The fourth volume of an abridged translation of ابن خلکان Ibn Khallikān, 1211-1282 's Arabic work وفیات الاعیان Wafayāt al-a‘yān . According to the colophon (folio 120a, lines 14-15), this is an autograph (i.e. penned by Rodosîzade Mehmet bin Mehmet, -1701 himself). — Multiple dates
MS. Marsh 246
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
From Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World
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Title
The fourth volume of an abridged translation of ابن خلکان Ibn Khallikān, 1211-1282 's Arabic work وفیات الاعیان Wafayāt al-a‘yān . According to the colophon (folio 120a, lines 14-15), this is an autograph (i.e. penned by Rodosîzade Mehmet bin Mehmet, -1701 himself). — Multiple dates
Shelfmark
MS. Marsh 246
Date
7 February 1681
Language
Arabic
Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)
Contents
Form
codex
Physical extent
ff. 120
Hands
Script: Nasta‘līq, black ink with red ink for headings, personal names, and quotes in Arabic. Scribe: Rodosîzade Mehmet bin Mehmet, -1701 ردوسی زاده محمد بن محمد Rodosīzāde Meḥmed bin Meḥmed .
Acquisition
The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.
Provenance
The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.
Subject
Islamic Empire--Biography--Early works to 1800
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