MS. Marsh 640 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Marsh Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: 4 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Islam, Arithmetic, and Inheritance and succession
1. f. 3r
Title: Duʻāʼ mubārak
A prayer
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Prayers
[NAM. 287 (1)]
2. ff. 3v-28r
Lacking end
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 125
[NAM. 287 (2), with corrig. Nicoll p. 545]
3. ff. 28v-102r
Title: Tuḥfat al-ṭullāb
Commentary* on the Nuzhat al-ḥussāb fī ʻilm al-hisāb of Ibn al-Hāʼim, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, d. 1412 , an abridgment of his own Murshidat al-ṭālib ilá asná al-maṭālib
*[Acc. to Brock. the commentary is on the unabridged Murshidat; the authorship is also Brock.ʼs ascription (from Rumpur 412116?).]
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 125
[NAM. 287 (3), with corrig. Nicoll p. 545]
4. f. 102v
Title: Fāʼidah fī kayfīyat ikhrāj al-qīrāṭ min al-ʻadad alladhī ṣaḥḥat minhu al-masʼalah min ayy ʻadad kāna
A method of apportioning inheritances
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Mathematics
[NAM. 287 (4)]
Physical Description
Form: codex
1 f. 26 ff. 75 ff. 1 f.
History
Origin: 1559 CE 1559 CE 1559 CE 1559 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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