MS. Pococke 259 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Contents

Summary of Contents: 4 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Kings and rulers, Islamic eschatology, Birds, Flowers, and Natural religion
1. ff. 5-73
Author: Ibn Mawhūb, ʻAlī ibn Mubārak, 12th cent.
Title: al-Tibr al-masbūk fī naṣīḥat al-mulūk

Arabic version of the Persian Naṣīḥat al-mulūk of Ghazzālī, 1058-1111

[*where Nicoll misprints al-Durr for al-Tibr]

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 423
[UAM. 304 (1) with corrig. Nicoll p. 577*]
2. ff. 74r-98v
Author: Ghazzālī, 1058-1111
Title: al-Durrah al-fākhirah fī kashf ʻulūm al-ākhirah
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 421
[UAM. 304 (2)]
3. ff. 99r-120r
Author: Ibn Ghānim, ʻIzz al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Salām ibn Aḥmad, d. 1279?
Title: Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-ṭuyūr wa-al-azhār
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 451
[UAM. 304 (3)]
4. ff. 121r-124v
Author: Muttaqī, ʻAlī ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, d. 1567
Title: al-Rutbah al-fākhirah* fī salṭanat al-dunyā wa-al-ākhirah

[*Brock. al-Wasīlah al-ẓāhirah]

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL II 385
[UAM. 304 (4)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
69 ff. 25 ff. 22 ff. 4 ff.

History

Origin: 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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