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22781. Or 6953

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6953
Title:
Collection of Arabic works of West African provenance
Scope & Content:
This volume contains fourteen separate works in Arabic from West Africa. Among them are four works on Maliki law, one on tawḥīd, two works on Arabic grammar, two poems, three works on hadith and one on Qādirī Sufism. The last work is the Rawḍ al-Jinān composed by the Wazīr of Sokoto, Gidado dan L...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
294 ff

22782. Or 6953, f 250r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6953, f 250r
Title:
Unidentified work
Scope & Content:
A didactic tale about a lion, a wolf and a hyrax who go hunting. Perhaps copied from an earlier work
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

22783. Or 6953, ff 1-22 v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6953, ff 1-22 v
Title:
مختصر الأخضري Mukhtaṣar al-Akhḍarī
Scope & Content:
A copy of a work on fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Akhḍarī (1514 – 1546)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
22 ff

22784. Or 6953, ff 23r-40v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6953, ff 23r-40v
Title:
مختصر الأخضري Mukhtaṣar al-Akhḍarī
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
17 ff

22785. Or 6953, ff 41v-71r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6953, ff 41v-71r
Title:
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.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
30 ff

22786. Or 6953, ff 71r-175r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6953, ff 71r-175r
Title:
المقدمة العزية للجماعة الأزهرية al-Muqaddimah al-ʿizzīyah l'il-jamāʿat al-azharīyah
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
104 ff

22787. Or 6953, ff 176r-190r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6953, ff 176r-190r
Title:
al-Manẓūmah al-lāmīyah al-Jazāʾirīyah المنظومة اللامية الجزائرية
Scope & Content:
A poem on the correct forms of monotheistic belief (tawḥīd) by Aḥmad Ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Jazāʾirī (d. 1479/80)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
14 ff

22788. Or 6953, ff 191r-202v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6953, ff 191r-202v
Title:
Unidentified Poem
Scope & Content:
Unidentified poem written for 'Sheikh Uthman'
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
11 ff

22789. Or 6953, ff 203r-204v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6953, ff 203r-204v
Title:
Unidentified work on grammar
Scope & Content:
A short work of Iʿrāb (Arabic grammatical case endings)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
2 ff

22790. Or 6953, ff 205r-217v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6953, ff 205r-217v
Title:
Qaṣīdat ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī
Scope & Content:
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)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
12 ff

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