Mohammed Bin Al-Kadesi – Excerpts from The Book of the Two Gardens
Bibliographic Information
Medieval Title:
Excerpts from The Book of the Two Gardens
Author:
Mohammed Bin Al-Kadesi
Composition:
Early twelfth century
A short biography Found in and Translated From Shams el-Din, Ibrahim ed. The Book of the Two Gardens by Shihab al-Din Abu L-Qasim Abu Shama. Vol. 3-4, Dar Al-Kotob Al-‘Elmiyah. 1987. (page 34):
Mohammed Bin al-Kadesi: It is Mohammed Bin Ahmad Bin Mohammed Bin Ali, Abu Abdullah Al-Kadesi, in relation to al-Kadessiyah, a village between Samra’a and Baghdad, and not Kadessiyah of the Kufa in which the famous event happened. He died in the year 632 AH, and he had a compilation of: “Zayl al-Muntazam” and “Akhbar al-Wozara’a.”
Textual Information
Brief Summary:
The passage below gives a detailed description of the True Cross coated with gold.
Relics Appearing in Text:
True Cross
Manuscripts, Editions, and Translations
Manuscripts:
List of Editions of the Medieval Text:
Abu Shama, Shihab al-Din Abu L-Qasim ed. The Book of the Two Gardens. Vol. 2. Beirut: Dar Al-Jeel, 1956.
Shams el-Din, Ibrahim ed. The Book of the Two Gardens by Shihab al-Din Abu L-Qasim Abu Shama. Vol. 3-4, Dar Al-Kotob Al-‘Elmiyah. 1987.
List of Translations of the Medieval Text:
Le Livre des deux Jardins. In Recueil Des Historiens Des Croisades: Historiens Orientaux. Les Soins de L’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Vol. 5, 1967.
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