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4 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Arabic prose literature, Maqamah, Arabic letters, Arabic literature, and Universal history — 1371

MS. Marsh 716

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

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Title

4 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Arabic prose literature, Maqamah, Arabic letters, Arabic literature, and Universal history — 1371

Shelfmark

MS. Marsh 716

Date

1371

Language

Arabic

Contents

1. ff. 1v-135r Author: Ḥarīrī, 1054-1122 Title: Maqāmāt
2. ff. 135v-137v Author: Ḥarīrī, 1054-1122 Title: al-Risālah al-sīnīyah wa-al-Risālah al-shīnīyah
3. ff. 138-148r Author: Ibn ʻAbd Rabbih, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 860-940 Title: al-ʻIqd al-farīd
4. ff. 148v-167 Author: Masʻūdī, d. 956? Title: Murūj al-dhahab wa-maʻādin al-jawāhir

Form

codex

Physical extent

135 ff. 3 ff. 11 ff. 20 ff.

Acquisition

The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.

Provenance

The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.

Subject

Universal history

Arabic prose literature--750-1258

Arabic literature

Arabic letters

Maqamah

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  • Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 860-940

  • Ḥarīrī, 1054-1122

  • Masʻūdī, d. ca. 956

  • Marsh, Narcissus, 1638-1713

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