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Language Arabic Place Sri Lanka, Asia Level [40] File

1. EAP450/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP450/1/1
Title:
Compendium of religious texts [mid 19th century]
Scope & Content:
Description: A collection of various texts. Many seem to be theological in nature. The manuscript is written by several hands. Has signature of Baba Deen Singalaxana. Further research needed to determine exact content. Extent and format of original material: 404 page-long manuscript. Physical cha...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Malay
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
complete manuscript. 404 TIFF images

2. EAP450/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP450/2/1
Title:
Tales of the Prophets and misc [19th century]
Scope & Content:
Description: Includes the biographies of many of the prophets of Islam (for example: Adam, Yusuf, Daud, Sulaiman, Idris, Yakub, Nuh, Isa, Ibrahim, Muhammad), very popular across the Malay world. These are listed in a table of contents. Towards the end of the manuscript there are additional texts,...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Malay
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1332 TIFF images

3. EAP450/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP450/3/1
Title:
Primer for beginning readers [late 19th century-early 20th century]
Scope & Content:
Description: A book for young children to learn the Arabic script. Includes examples and illustrations. Extent and format of original material: 45 page long printed booklet. Physical characteristics of original material: 21x14.5x0.5New plastic cover added to the book. Attempts have been made to r...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Malay
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
45 TIFF images

4. EAP609/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/1/1
Title:
Arabic Religious Text
Scope & Content:
Small bound manuscript of a maulud text, mainly in Arabic. Physical characteristics of original material: No cover, pages stained and torn at the edges. Dimensions: L 17.3 W 11.2 H 3mm. Extent and format of original material: one volume of forty folios. Custodial history: Inherited from B.D.K...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century-Late 19th century
Extent:
44 TIFF images

5. EAP609/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/1/2
Title:
Old Arabic Text
Scope & Content:
Manuscript consisting of very tattered pages, incomplete. Prayers and recitations in Arabic with occasional lines in Arabu-Tamil. Physical characteristics of original material: Dimensions: L 21 W 14 (dimensions of largest page). Extent and format of original material: unbound manuscript, 21 fol...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century-Late 19th century
Extent:
21 TIFF images

6. EAP609/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/1/4
Title:
Arabu-Tamil Salat Tasbih
Scope & Content:
Bound manuscript, various prayers and recitations. Some of the material is in Arabu-Tamil. Physical characteristics of original material: In very poor state; damaged spine and pages. Some pages torn. Written in different hands. Dimensions: L 21 W 16.5 H 3.5. Extent and format of original mate...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century-Late 19th century
Extent:
369 TIFF images

7. EAP609/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/1/6
Title:
Pocket Prayer Book
Scope & Content:
Small book, seems to have been put together as a pocket book. Found inside a larger book (Arabic Religious Text), prayers Physical characteristics of original material: Good condition but pages damaged at edges, discolored. Dimensions: L 6 W 4. Extent and format of original material: small boo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
Mid 19th century-Late 19th century
Extent:
5 TIFF images

8. EAP609/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/4/1
Title:
Kitab al-Awrad
Scope & Content:
Prayers to ward off various illnesses and other calamities. On title page there is a note in English: "This Kitab Awrad was written by Baba Ounus Saldin, bin Kapitan Saldin, July 1904. Some of the material is in Gundal script. Physical characteristics of original material: Black cloth cover. R...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, English, Malay, and Tamil
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
143 TIFF images

9. EAP609/4/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/4/2
Title:
Subhana Maulud
Scope & Content:
Book in printed Arabic script. Some notes at the beginning and several handwritten pages at the end, with some English translation. A text recited on the anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad's birth. Creation dates: 1920s? Owner's name and the year 1923 are on the title page. Physical characteri...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
96 TIFF images

10. EAP609/4/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/4/3
Title:
Doa Selamat
Scope & Content:
Two hand written pages of a prayer in Arabic titled Doa Selamat. Note in English: "for any celebration duwa salamath" Physical characteristics of original material: Edges a bit frayed. Dimensions: L 28 W 20.5. Extent and format of original material: two folios. Custodial history: Mrs Musafer’s...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

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