MS. Arch. Seld. A. 60 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts Selden Collection

Summary of Contents: 4 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Aphorisms and apothegms, Caliphs, Dictionaries, and Arabic language

1. ff. 1-7

Author: ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, ca. 600-661 علي بن أبي طالب، 23 ق.هـ.-40 هـ

Title: Durar-i ghurar

Title: درر غرر

29 moral verses each beginning with a letter of the alphabet (plus γ), with an anonymous Persian verse translation

Language(s): Arabic, Persian

References

GAL I 43

UAM 347(1) with corrig. Nicoll p. 578

2. ff. 8v-81r

Author: Anonymous

Title: Kitāb-i Alfāẓ

Title: کتاب الفاظ

A dictionary of Arabic words used by the Persians, explained in Persian and Turkish

Appears to be a version of the work in MS. Marsh 42(ff. 1v-26r); f. 81v consists of Arabic-Persian numerals

Language(s): Arabic, Persian, Turkish

References

Appendix Lexicography

UAM 347(2)

3. ff. 82v-95v

Author: Burghūlī, Muḥammad ibn Afqar ibn ʻAbd Allah البرغولي، محمد بن أفقر بن عبد الله

Title: Rawḍat al-ṣibyān

Title: روضة الصبيان

Verses consisting of alternate Arabic and Persian synonyms, with an interlinear Turkish translation

*ff. 96r-97r consist of Arabic-Persian numerals

Language(s): Arabic, Persian, Turkish

References

Appendix Lexicography

UAM 347(3)

4. ff. 97r-105r

Author: Quṭrub, Muḥammad ibn al-Mustanīr, d. 821 or 2 قطرب، محمد بن المستنير

Title: Kitāb al-Muthallath

Title: كتاب المثلّث

With a Persian version and a preface

Language(s): Arabic, Persian

References

GAL I 103

UAM 347(4), with add. Nicoll p. 189, note d

Physical Description

Form: codex

7 ff. 74 ff. 14 ff. 9 ff.

History

Origin: 1506 CE 1506 CE 1506 CE 1506 CE

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