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3 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Caliphs, Egypt, Geography, and Islamic countries — 1486

MS. Marsh 240

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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 2 authors on the subjects of Caliphs, Egypt, Geography, and Islamic countries — 1486

Shelfmark

MS. Marsh 240

Date

1486

Language

Arabic

Contents

1. ff. 1v-40v Author: Anonymous Title: A compendium of the history of the Caliphate [ Tawārīkh al-khulafā ] down to al-Mustanjid billāh al-ʻAbbāsī
2. ff. 41v-76v Author: Anonymous Title: Tawārīkh al-mulūk wa-al-salāṭīn
3. ff. 77v-123v Author: Ibn Shāhīn, Khalīl, 1410 or 11-1468 or 9 Title: Zubdat kashf al-mamālik wa-bayān al-ṭuruq wa-al-masālik

Form

codex

Physical extent

40 ff. 36 ff. 47 ff.

Acquisition

The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.

Provenance

The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.

Subject

Geography

Islamic countries--Description and travel

Egypt--History

Caliphs

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  • Anonymous
  • Ibn Shāhīn, Khalīl, 1410 or 1-1468 or 9

  • Marsh, Narcissus, 1638-1713

  • al-Ashraf Qāyitbāy

  • Muʻizz li-Dīn Allāh, Fatimid Caliph, 931-975

  • al-Mustanjid billāh al-ʻAbbāsī

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