Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

MS. Bodl. Or. 575 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts

Contents

14 works by 5 authors on the subject of Correspondence

1. ff. 2, 3
Title: Letter to Warbecks and Heister, 2 English officials
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Documents
[Nicoll Arab. Moh. 407 (1)]
2. ff. 4, 5
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Documents
[NAM. 407 (2)]
Edited with French translation in: Les sources inédites de lʼhistoire du Maroc, 1e série, Angleterre, tome 3, pp. 603-609
3. ff. 6, 7

not mentioned by Nicoll at NAM. 407 f. 8 is blank

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Documents
4. ff. 9v-11r
Title: Copy of a document dated 15 Aug. 1615 requesting safe conduct for one Yāmīn ibn Rammawkh merchant of Fez while trading in Europe. [Transcripts by Wm. Bedwell of the Arabic and Spanish originals, with translations by him of both.]
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Documents
[NAM. 407 (3)]
5. f. 12v
Title: Transcript of a letter to Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 dated 27 March 1600, concerning friendship and trade
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Documents
[Nicoll Arab. Moh. 407 (4. 1)]
6. f. 13r
Language(s): Arabic

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Appendix Documents
[Nicoll Arab. Moh. 407 (4. 2)]
7. f. 14r
Language(s): Arabic

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Appendix Documents
[Nicoll Arab. Moh. 407 (5)]
8. f. 15r
Title: Letter from one Bilqāsim al-Shāṭibī to merchants David and Abraham Bertal
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Documents
[Nicoll Arab. Moh. 407 (6)]
9. ff. 16r-17r
Title: Transcript by Wm. Bedwell of a letter dated 21 July 1609 sent to James I, King of England, 1566-1625

For the English translation of this letter see MS. Arch. Seld. A. 72. 6 (3), ff. 4. 5r

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Documents
[Nicoll Arab. Moh. 407 (7. 1)]
10. 17r, v
Title: Transcript by Wm. Bedwell of a letter dated 17 March 1611 sent to James I, King of England, 1566-1625
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Documents
[Nicoll Arab. Moh. 407 (7. 2)]
11. ff. 18r-19v
Title: Translation by Wm. Bedwell of a letter to Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 dated A. H. 1011/1602-3*.

*cf. Greentree and Nicholson 5 (1)

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Documents
[Nicoll Arab. Moh. 407 (8)]
12. f. 20r
Title: Transcript by Wm. Bedwell, and translation, of an undated document from the Sultan of Morocco testifying to the sale of a shipload of merchandise to one Mr. Thomas the English-man
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Documents
[Nicoll Arab. Moh. 407 (9)]
13. ff. 21r-22v
Title: Letter of one ʻĪsá ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ?Yaʻzī bearing greetings to relations and friends.

f. 23 library notes

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Documents
[Nicoll Arab. Moh. 407 (10)]
14. f. 24r

*date on verso on verso four Chinese characters with transcription; the leaf was used as a wrapper to two rolls (Chinese and Japanese) belonging to Laud

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Documents

Physical Description

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

History

Origin: 23 Dec. 1585 CE 1 Oct. 1608 CE 30 Dec. 1633 CE n.d. n.d. n.d. 1-10 Dec. 1578 CE 11-20 Jan. 1587. CE n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. [?4] April 1661. CE not after 1593* CE

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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