MS. Selden superius 88 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Oriental Manuscripts Selden superius Collection

Contents

5 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Koran, Islam, and Qasidas

1. ff. 11v-21v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Tahlīl al-Qurʼān

i.e. the 37 occurrences in the Qurʼān of the phrase lā ilāh illā Allāh

Frequently used as an amulet

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Magic
[UAM. 165 (1 [i]), with corrig. Nicoll p. 571]
2. ff. 22r-25r
Author: Shādhilī, Abū al-Ḥasan ʻAlī ibn ʻAbd Allāh, ca. 1196-1258
Title: Ḥizb al-baḥr
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 449
[UAM. 165 (1 [ii]) with corrig. Nicoll p. 571]
3. ff. 27r-38r
Author: Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296?
Title: Qaṣīdat al-Burdah
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 264
[UAM. 165 (2)]
4. ff. 38v-112v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Collection of amulets including two sūrahs, prayers, and the merits of praying to the Prophet and others
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Magic
[UAM. 165 (3), with corrig. Nicoll p. 571]
5. ff. 115v-118r
Author: Anonymous
Title: Asr gharīb murattab fī khātim ʻajīb

A poem rhyming in ʻayn, in praise of the Prophet

Inc.

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Poetry
[UAM. 165 (4), with corrig. Nicoll p. 571]

Physical Description

Form: codex
11 ff. 4 ff. 12 ff. 75 ff. 4 ff.

History

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

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of John Selden.

Presented to the Bodleian Library by Selden's estate in 1659.

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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