MS. Bruce 23 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Contents

2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Universal history and Caliphs

1. ff. 1-82
Author: Isḥāqī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Muʻṭī, d. 1649 or 50
Title: Laṭāʼif akhbār al-uwal

Muqaddimah, bāb 1 and beginning of bāb 2 only, used to replace the missing beginning of an earlier MS. of a different work

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL II 296
[K 373 (1)]
2. ff. 83r-326r
Author: Anonymous
Title: A history of the Caliphs

Composed about the first part of the 16th cent. Lacking beginning

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix History
[K 373 (2)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
82 ff. 244 ff.

History

Origin: n.d. n.d.

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of James Bruce of Kinnaird, d. 1794.

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1843.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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