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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/6/34
Title:: Kitāb fī al-fa’l: Esoteric
Scope & Content:: How to predict the future. Extent and format of original material: The paper has watermarks but difficult to identify 6 pages 125x100mm. Physical characteristics of original: Some folios missing at the beginning and end and some water and insect damage
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 8 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/6/35
Title:: Maktūb fī madḥ Rasūl Allāh: Eulogy
Scope & Content:: Text praising the Prophet Muhammad. Extent and format of original material: Machine made unwatermarked paper4 pages 145x100mm. Physical characteristics of original: Complete but with some insect and water damage
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: Early 20th century
Extent:: 6 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/6/36
Title:: Kitāb qaṣīdat awqāt al-ṣalāt: Jurisprudence
Scope & Content:: Poem indicating the hours of prayer by the length of shadows. Scribe: ‘Uthmān b. Abūbakr wa na‘rāb (from Djenne). Extent and format of original material: Machine made unwatermarked paper 4 pages 155x100mm. Physical characteristics of original: Complete but with some insect damage
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: Early 20th century
Extent:: 6 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/6/37
Title:: Al-muqni‘ fī ‘ilm Abī Maqra‘: Astology
Scope & Content:: Treatise on astrology: the stars, the sun and theInterpretation of their positions during different periods in order to choose favourable moments for projects and events or to predict the future. Author: Muḥammad b. Sa‘īd b. Yaḥyā b. Aḥmad b. Dāwūd b. Abūbakr al-Sūsī al-Mirightī (Abū ‘Abdullāh) M...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 10 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/6/38
Title:: Fawā’id siriyyat wa al-maḥabbat: Esoteric
Scope & Content:: How to be loved by the use of magic. Extent and format of original material: Machine made unwatermarked paper 4 pages 115x105mm. Physical characteristics of original: In good condition and complete
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: Early 20th century
Extent:: 6 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/6/39
Title:: Fawā’id siriyyat wa al-arzāq: Esoteric
Scope & Content:: How to have animals and be rich. Extent and format of original material: Machine made unwatermarked paper 6 pages 125x100mm. Physical characteristics of original: In good condition and complete
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: Early 20th century
Extent:: 8 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/6/40
Title:: Fā’idat khuṭbat al-jum‘at: Sermon
Scope & Content:: Sermon on a Friday. Extent and format of original material: Machine made unwatermarked paper 4 pages 155x105mm. Physical characteristics of original: Lightly damaged by insects, some folios missing at the end
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: Early 20th century
Extent:: 4 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/6/41
Title:: Kitāb al-asmā’ sab‘a wa khamsūna: Esoteric
Scope & Content:: Instructions on how to protect oneself against arms, misery; bewitchment; and diseases caused by demonic possession; how to gain one's livelihood, defeat enemies, become rich and attract the admiration of others. Extent and format of original material: Machine made unwatermarked paper 6 pages 175...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: Early 20th century
Extent:: 8 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/6/42
Title:: Kitāb fī al-fiqh: Jurisprudence
Scope & Content:: Treatise on the reading of the Qur'an: the attitude to adopt in order to aquire knowledge. Instructions on cleanliness; prayer, fasting; ablutions; alms giving; pilgrimage; invocations; halal food and drink; conjugal rights; fraternal rights; the pursuit of happiness, voyages etc. Scribe: Sīdī Ab...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1852
Extent:: 20 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/6/43
Title:: Kunūz al-asrār fī ṣalāt ‘alā al-Nabiy: Prayers on the Prophet Mohammad.
Scope & Content:: Various types of Prayers upon the Prophet Mohammad. Author: ‘Abdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Khayyāṭ (al-Hārūshī al-Maghribī al-Fāsī. Extent and format of original material: Machine made unwatermarked paper 28 pages 215x150mm. Physical characteristics of original: Lightly damagd by water, some folios mis...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: Early 20th century
Extent:: 30 digital images

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