MS. Pococke 174 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Contents

5 works by 5 authors on the subjects of Sufi poetry and Arabic poetry

1. ff. 1v-50v
Author: Ibn al-Fāriḍ, ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī, 1181 or 2-1235
Title: Dīwān
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 262
[UAM. 1298 (1)]
2. ff. 51v-80
Author: Sarī al-Raffāʼ, Abū al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad, 10th cent. السري الرفاء، ت. 366 هـ
Title: Dīwān

Excerpts from vol. 1 only

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 90
[UAM. 1298 (2) with corrig Nicoll p. 618]
3. ff. 81v-148
Author: Qurashī, Abū Zayd Muḥammad ibn Abī al-Khaṭṭāb
Title: Jamharat ashʻār al-ʻArab
Title: كتاب جمهرة أشعار العرب

Lacking introduction

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 19
[UAM. 1298 (3)]
4. ff. 149v-158v
Author: Ibn Abī Yaʻlá
Title: Nukhbat al-kalim wa-rawḍat al-ḥikam

Selected poems from part 1 only

It is difficult to see how this author can be either of the two mentioned by Brock.

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Poetry
[UAM. 1298 (4)]
5. ff. 159v-235r
Author: Abū Firās al-Ḥamdānī, al-Ḥārith ibn Saʻīd, 932-968 أبو فراس الحمداني، الحارث بن سعيد 320-357 هـ
Title: Dīwān
Title: ديوان
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 89
[UAM. 1298 (5)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
50 ff. 30 ff. 68 ff. 10 ff. 77 ff.

History

Origin: n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.

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.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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