MS. Marsh 489 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Marsh Collection
Contents
4 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Inheritance and succession and Arithmetic
1. ff. 3-112r
Title: Commentary on al-Minhāj [or Minhāj al-farāʼid ], a selection by Faraḍī, Maḥmūd ibn Abī Bakr, 1246 or 7-1300 from his own Ḍawʼ al-sirāj, a commentary on al-Farāʼiḍ al-Sirājīyah of Sajāwandī, Sirāj al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 12th cent.
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 379
[UAM. 282 (1) with corrig. Nicoll p. 576]
2. ff. 112v-144v)
Title: al-Muqaddimah al-ṣughrá
On the law of inheritance], followed by the authorʼs own commentary
*f. 111 contains a short work (in verse) on tanāsukh.
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Law
[UAM. 282 (2) with corrig. Nicoll p. 576]
3. ff. 145r-166r
[on arithmetic], followed by the authorʼs own commentary*
*which according to Pusey has the same title (al-Muqaddimat al-ṣughrá) as that of 282 (2) [on inheritance]?
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Mathematics
[UAM. 282 (3 [i]), with corrig. Nicoll p. 576]
4. ff. 167r-175v
[sic] [on the law of inheritance]*
*ff. 176r-178r contain misc. fawāʼid on inheritance.
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Law
[UAM. 282 (3 [ii]) with corrig. Nicoll p. 576 [where it is numbered (4)]
Physical Description
Form: codex
110 ff. 33 ff. 22 ff. 9 ff.
History
Origin: n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
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
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions).
Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
Please fill out your details.