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A letter from ʿAbd Allāh Ibn Maḥmūd, Imam of Gmbāg (غمباغ) to Muʿallim Bāba Ibn al-Imām Gmbāg. He pays his respects to the Imam and to "the ruler of the country of Asay (اسَيْى)". Below it is a Fāʾidah for one whose wife will not heed his words.
Amulet for the return of wives or slaves, involving washing the text in the juice of a white kola nut, followed by the text to be written and a 3x3 number square.
Text entitled "The Supplication of Saʿd Ibn Saliyā Ibn ʿAtifāq (?) Ibn Baba" about miracles within the Qur’an and the numbers of various things (hearts, stars, souls) to be recited in ritual practice (dhikr) along with several 3x3 number tables. Folios 18-19 feature numerical additions by a later...
Instructions for writing amulets for various purposes (prevention from evil and injury, to kill or injure an enemy, please a ruler, attract a lover) on specific days and their preparation (mixing with the milk of a white or black cow, mixing with honey, attaching to clothes), followed by the 20 a...
A list of 'pious sheikhs' starting with Abdul Qādir al-Jīlānī. Probably a list of key figures in the Qādirīyah Sufi brotherhood. Seems to be the work of an experienced hand. On f. 41v there is a Qur’anic quote in a less accomplished hand: ‘Take this, my shirt, and cast it over the face of my fath...