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3 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Universal history, Prophets, Moral exhortation, and Joseph — 1627

MS. Marsh 188

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

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Title

3 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Universal history, Prophets, Moral exhortation, and Joseph — 1627

Shelfmark

MS. Marsh 188

Date

1627

Language

Arabic

Contents

1. ff. 1r-160v Author: Kisāʼī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 11th cent. Title: Kitāb Badʼ al-dunyā wa-qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʼ
2. ff. 161v-213v Author: Hamadānī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad, fl. bef. 1493 Title: al-Sabʻīyāt fī mawāʻiẓ al-barīyāt
3. ff. 214v-258r Author: ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻĪsá ibn Raḥmūz al-Samarqandī Title: Qiṣṣat Yūsuf

Form

codex

Physical extent

160 ff. 53 ff. 45 ff.

Acquisition

The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.

Provenance

The collections of Jacob Golius [see Golius Sale Catalogue, Libri Miscellanei M.S. in folio, no. 58].

The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.

Subject

Prophets

Universal history

Joseph (Son of Jacob)--In the Koran

Moral exhortation

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  • Marsh, Narcissus, 1638-1713

  • ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻĪsá ibn Raḥmūz al-Samarqandī

  • ʻAyn al-Quḍāh, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, 16th cent.

  • Golius, Jacobus, 1596-1667

  • Kisāʼī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 11th cent.

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