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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 326
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • The Filāḥah al-Nabaṭīyah contains agricultural and botanical information and a wealth of facts concerning
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 156
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā Abū Bakr al-Rāzī (b. 854, d. 925), physician, alchemist and philosopher
    • notebook or commonplace book into which al-Rāzī placed extracts from earlier authors regarding diseases and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Or. 210
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • Aristotle (attributed to)
    • Known in Europe as the Secreta secretorum, this book contains the supposed advice of Aristotle to Alexander
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 72 (3)
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century, first half
    Language
    Arabic
    • This unfortunately incomplete painted roll from the Coixtlahuaca region incorporates both Mixtec and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Arab. d.221
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • The Cyranides is one of the works of the Hermetic corpus, the body of writings ascribed to Hermes Trismegistos
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 125
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • Book 2 and 4 is devoted to physics (al-ṭabi’īyāt), i.e. natural philosophy, and Section 6 (Kitāb al-nafs
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 66
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • Sa’īd ibn Hibat Allāh, Abū al-Ḥasan was a Nestorian Christian court physician to the ’Abbāsid caliphs
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 214
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • Al-Khuwārizmī is famous for introducing the Indian numerals and method of numeration by position into
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 596
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • It is an extensive and popular commentary on the Mūjiz, an epitome of the Ibn Sīnā’s (Avicenna's) Qānūn
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Or. 210
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    14th century (?)
    Language
    Arabic
    • Aristotle (attributed to)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Arch. Seld. A.11
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • al-Farghānī (Alfraganus) lived in the 9th century CE and this short introduction to astronomy is his
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 263
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • This is a copy of Nuzḥat al-hukamā’ al-rawḍat al-aṭibbā’ (The Delight of the Wise and the Garden of the
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 264
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 1137-1193
    • Saladin (1169-1193 CE), the celebrated founder of the Ayyubid dynasty whose control extended over Egypt and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Greaves 42
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • portions (of seven) of al-Idrisi's medieval Arabic geography, describing the known world from the equator to
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 375
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • complete text of al-Idrisi's medieval Arabic geography, describing the known world from the equator to
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington donat. 31
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    Arabic
    • It was dedicated to the Būyid ruler ’Adud al-Dawlah Fanā-Khusraw (reg. 338 AH/949 CE−372 AH/983 CE).
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 356
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • This is an important bio-bibliographical account of ancient Greek as well as of Islamic physicians and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 233
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • This extensive and popular commentary on the Mūjiz composed by Ibn al-Nafīs (d. 1288 CE) was given the
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Or. 49
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • This extensive and popular commentary on the Mūjiz composed by by Ibn al-Nafīs (d. 1288 CE) was given
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Greaves 5
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    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • The Zij (Astronomical and chronological tables) of Ulugh Beg is a monument to the last great flowering