MS. Marsh 340 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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3 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Islamic law, Qasidas, God, and Syria

1. ff. 1r-214r
Author: Ibn al-ʻImād al-Aqfahsī, Aḥmad, ca. 1349-1405
Title: al-Dharīʻah ilá aʻdād al-sharīʻah

Part 1 (=chs. 1-5) only

*Beeston says “undated, c. 1600”

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL II 96
[UAM. 1009 (1), with corrig. Nicoll p. 605; revd. Beeston]
2. ff. 215v-218v
Author: Dallāl al-Kutb, Saʻd ibn ʻAlī, d. 1172 or 3 Ḥazīrī, Saʻd ibn ʻAli ibn al-Qāsim
Title: Qaṣīdah fī naẓm asmāʼ Allāh
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 248
[UAM. 1009 (2 [i]), with corrig. Nicoll p. 605]
3. f. 219
Author: Ḥanbalī, Raḍī al-Dīn Muḥammad, 1472-1563
Title: Durr al-ḥabab fī taʼrīkh aʻyān Ḥalab

Small extract only, containing the life of Taqī al-Dīn al-Ḥisnī al-Shāfiʻī 1351-1426 (G2, p. 117)

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL II 368
[UAM. 1009 (2 [ii]) with corrig. Nicoll p. 605]

Physical Description

Form: codex
214 ff. 4 ff. 1 f.

History

Origin: 1523* CE before 1588 CE before 1588 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.

The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.

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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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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