MS. Marsh 493 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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4 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Hadith, Qasidas, and Arabic poetry

1. ff. 4v-79r
Author: Qalqashandī, Ibrāhīm ibn ʻAlī, d. 1516 or 17
Title: Arbaʻūn ʻushārīyāt

A collection of 40 traditions

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL II 78
[UAM. 171 (4), with corrig. Nicoll p. 571]
2. ff. 113v-115v
Author: Kaʻb ibn Zuhayr
Title: Bānat Suʻād
Title: Qaṣīdat al-Burdah
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 39
[UAM. 171 (2 [ii])]
3. ff. 117r-143r
Author: Anonymous
Title: A collection of traditions
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Traditions
[UAM. 171 (2 [i]), with corrig. Nicoll p. 571 to 171 (1)]
4. ff. 143r-238v
Author: Silafī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, d. 1180
Title: Kitāb al-Arbaʻīn al-Buldānīyah
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 365
[UAM. 171 (3) with corrig. Nicoll p. 571]

Physical Description

Form: codex
76 ff. 3 ff. 27 ff. 96 ff.

History

Origin: 1512 CE 1512 CE 1512 CE 1512 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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