Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

X. 8 (University Library, Cambridge University)

E. G. Browne Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: اخبار الغزالي أيها الولد. A collection of moral and religious anecdotes, especially legends of the prophets
and saints, compiled from the Ihya'u ulúmi d-Din of Abú Hámid al-Ghazálí and
possibly from other works by the same author. These excerpts, which occupy
ff. 30-194, are preceded by the well-known ethical work of al-Ghazali entitled
Ayyuha'l-Walad (Brockelmann, Gesch. d. Arab. Litt., vol. 1, p. 423, No. 32),
beginning on f. 2:
الحمد لله رب العالمين والعاقبة للمتقين Ff. 195 of 14,5 x 9,7 c. and 10 ll. Dated 1295/1878-9. The text is very
carelessly written and abounds in grammatical errors. This is one of the MSS.
of the Belshah collection divided at the British Museum on Nov. 12, 1920.
1. ff. 1-30a

Language(s): Arabic
2. ff. 30a-194b

Language(s): Arabic

References

These excerpts have been compiled from different works of al-Ghazzālī, especially the Iḥyāʼ ʻulūm al-dīn احياء علوم الدين .

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 195
Dimensions: 14.5 × 9.7 cm.

Layout

10 lines

Hand(s)

The text is very carelessly written and abounds in grammatical errors.

History

Origin: 1295 AH; 1878-9 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

This is one of the MSS. of the Belshah collection divided at the British Museum on Nov. 12, 1920.

Bequest of E. G. Browne.

Record Sources

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC


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