The Mu'allaquat
- Reference:GB 227 ms17(O)
- Dates of Creation:1311
- Name of Creator:
- Language of Material:Arabic
- Physical Description:1 volume, 153ff . Paper: 8.25' x 5.75'.
Scope and Content
The Mu'allaquat, or 'Suspended Poems', with commentary of az-Zauzani. These are so called because traditionally they are said to have been written in letters of gold, on account of their excellence, and hung in the Ka'bah at Mecca. Written in AH 711/AD 1311. Modern binding, blank interleaved pages throughout, occasionally used for Tweedie's notes. Possibly copied by Tweedie.
Administrative / Biographical History
General William Tweedie (1836-1908) was the son of Rev William King Tweedie, an alumnus of St Andrews University. He served in the Bengal Staff Corps, was Political Resident in Turkish Arabia and H.M.'s Consul-General at Baghdad. He wrote The Arabian Horse, his Country and People, with Portraits of Typical or Famous Arabians and Other Illustrations (1894), a study of the Arabian horse and the Arab people, written while in Baghdad between 1885-1891.
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Tweedie Collection, catalogued by DM Dunlop.
Note
Call number used to be ms msPJ7642.A11
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Archivist's Note
Description compiled by Maia Sheridan, Archives Hub project archivist, based on material from the Manuscripts Database
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