MS. Marsh 461 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Universal history, Prophets, and Muḥammad

1. ff. 1-102r
Author: Kisāʼī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 11th cent.
Title: Kitāb Badʼ al-dunyā wa-qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʼ

Part 2 only

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 350
[UAM. 833 (1)]
2. ff. 102v-119
Author: Ibn Ẓafar, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 1104-1169
Title: “Tractatus de rebus ad Mohammedem pertinentibus”

?= Kitāb Khayr al-bishār bi-khayr al-bashar *, or the abridgment of it Mukhtaṣar fī khabar sayyid al-bashar

*lith. Cairo 1280/1863

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 352
[UAM. 833 (2)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
102 ff. 18 ff.

History

Origin: 1499 CE 1499 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.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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