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A copy of a work on fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Akhḍarī (1514 – 1546). Perhaps a student copy of the previous manuscript. The work commences with a number table containing names of God, and on f. 40 there is a colophon followed by an 18-line work detailing a magic practice i...
al-Tanbīh li-man lā yadrik ʿalā Mukhtaṣar Abī Zayd al-Akhḍarī التنبيه لمن لا يدرك على مختصر أبي زيد الخضري
Scope & Content:
A note for one who is not aware of the Mukhtaṣar al-Akhḍarī", an explanation of the Mukhtaṣar of Al-Akhḍārī perhaps produced locally, as the colophon says: "I wrote this explanation for myself and for whosoever wishes to read it from amongst the sons of Muslims. My name is Umar Ibn ʿUthmān.
An introduction to the jurisprudence of the Maliki school by Abī Ḥasan ʿAli al-Māliki al-Shādhilī (1196 – 1258). The copyist is noted as Ibrāhīm Ibn Ramaḍān Ibn ʿAāʾisha.
One manuscript incorporating two separate works: The qaṣīdah of Sheikh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī (1077–1166 ) on f 205 and a hadith involving Muḥammad and the companion ʿAbd Allāh Ibn al-Salām (ff 206-217)