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23211. Or 6880, f 297v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6880, f 297v
Title:
Fāʾidah
Scope & Content:
A charm for memory and understanding. Mention of cow and goat tongue.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

23212. Or 6880, f 311r-311v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6880, f 311r-311v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Single page of a poem or work of rhymed prose. Judging by the three tier verse structure, it may be a page from the Dīwān of al-Fāzzāzī (d.1230).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

23213. Or 6880, f 312r-312v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6880, f 312r-312v
Title:
Dīwān al-Wasāʾil al-Mutaqabbilah ديوان الوسائل المتقبلة
Scope & Content:
The first page of the dīwān of al-Fāzzāzī (d.1230), containing praise poems for the Prophet, probably to be sung on the celebration of his birthday. The verso is a charm to avoid hellfire.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

23214. Or 6880, f 313r-313v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6880, f 313r-313v
Title:
Single page from the Qur'an
Scope & Content:
A fine small Sudanic hand with rubricated vowel signs and yellow and red trefoils for marking of verses.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

23215. Or 6880, f 314r-314v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6880, f 314r-314v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Seems to be a story about travelling in a foreign country, an account of an attack or perhaps a talisman to prevent this. Mention of King Umaru Ibn Adama. Badly damaged.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

23216. Or 6880, f 315r-315v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6880, f 315r-315v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Page from a work in praise of Prophet Muhammad, followed by short poem denouncing infidels, with simple commentary by the same hand.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

23217. Or 6880, f 316r-316v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6880, f 316r-316v
Title:
Talisman
Scope & Content:
A list of tyrants and evil figures from the Abrahamic writings (Goliath, Gog and Magog etc). Verso: list of magical names or words, followed by strings of repeated letters.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

23218. Or 6880, f 317r-317v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6880, f 317r-317v
Title:
Fāʾidah
Scope & Content:
A charm for memory and understanding
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

23219. Or 6880, f 320r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6880, f 320r
Title:
Scope & Content:
Basmala followed by joined up letter series.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

23220. Or 6880, f 320v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6880, f 320v
Title:
Curse
Scope & Content:
A curse beseeching God to bring ruin and death upon an unnamed family
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

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