3 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Aphorisms and apothegms, Caliphs, and Arabic language

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Title

3 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Aphorisms and apothegms, Caliphs, and Arabic language

Shelfmark

MS. Pococke 35

Language

Arabic

Persian

1. ff. 1-8 Author: ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, ca. 600-661 Title: Sayings of ʻAlī (55 in all), with Persian translation and poetical paraphrase

2. ff. 9v-14v Author: Anonymous Title: Fragment containing vocabulary in groups of related words and phrases for the use of children, with a Persian translation

3. ff. 28-32 Author: ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, ca. 600-661 Title: A collection of 143 sayings, with Persian translation and poetical paraphrase

Form

codex

Physical extent

8 ff. 6 ff. 5 ff.

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1692.

Provenance

The collections of Edward Pococke, d. 1691 .

Subject

Caliphs

Aphorisms and apothegms

Arabic language--Lexicography

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