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KHARITAT AL-AJAIB WA FARIDAT AL-GHARAIB, 'THE PEARL OF WONDERS AND UNIQUENESS OF STRANGE THINGS' BY IBN AL-WARDI, DATED 1212 AH/1797 AD

Reference: ART3003736

Arabic manuscript on paper, 160 folios with 4 fly-folios and 19 lines to each page, written in black naskh script, titles and important words in red ink. Four paintings, gouache color heightened with gold, different ownership statements and seals, with a brown morocco leather binding, with ownership statements and seals.
15 by 23 cm.

CATALOGUE NOTE
The book contains many chapters about geography and important places.The author summed up the geographical knowledge of the Arabic world of the time, referring to climate, terrain, fauna and flora, population, way of living, existing states and their governments in individual regions of the world. The work was accompanied by a colored world map and three illustrations of the kabaa, in Al-Masij Al-Ha- ram surrounded by maqams and minaretes, the introduction about the distances, the earth and its divisions. Chapters mentioning countries, regions, seas. A chapter about Algeria and antiquities.
A chapter about famous rivers, wells, and mountains. A chapter of the properties of stones and their benefits, minerals and gems and their properties. A chapter about plants ,fruits, grains, seed and their properties. A chapter about animals and birds and their properties. The conclusion of the book menti- ons the epics, the signs of yawm al-qyamah or the day of resurrection.
The author: Siraj al-din Abu Hafs Omar bin al-muzaffar bin al-Wardi who died in (852AH-1447AD). Ibn al-Wardi ,the grandson, was an agricultural scientist and geographer, wrote many books including this book, “Benefits of plants” and “Obligations and Benefits”.This book is mistakenly attributed to his grandfather but it was written in (822AH/1419AD) 71 year after the death of the grandfather.

The author
Siraj al-din Abu Hafs Omar bin al-muzaffar bin al-Wardi who died in 852 AH/1447 AD.
Ibn al-Wardi, the grandson, was an agricultural scientist and geographer, wrote many books including this book, 'Benefits of plants' and 'Obligations and Benefits'. This book is mistakenly attributed to his grandfather but it was written in 822 AH/1419 AD 71 year after the death of the grandfather.

خريدة لعجائب وفريدة الغرائب لسراج الدين ابن لوردي
-وقد نسب مخطوط "خريدة العجائب وفريدة الغرائب" خطأ للقاضي زين الدين عمر بن الوردي

يحتوي الكتاب على فصول عديدة عن الجغرافيا والأماكن المهمة: مقدمة عن المسافات والأرض وأقسامها. الفصول التي تشير إلى البلدان والمناطق والبحار. فصل عن الجزائر والآثار. فصل عن الأنهار والآبار والجبال الشهيرة. باب في خواص الأحجار وفوائدها والمعادن والأحجار الكريمة وخصائصها. باب في النباتات والفواكه والحبوب والبذور وخصائصها. فصل عن الحيوانات والطيور وخصائصها. وختم الكتاب بذكر ملاحم يوم القيامة آيات يوم القيامة.

المؤلف: سراج الدين أبو حفص عمر بن المظفر بن الوردي المتوفى عام (852 هـ / 1447 م).
ابن الوردي الحفيد ، عالم زراعي وجغرافي ، كتب العديد من الكتب منها كتاب "فوائد النباتات" و "الالتزامات والفوائد" ، وينسب هذا الكتاب خطأً إلى جده لكنه كتب عام (822 هـ / 822 هـ / 822 هـ). 1419 م) 71 سنة بعد وفاة الجد.