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1. Or 4897

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4897
Title:
Collection of Arabic works from the Senegambian region II
Scope & Content:
A bound volume of around 20 works followed by single pages and fragments of larger works and some Fāwāʾid and ritual practices, bought from Sir Henry Rawlinson in 1895 and probably bound shortly after acquisition. Complete works mainly on fiqh, tawḥīd, hadith and Sufism, with several works by Muḥ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
307 ff

2. Or 4897, f 214v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4897, f 214v
Title:
كتاب البَهَيوم Kitāb al-Bahayūm
Scope & Content:
"The Book of Beasts". A list of animals (elephant, rabbit, scorpion, frog) linked in some way to specific transgressions (drinking alcohol, et cetera).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

3. Or 4897, f 252r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4897, f 252r
Title:
Ritual Practice
Scope & Content:
Joined up letter series for use in magical practice and numerology, and notes on how to use them
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

4. Or 4897, f 274r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4897, f 274r
Title:
علي بن محمد المنوفي الشاذلي المالكي ʿAlī Ibn Muḥammad al-Manūfī al-Shādhilī al-Mālikī تحفة المصلي Tuḥfat al-Muṣallī
Scope & Content:
"The Masterpiece of the Worshipper", a work on prayer by Abī Ḥasan ʿAli al-Māliki al-Shādhilī (1196 – 1258). Final page only. The colophon gives Sīka Kūmāwa Ibn Muḥammad Siri as the copyist. The name of the owner has been erased.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

5. Or 4897, f 275v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4897, f 275v
Title:
Qaṣīdat Umm Hānī bint al-Shaykh Muḥammad al-Kāzarawī قصيدة أم هانى بنت الشيخ محمد الكازروي
Scope & Content:
The qaṣīdah of Umm Hānī Ibnt al-Shaykh Muḥammad al-Kāzarawī. Half-lines separated by single and quadruple trefoils.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

6. Or 4897, f 292v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4897, f 292v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Qur'an 20:55 "From the earth We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time." Accompanied by name. Purpose unclear
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

7. Or 4897, f 293r-293v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4897, f 293r-293v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Collection of hadith and Qur'anic verses concerning judgement and hellfire. Incomplete.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

8. Or 4897, f 294r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4897, f 294r
Title:
Scope & Content:
Colophon of a missing work entitled Kitāb al-Burhān, followed by work in an untidy hand listing names of the Abrahamic prophets. The colphon gives the owner as Maḥmūd Ṭūru Ibn Abū Bakr, son of ʿĀʾisha Kanāmī.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

9. Or 4897, f 294v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4897, f 294v
Title:
Fāʾidah
Scope & Content:
A work or talisman (?) extolling the power of Dhū al-Qarnayn with a shorter text praising its efficacy below
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

10. Or 4897, f 295r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4897, f 295r
Title:
Scope & Content:
End page of an unknown work praising the acquisition of knowledge by all people. Simple waveform colophon design giving Muḥammad Ibn ʿAbd Allāh Suwaré as the owner.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

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