This volume contains a treatise on the human soul and its faculties as microcosm in the form of a narrative of a journey of exploration. It was authored by, or at least is attributed to, the renowned Sufi theosopher Muḥyi’l-Din Ibn al-‘Arabī (died 638 AH/1240 CE). The text is accompanied by seve...
Majmūʾah Two texts: ff. 1v-31r: Awrād Shādhliyah A compilation of litanies (awrād) of the Shadhili Sufi Order. This manuscript illustrates the spread of the Shādhiliyah into ottoman Bularia, and also contains illuminated headings and colophons in regional style on ff. 1v, 2r, 25v, 31v, 34v, ...
Qur’ān, in Arabic, with some notes in Persian on flyleaf. The folio (f. 441) containing the last two chapters of the Qur'an (S. al-Falaq and S. al-Nas) is a later replacement for the lost original. From Malakand, North-West Frontier province (present-day Pakistan), 19th c. In between the fo...
As series of petitions and administrative documents, some of which appear to be from the Kaymakam of the Kaza of Kūt al-Amārah in present day Iraq. The administrative documents and petitions contain dates that range from 1306-1324 according to the Rumi calendar, while a solitary Persian letter...
An Arabic-language petition from the Ottoman Vilayet of Basra complaining of the state of municipal services and the general security situation in the region. The signatories state their commitment to the Ottoman Empire and its well-being before enunciating the various ills affecting the Vilayet...
Kitab-i Servisî ma'a şerhu'l-burde - كتاب سرويسى مع شرح البرده
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This volume contains a commentary on the Qaṣīdat al-burdah (قصيدة البردة) of Abū ᶜabdullāh Muḥammad ibn Saᶜīd al-Būṣīrī (died 694 AH/1294-95 CE or 696 AH/1296-97 CE) by Seyit Ahmet İbn-i Mustafa known as Lali (died 971 AH/1563-64 CE).The text is a Sufi poem in praise of the Prophet Muhammad صلعم...
A bilingual tract on printing in Egypt entitled Vakayı-yı mazi, with an additional title, Al-waqāyiʾ al-miṣriyah, found at the bottom of the page. The page was printed on 25 Jumādá al-Awwāl 1244 AH (Tuesday, 3 December 1828) in Bulaq, Egypt at the Maṭbaʾat Ṣāḥib al-Futūḥāt. The item also contai...