University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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The first twenty of the philosophical treatises of the Ikhwan al-ṣafa (Brethren of Purity) on the dispute between the animals and man. Printed volume.

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A much celebrated love story, it is in prose, probably written by Ḥabīb b. Rabboh; the numerous verses with which the composition is interspersed are attributed to Majnūn himself (as the story's eponymous hero is named after having fallen in love with Laylá).

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The "Arabian Nights " in the original Arabic; the two volumes (OR MS 58 and 59) contain the stories of 200 nights. The work has been edited by Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Anṣarī al-Yamanī al-Shirwānī, who died Calcutta in 1227 A.H. (1812 C.E.). See Or Ms 55 and 56 for more of his work.

Scope and Contents

The "Arabian Nights " in the original Arabic; the two volumes (OR MS 58 and 59) contain the stories of 200 nights. The work has been edited by Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Anṣarī al-Yamanī al-Shirwānī, who died Calcutta in 1227 A.H. (1812 C.E.). See Or Ms 55 and 56 for more of his work.

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The Ms. contains stories from the beginning of the "Arabian Nights " till the middle of the tale of Qamar al-Zamān, which is the 97th Ḥikāyah, or tale, in Macnaghten's edition, but the wording is very different.

Scope and Contents Selections of Arabic Writings. The content is as follows (according to the pagination in the Ms):1) A selection of stories and histories (p. 1-145)2) A selection of chapters from the Qurʼān (p. 146-212)3) The first Mu‘allaqah of the famous pre-Islamic Arabic poems al-Mu‘allaqāt al-Sab‘ li Imruʼ al-Qays (p. 213-226)4) A collection of Aghāni, songs or poems...