MS. Arab. d. 215 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
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
References
GAL I 33-36
2. f. 262
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
References
Appendix Qurʼān
3. ff. 263, 264
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
References
Appendix History
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.
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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