MS. Lister Or. 5 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Contents

2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Yemen and Islamic Empire

1. ff. 1-120
Author: Bakrī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 9th cent.
Title: Fatḥ al-ḥuṣūn

The taking of the Yemen forts by ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, ca. 600-661 ?= Brock. no. 6: Futūḥ al-Yaman al-maʻrūf bi-Raʼs al-ghūl

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 362
[EA 29]
2. ff. 121v-131r
Author: Anonymous
Title: Qiṣṣat Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Hamadānī wa-mā jará lahu min al-ʻajāʼib wa-al-gharāʼib fī bilād Madḥij

In Yemen

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Tales
[EA 30]

Physical Description

Form: codex
120 ff. 11 ff.

History

Origin: 1747 CE n.d.

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Martin Lister, d. 1712.

The collections of Martin Lister were donated and bequeathed to the Ashmolean Museum in 1694-96, and 1712.

Transferred to the Bodleian Library in 1860.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team.

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JISC

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