MS. Ouseley 99 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts Ouseley Collection

1 work on the subjects of Arabic literature and Tales

Title: Fragment [lacking beg. and end] containing a collection of historical and legendary anecdotes not arranged in any particular order

EA suggests as sources Rawḍ al-akhyār of Muḥyī al-Dīn Muḥammad Ibn al-Khaṭīb 1533 (prd. Bulak 1279, 1288, Cairo 1292, 1306, MSS. plenty - BM Suppl. 1136); or Rabīʻ al-abrār of Zamakhsharī, Maḥmūd ibn ʻUmar, 1075-1144 (of which former is extract) (MSS only - BM. Suppl. 1134, 1135 etc.)

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Tales

[EA 35]

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 102 ff. [Arabic num. starts with 42].

History

Origin: 18th cent.? 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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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

MS. Ouseley 99 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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