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5 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Universal history, Distances, Egypt, Ethics, Hadith, and Caliphs — 1686

MS. D'Orville 544

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This item is described in 2 online catalogues.?

For the main catalogue entry, see: Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

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Description

From Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

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Title

5 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Universal history, Distances, Egypt, Ethics, Hadith, and Caliphs — 1686

Shelfmark

MS. D'Orville 544

Date

1686

Language

Arabic

Contents

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
2. f. 152r Author: Anonymous Title: Fāʼidah fī bayān al-barīd wa-al-farsakh wa-al-mīl
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
4. ff. 211v-218r Author: Anonymous Title: Precepts for kings and rulers, drawn from traditions of the Prophet
5. f. 219v Author: Subkī, Taqī al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Laṭīf, 1304-1343 Title: Urjūzah on the Caliphs

Form

codex

Physical extent

151 ff. 1 f. 59 ff. 8 ff. 1 f.

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1804.

Provenance

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

Subject

Egypt--Kings and rulers

Ethics

Distances--Measurement

Universal history

Caliphs--Biography

Hadith

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Title

43. Abulvalid, etc.

Shelfmark

MS. D'Orville 544

Date

Date not recorded at time of cataloguing

Language

Undetermined

Physical extent

1 volume

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Collection contents

Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville

43. Abulvalid, etc.

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  • Subkī, Taqī al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Laṭīf, 1304-1343

  • Ibn al-Shiḥnah, Zain al-Dīn Abū al-Walīd Muḥammad, d. 1412

  • Orville, Jacques-Philippe d', 1696-1751

  • Karmī, Marʻī ibn Yūsuf, d. 1623 or 4

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