MS. Arch. Seld. A. 72. 6(1) (R) (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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8 works by 5 authors on the subjects of Islamic magic, Qasidas, and Correspondence

1.
Author: Anonymous
Title: Amulet containing sūrahs 1,112 and other Qurʼānic quotations, magic letters etc.

Maghribī

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Magic
NAM 403
2.
Author: Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296? البوصيري، شرف الدين محمد بن سعيد أبو عبد الله الصنهاجي
Title: Qaṣīdat al-Burdah
Title: قصيدة البردة

In the form of an amulet, preceded by Ḥilyah sharīfah [a description of the Prophet]

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 264
NAM 402, with corrig. Nicoll p. 557
3. ff. 4,5r
Author: Zaydān, Sultan of Morocco, d. 1627?
Title: Letter, in English translation, to James I, King of England, 1566-1625

For a transcript by Wm. Bedwell of the original Arabic letter see MS. Bodl. Or. 575, ff. 16r-17r

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Documents
4. f. 6
Author: Muḥammad al-Aṣghar, Sharīf of Morocco reigned 1636-1654
Title: Letter to Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649

Published with French translation in: Les sources inédites de lʼhistoire du Maroc, 1e série, Angleterre, tome 3, pp. 300-305

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Documents
NAM 409[1]
5. f. 13
Author: al-Walīd, Sharīf of Morocco reigned 1631-1636
Title: Letter in Spanish to Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. [Translation of the Arabic letter on f. 17 (bound separately) of this MS.]

Ed. in: Les sources inédites de lʼhistoire du Maroc, 1e série, Angleterre, tome 3, pp. 170-173

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Documents
6. f. 14
Author: Muḥammad al-Aṣghar, Sharīf of Morocco reigned 1636-1654
Title: Letter to Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649

Published with French translation in: Les sources inédites de lʼhistoire du Maroc, 1e série, Angleterre, tome 3, pp. 530-537

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Documents
NAM 409[3]
7. f. 16
Author: Muḥammad al-Aṣghar, Sharīf of Morocco reigned 1636-1654
Title: Letter to Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649

Published with French translation in: Les sources inédites de lʼhistoire du Maroc, 1e série, Angleterre, tome 3, pp. 436-441

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Documents
NAM 409[2]
8. f. 17
Author: al-Walīd, Sharīf of Morocco reigned 1631-1636
Title: Letter to Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649

Text published with translation by D.S. Richards in Islamic Quarterly XVII (1973), pp. 26-35

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Documents
[K 4]

Physical Description

Form: codex
2 ff. 1 f. 1 f. 1 f. 1 f. 1 f.

History

Origin: n.d. n.d. 21 July 1609 CE 27 May 1637 CE 31 Dec. 1631 CE 1-10 Aug. 1639 CE 6 Nov. 1638 CE 31 Dec. 1631 CE

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.

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JISC

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