MS. D'Orville 544 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Contents

5 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Universal history, Distances, Egypt, Ethics, Hadith, and Caliphs

1. ff. 1v-151v
Author: Ibn al-Shiḥnah, Zayn al-Dīn Abū al-Walīd Muḥammad d. 1412
Title: Rawḍat al-manāẓir fī ʻilm al-awāʼil wa-al-awākhir
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL II 142
[NAM. 153 (1), with corrig. Nicoll p. 522]
2. f. 152r
Author: Anonymous
Title: Fāʼidah fī bayān al-barīd wa-al-farsakh wa-al-mīl
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Mathematics
[NAM. 153 (2)]
3. ff. 153v-211v
Author: Karmī, Marʻī ibn Yūsuf, d. 1623 or 4
Title: Nuzhat al-nāẓirīn fī taʼrīkh man waliya Miṣr min al-khulafāʼ wa-al-salāṭīn
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL II 369
[NAM. 153 (3), with corrig. Nicoll p. 522]
4. ff. 211v-218r
Author: Anonymous
Title: Precepts for kings and rulers, drawn from traditions of the Prophet
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Traditions
[NAM. 153 (4)]
5. f. 219v
Author: Subkī, Taqī al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Laṭīf, 1304-1343
Title: Urjūzah on the Caliphs

*In diff. hand from rest of MS.

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL II 31
[NAM. 153 (5)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
151 ff. 1 f. 59 ff. 8 ff. 1 f.

History

Origin: 1686 CE 1686 CE 1686 CE 1686 CE n.d. *

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Jacques Philippe D'Orville, d. 1751.

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1804.

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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