2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Yemen and Islamic Empire — 1747 | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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This item is described in 2 online catalogues.?

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

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Description

From Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

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Title

2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Yemen and Islamic Empire — 1747

Shelfmark

MS. Lister Or. 5

Associated place

Yemen

Date

1747

Language

Arabic

1. ff. 1-120 Author: Bakrī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 9th cent. Title: Fatḥ al-ḥuṣūn

2. ff. 121v-131r Author: Anonymous Title: Qiṣṣat Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Hamadānī wa-mā jará lahu min al-ʻajāʼib wa-al-gharāʼib fī bilād Madḥij

Form

codex

Physical extent

120 ff. 11 ff.

Acquisition

Transferred to the Bodleian Library in 1860.

Provenance

The collections of Martin Lister , d. 1712.

The collections of Martin Lister were donated and bequeathed to the Ashmolean Museum in 1694-96, and 1712.

Subject

Islamic Empire--History

Yemen (Republic)--History

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Title

Works on the subjects of Yemen and Islamic Empire

Shelfmark

MS. Lister Or. 5

Summary

Works on the subjects of Yemen and Islamic Empire:

(fols. 1-120) Fath al-Husūn by Abū al-Hasan Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh Bakrī (The taking of the Yemen forts by ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, ca. 600-661 ?= Brock. no. 6: Futūḥ al-Yaman al-maʻrūf bi-Raʼs al-ghūl);

(fols. 121v-131r) Qiṣṣat Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Hamadānī wa-mā jará lahu min al-ʻajāʼib wa-al-gharāʼib fī bilād Madḥij.