MS. Arab. d. 215 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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5 works by anonymous authors on the subjects of Koran, Sudan, and Hadith

1. ff. 1r-261r
Title: Qurʼān

Sūrah ii - lxxix. 40 only. [From Omdurman.]

f. 261v is blank

Language(s): Arabic

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GAL I 33-36
2. f. 262
Author: Anonymous
Title: A note on the number of verses, letters of the alphabet, diacritical points etc. in the Qurʼān, with the name of a copyist*. At the foot of the recto side, and in the margin, some lines of poetry by Dhū al-Nūn al-Miṣrī, Thawbān ibn Ibrāhīm, d. ca. 861

*but this leaf appears not to belong to the main body of the MS.

Language(s): Arabic

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Appendix Qurʼān
3. ff. 263, 264
Title: Two fragments of the Qurʼān, in different hands

f. 263 sūrah ii. 127-141, f. 264 sūrah xxx. 9-26

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 33-36
4. ff. 265, 266
Title: Two leaves, in different hands, relating to the Mahdī, Muḥammad Aḥmad, 1848-1885 ; f. 265 contains a poem by one Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib composed in answer to a question from one of his students, f. 266 contains four lines on the imāms from Ibn al-ʻArabī, 1165-1240 , and a poem mentioning Gordon, Charles George, 1833-1885 ʼs forthcoming death (in 1885)
Language(s): Arabic

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Appendix History
5. f. 267
Title: Fragment containing a Tradition of the Prophet, transmitted on the authority of Khudrī, Saʻd ibn Mālik, 619 or 20-ca. 682
Language(s): Arabic

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Appendix Traditions

Physical Description

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

History

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

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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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