MS. Marsh 489 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
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4 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Inheritance and succession and Arithmetic
1. ff. 3-112rAuthor: Kafarsūsī, Shams al-Dīn MuḥammadTitle: 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): ArabicReferences
GAL I 379[UAM. 282 (1) with corrig. Nicoll p. 576]2. ff. 112v-144v)Title: al-Muqaddimah al-ṣughráOn the law of inheritance], followed by the authorʼs own commentary
*f. 111 contains a short work (in verse) on tanāsukh.
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Appendix Law[UAM. 282 (2) with corrig. Nicoll p. 576]3. ff. 145r-166rAuthor: Anonymous[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]?
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Appendix Mathematics[UAM. 282 (3 [i]), with corrig. Nicoll p. 576]4. ff. 167r-175vAuthor: Anonymous[sic] [on the law of inheritance]*
*ff. 176r-178r contain misc. fawāʼid on inheritance.
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Appendix Law[UAM. 282 (3 [ii]) with corrig. Nicoll p. 576 [where it is numbered (4)]Physical Description
Form: codex110 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.
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