7 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Arabic language, Qasidas, Geomancy, Islamic magic, Theology, Wills, and Arabic poetry — Multiple dates | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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Title

7 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Arabic language, Qasidas, Geomancy, Islamic magic, Theology, Wills, and Arabic poetry — Multiple dates

Shelfmark

MS. Ouseley 156

Date

Early 19th cent.?

1716

1803

1712

Language

Arabic

1. ff. 6-55 Author: Burnūsī, ʻAbd al-Muʻṭī, al-Mālikī Title: Sharḥ al-Ājurrūmīyah

2. ff. 56v-58r Author: Anonymous Title: A short religious qaṣīdah, preceded by a brief introduction on the same theme

3. ff. 59r-63v Author: Anonymous Title: Fragment of a work on ʻilm al-raml

4. ff. 64r-66v Author: Anonymous Title: Fragment on magical prayers and charms

5. ff. 67r-103v Author: Anonymous Title: A work on basic religion, with religious definitions

6. ff. 104v-110v Author: Manṣūr, the Caliph d. 775 Title: Waṣīyat al-Manṣūr

7. ff. 111v-118r* Author: Anonymous Title: A small collection of verses by fifteen or more Arab poets

Form

codex

Physical extent

50 ff. 3 ff. 5 ff. 3 ff. 37 ff. 7 ff. 8 ff.

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1843.

Provenance

The collections of Sir William Ouseley, d. 1842 .

Subject

Wills

Theology, Islamic

Arabic language--Grammar--Early works to 1800

Qasidas

Geomancy

Islamic magic

Arabic poetry

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