MS. Ouseley 156 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Contents

Summary of Contents: 7 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Arabic language, Qasidas, Geomancy, Islamic magic, Theology, Wills, and Arabic poetry
1. ff. 6-55
Author: Burnūsī, ʻAbd al-Muʻṭī, al-Mālikī
Title: Sharḥ al-Ājurrūmīyah

Commentary on al-Muqaddimah al-Ājurrūmīyah of Ibn Ājurrūm, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1273 or 4-1323

Language(s): Arabic

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GAL II 238
[EA 120]
2. ff. 56v-58r
Author: Anonymous
Title: A short religious qaṣīdah, preceded by a brief introduction on the same theme
Language(s): Arabic

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Appendix Poetry
3. ff. 59r-63v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Fragment of a work on ʻilm al-raml
Language(s): Arabic

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Appendix Magic
4. ff. 64r-66v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Fragment on magical prayers and charms
Language(s): Arabic

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Appendix Magic
5. ff. 67r-103v
Author: Anonymous
Title: A work on basic religion, with religious definitions

Lacking beginning

Language(s): Arabic

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Appendix Theology
6. ff. 104v-110v
Author: Manṣūr, the Caliph d. 775
Title: Waṣīyat al-Manṣūr

To his son and successor, al-Mahdī

Language(s): Arabic

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Appendix Ethics and Politics
[EA 83]
7. ff. 111v-118r*
Author: Anonymous
Title: A small collection of verses by fifteen or more Arab poets

* 118r contains a saying of ʻAlī used as a calligraphic exercise

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Poetry
[EA 64]

Physical Description

Form: codex
50 ff. 3 ff. 5 ff. 3 ff. 37 ff. 7 ff. 8 ff.

History

Origin: 1803 CE Early 19th cent.? CE Early 19th cent.? CE Early 19th cent.? CE Early 19th cent.? CE 1712 CE 1716 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Sir William Ouseley, d. 1842.

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1843.

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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