MS. A. Walker 8 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts A. Walker Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: 45 works by 6 authors on the subjects of Hadith, Muḥammad, Miscellanea, Caliphs, Clothing and dress, Universal history, Teeth, Islam, Islamic eschatology, Islamic law, Candles, Joseph, Isaac, Ishmael, Prophets, Medicine, Fever, Arabic language, Koran, Theology, Genealogy, Earthquakes, Nails, Geography, Satan, and Aphorisms and apothegms
1. ff. 1r-2v
Title: Notes on certain traditions
*ff. 3v, 4r are a list of contents of the volume
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Traditions
2. ff. 5r-46v
An abridgment of his own al-Khaṣāʼiṣ al-nabawīyah
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 146
4. ff. 67v-68r
Title: قطف الثمر في موافقات العمر
*MS. reads Qiṭf
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 146
5. ff. 69r-70v
Title: ثلج الفؤاد في لبس السواد
*Brock. fī aḥādīth lubs…
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 154
8. ff. 141r-149v
Title: حسن المقصد في عمل المولد
*Brock. Ḥusn al-maqṣid fī ʻamal al-mawlid
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 157
9. ff. 150r-153v
Title: Risālah fī bayān al-siwāk
Title: رسالة في بيان السواك
Language(s): Arabic
References
H. Kh. 1:705
10. ff. 154r-157v
Title: Minḥah fī al-subḥah
Title: منحة في السبحة
So MS; Brock, has Risālah al-Minḥah fī al-sabḥah
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 152
12. ff. 166r-170r
Title: al-Ighdāʼ ʻan duʻāʼ al-aʻḍāʼ
Title: الإغداء عن دعاء الأعضاء
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 152
13. ff. 170r-180v
Title: مسامرة السموع في ضوء الشموع
*So text: Brock. says Musāmarat al-sumūʻ…
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 154
14. ff. 181r-200r
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 150
15. ff. 200v-205v
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 151
17. ff. 208v-210r
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 152
18. ff. 210v-214v
With dhayl [f. 214v] by ʻAbd al-Muʼṭī Bākir
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 145-158
20. ff. 219v-221v
Title: إتحاف الفرقة بلبس الخرقة
*Brock. bi-rafw
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 149
21. ff. 222r-230v
*Brock. li-ḥayāʼ
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 150
22. ff. 230v-235v
Title: al-Zajr bil-hajr*
Title: الزجر بالهجر
*Brock. al-Zajr lil-hajr
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 154
23. ff. 236r-269v
Title: كشف الغمّى في فضل الحمّى
*Brock. fī akhbār
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 154
24. ff. 269v-275r
Title: المقامات الذهبية في الحمّى
*Brock. al-Maqāmah wa-al-maqālah
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 154
25. ff. 275r-277v
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 145-158
26. ff. 277v-281r
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 154
28. ff. 284v-287v
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 145-158
[NYC]
30. ff. 292r-306v
*Brock, dufiʻa
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 146
31. ff. 307r-329v
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 145-158
[NYC]
32. f. 330r,v
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 145-158
33. ff. 330v-331v
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 145-158
35. ff. 359r-367v
Title: قلائد الفوائد وشوارد الفرائد
*Brock. Qalāʼid al-farāʼid wa-shawārid al-fawāʼid
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 152
36. ff. 368r-371r
Title: al-Ẓafar bi-qalm al-ẓufr
Title: الظَفَر بقلْم الظٌفر
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 152
37. ff. 371v-376v
Title: نتيجة الفكر في الجهر بالذكر
*Brock. Natījat al-fikr fī al-ijhār bil-dhikr
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 153
38. ff. 376v-378r
Berl. 8413 not the same
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 145-158
39. ff. 379v-387v*
Title: تزيين العبارة لتحسين الإشارة
*Brock, bi-dūn taḥayyuz
*This copy ishārah again?
*ff. 388r-396v are Persian
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 395
41. ff. 417r-426v
*Brock. al-Daraj al-munīfah fī al-ābāʼ al-sharīfah
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 147
42. ff. 427r-436v
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 147
43. ff. 437r-469v
*Brock. fī kashf ʻulūm
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 421
44. f. 470r,v
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Theology
45. f. 471v*
*471r is blank.
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Biography
Physical Description
Form: codex
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History
Origin: 1704 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker, d. 1831.
Presented to the Bodleian Library by Sir William Walker in 1845.
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
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions).
Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
Subjects
- Hadith--Texts
- Muḥammad, Prophet, d. 632--Biography
- Miscellanea
- Caliphs--Biography
- Clothing and dress--Religious aspects--Islam
- Universal history
- Muḥammad, Prophet, d. 632--Birthday
- Teeth--Care and Hygiene
- Islam--Prayers and devotions
- Islamic eschatology
- Islamic law
- Candles
- Joseph (Son of Jacob)--In the Koran
- Muḥammad, Prophet, d. 632--Companions
- Isaac (Biblical patriarch)--Sacrifice
- Ishmael (Biblical figure)--In the Koran
- Prophets
- Medicine
- Fever
- Arabic language--Grammar
- Koran--Language, style
- Theology, Islamic
- Genealogy
- Earthquakes
- Nails (Anatomy)--Care and hygiene
- Geography
- Arabic language--Rhetoric
- Satan
- Aphorisms and apothegms
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