Titles
- Title
- Das Reise nach Stanbul
- Type
- formal title
- Title
- Transcription of a zaǧal
- Type
- supplied title
Description
- Modern manuscript copy of the Arabic text of a zaǧal concerning the journey to Istanbul of the shadow player, Dā’ūd al-Manāwī, copied from the old manuscript held by Paul Kahle. The Arabic text is written on the left side, and Kahle transcribed it on the right side. Kahle published the Arabic text and the translation into German in his Zur Geschichte des arabischen Schattentheaters in Egypten.
Publication notes
- Publication notes
- Paul Kahle, Zur Geschichte des arabischen Schattentheaters in Egypten (I: Neuarabische Volksdichtung aus Egypten), R. Haupt: Leipzig 1909, pp. 22-36 (translation into German), pp. 37-49 (Arabic text).
Languages
- Arabic
German
Medium
- paper
Archivistic typology and Extent
- Extent
- 14
- Archivistic typology
- leaf/leaves
Dimensions in mm
- Height
- 210
- Width
- 167