 | |
Held by: | Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary | |
Restrictions on Access: | Restricted: Material extremely fragile; See Conservation Department. | |
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