MS. Pococke 142 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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3 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Secretaries, Correspondence, and Islamic law

1. ff. 1r-115r
Author: Anonymous*
Title: Tathqīf al-taʻrīf bil-muṣṭalaḥ al-sharīf

An extended version of al-Taʻrīf bil-muṣṭalaḥ al-sharīf of Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-ʻUmarī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, 1301-1349 bringing it to 778 A. H.

Lacking a folio or two at beginning

*For conjectures as to the authorship see Brock.

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL II 141
[NAM. 363 (1), with corrig. Nicoll p. 551]
3. ff. 116r-160v
Author: Ibn Nubātah, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1287-1366 ابن نباتة، محمد بن محمد
Title: Jumlah min mukātabāt ... bi-dīwān al-Shaʼm al-maḥrūs
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL II 11
[NAM. 363 (2)]
4. ff. 161r-165v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Formulae of indemnity, burial, and truce
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Law
[NAM. 363 (3)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
115 ff. 45 ff. 5 ff.

History

Origin: 14th or 15th cent.? CE 14th or 15th cent.? CE Later than 15th cent.? CE

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Edward Pococke, d. 1691.

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1692.

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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JISC

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