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Collection ID: 0043 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Misc. Ms. Collection Temple Bowdon Short account about the status of Dhimmīs

Title

Short account about the status of Dhimmīs

Other related names

Temple Bowdon, former owner

Call number

Misc. Ms. Collection Temple Bowdon
(Philadelphia, United States, American Philosophical Society)

Publisher

American Philosophical Society

Language

Arabic

Origin

Item is undated and place of copy is unknown; a note on the back says "given me at Paris 1822 by Sir Sidney Smith". Probably produced in the later 18th or early 19th century; probably produced in the later 18th or early 19th century

Place: Acquired in Paris

Summary

Copy of a portion of what purports to be al-ʿUhdah al-ʿUmarīyah, attributed to ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭab, about the status of non-Muslims (dhimmīs) in Jerusalem.

Extent

1; 425 x 279 mm

Foliation

Unfoliated

Support

Paper

Layout

Written in 17 long lines

Script

Written in naskh in black ink; pointed.

Provenance

"Given me at Paris 1822 by Sir Sidney Smith" (verso)

Subjects topical

Dhimmis (Islamic law)
ʻUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, Caliph, -644, attributed name

Genres

Manuscripts, Arabic
Manuscripts, 18th century
Manuscripts, 19th century

Keywords

Legal
Islamic
Arabic

Licenses

Text

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Text

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