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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7556, ff 6v-29v
Title:: al-Munīr lil-manār المنير للمنار Khalīlī, Muḥammad Ghars al-Dīn ibn Ghars al-Dīn خليلي، محمد غرس الدين بن غرس الدين
Scope & Content:: Didactic poem (أرجوزة) on the principles of Islamic jurisprudence (أصول الفقه) by the Ottoman scholar and imam at the Prophet's Mosque (المسجد النبوي) in Medina, Ghars al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Khalīlī (غرس الدين محمد بن أحمد الخليلي, d. 1647-8). The poem is a versification of the Epitome of...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: Ff. 6v-29v

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7556, ff 30r-33v
Title:: al-Tuḥfah al-qudsīyah fī al-farāʼiḍ التحفة القدسية في الفرائض Ibn al-Hāʼim, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ابن الهائم، أحمد بن محمد
Scope & Content:: Didactic poem (أرجوزة) on the calculation of inheritance shares (فرائض) by the mathematician Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-‘Abbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Maqdisī al-Faraḍī (شهاب الدين أبو العباس أحمد بن محمد المقدسي الفرضي, d. 1412), known as Ibn al-Hā’im (ابن الهائم). 　 Begins (f. 30r, lines 2-3): بحمد...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: Ff. 30r-33v

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7556, ff 34v-81r
Title:: Urjūzat al-kubrá fī al-ṭibb أرجوزة الكبرى في الطب Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:: Didactic poem (أرجوزة) on medicine by Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037). The poem is a versification of the author's own Canon of Medicine (القانون في الطب). 　 Contents: [Part 1 of the poem: On theoretic...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: Ff. 34v-81r

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7556, ff 81r-89r
Title:: Urjūzat al-ḥummayāt al-mustadrakah ʻalá al-shaykh al-raʼīs al-shaykh ʻAlī ibn Sīnā أرجوزة الحميات المستدركة على الشيخ الرئيس الشيخ علي ابن سينا
Scope & Content:: Anonymous didactic poem (أرجوزة) on different types of fevers. The poem is meant as a supplement to writings on the subject by Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037). The poem ends with a discussion of swellin...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: Ff. 81r-89r

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7556, ff 89r-92v
Title:: al-Urjūzah fī al-mujarrabāt الأرجوزة في المجربات Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:: Didactic poem (أرجوزة) on tested prescriptions (مجربات) by Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037). Begins (f. 89r, lines 7-9): بدأت بسم الله في نظم حسن أذكر ما جربته طول الزمن ما هو بالطبع وبالخواص لكل عام ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: Ff. 89r-92v

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7556, ff 93r-95v
Title:: Urjūzah fī al-qaḍāyā al-khamsah wa-al-ʻishrīn li-Abuqrāṭ ʻalá dalālat al-mawt أرجوزة في قضايا الخمسة والعشرين لأبقراط على دلالة الموت
Scope & Content:: Didactic poem (أرجوزة) on twenty-five signs that foretell a patient's death by Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037). The poem is a versification of the Book of Pustules Concerning Signs of Death (كتاب البثور ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: Ff. 93r-95v

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7556, ff 96v-141v
Title:: Rawḍat al-fuhūm fī naẓm nuqāyat al-ʻulūm روضة الفهوم في نظم نقاية العلوم Sunbāṭī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq سنباطي، أحمد بن عبد الحق
Scope & Content:: Didactic poem (أرجوزة) by Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Sunbāṭī (أحمد ابن أحمد ابن عبد الحقّ السنباطي, d. 1582 or 1574), versifying the Selection of Sciences (نقاية العلوم) by Jalāl al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakr al-Suyūṭī (جلال الدين عبد الرحمن بن أبي بكر السيوطي, d. 1505). Al-Suyūṭī...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: Ff. 96v-141v

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7556, ff 142v-188r
Title:: al-Kawkab al-sāṭiʻ fī naẓm jamʻ al-jawāmiʻ الكوكب الساطع في نظم جمع الجوامع Suyūṭī سيوطي
Scope & Content:: Didactic poem (أرجوزة) on the principles of jurisprudence and theology (أصول الفقه والدين, see f. 142v, line 6) by Jalāl al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakr al-Suyūṭī (جلال الدين عبد الرحمن بن أبي بكر السيوطي, d. 1505). The poem is a versification of the Compilation of Compilations (جمع الجوامع) ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: Ff. 142v-188r

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7556, ff 189r-219v
Title:: `Uqūd al-jumān fī ʻilmay al-maʻānī wa-al-bayān عقود الجمان في علمي المعاني والبيان Suyūṭī سيوطي
Scope & Content:: Didactic poem (أرجوزة) on the rhetorical disciplines of word order (علم المعاني) and embellishment (علم البيان) by Jalāl al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakr al-Suyūṭī (جلال الدين عبد الرحمن بن أبي بكر السيوطي, d. 1505). Al-Suyūṭī completed the poem on Sunday, the last day of Jumādá II 872/24 Jan...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: Ff. 189r-219v

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7556, ff 220v-253v
Title:: al-Farīdah fī ʻilm al-naḥw الفريدة في علم النحو Suyūṭī سيوطي
Scope & Content:: Didactic poem (أرجوزة) on grammar (علم النحو) by Jalāl al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakr al-Suyūṭī (جلال الدين عبد الرحمن بن أبي بكر السيوطي, d. 1505). Al-Suyūṭī completed the poem in Dhū al-Ḥijjah 885/February-March 1481 (see f. 253v, lines 1-2, transcribed below). Contents: Introductory dis...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: Ff. 220v-253v

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