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"The Book of the Preacher". Compilation of hadith concerning sermons and mosque preaching. Whereas the contents are not original, the arrangement was perhaps conceived locally. Anonymous note of purchase after colophon. Muḥammad al-Awwal Ibn Ibrāhīm and Ibrāhīm Ibn Ḥanīd (or Junayd) are given as ...
A major work on Arabic grammar by the Moroccan Ibn Ājurrūm al-Ṣanhājī (1273-1323), who put the principles of Arabic grammar into verse form. The copy has copious and erudite notation no doubt added locally, perhaps a commentary or extended explanation.
"The Meadows of Paradise", a book recalling the miracles/good deeds of Sheikh Usman dan Fodio, the leader of the Fulani Jihad in Sokoto. It was written by the chief minister of Sokoto under second Amīr al-Muʾminīn Muḥammad Bello, Gidado dan Layma. It was compiled sometime after the death of Usman...
Commentary on Ptolemy's (Claudius Ptolemaeus; c 90-c 168) Almagest (كتاب المجسطي), said to be by Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Tarkhān al-Fārābī (أبو نصر محمد بن محمد بن ترخان الفارابي; ca 870-950), but in fact by Avicenna (أبو علي بن سينا; ca 980-1037). Notes on front paper iii verso and ...
(1) Ibn Ḥijjah al-Ḥamawī, Taqī al-Dīn Abū Bakr ibn ʻAlī (ابن حجة الحموي، تقي الدين أبو بكر بن علي), Thimār al-awrāq (ثمار الأوراق, ff. 2r-184v); (2) al-Yaḥyāwīyah fī ḥubb khayr al-barīyah (اليحياوية في حب خير البرية, ff. 185r-207v).
Ibn Ḥijjah al-Ḥamawī, Taqī al-Dīn Abū Bakr ibn ʿAlī ابن حجة الحموي، تقي الدين أبو بكر بن علي Thimār al-awrāq ثمار الأوراق
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A compilation of historical anecdotes and poetic quotations from many sources. Begins (f. 2v, lines 2-5): قال الشيخ الإمام علامة الأعلام حجة العرب وترجمان الأدب قاضي الأدب وفاضله تقي الدين رحلة الطالبين مسلك المتأدبين أبو بكر بن حجة الحنفي منشئ دواوين الإنشاء الشريف بالممالك الإسلام تغمده ال...
al-Yaḥyāwīyah fī ḥubb khayr al-barīyah اليحياوية في حب خير البرية
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Anonymous treatise on hippiatry entitled Treatise for Yaḥyá, on Love for the Best of Creation (اليحياوية في حب خير البرية, f. 185v, line 13). The copy was completed on 18 Rabīʿ I 893/ 2 March 1488 by the scribe ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥāḍir ibn al-Ḥaydar (علي بن محمد بن الحاضر بن الحيضر, see coloph...
منهاج البيان فيما يستعمله الإنسان Minhāj al-bayān fīmā yastaʿmiluhū al-insān ابن جزلة، يحيى ابن عيسى Ibn Jazlah, Yaḥyá ibn ʿĪsá
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Alphabetically arranged handbook on pharmacology by Abū ‘Alī Yahyá ibn ‘Īsá (أبو علي يحيى ابن عيسى), known as Ibn Jazlah (ابن جزلة; d. 493/1100), composed for the Abbasid Caliph al-Muqtadi bi-Amr Allāh (المقتدي بأمر الله; reg. 1075-94). This copy was completed in Rajab 489 (June-July 1096) by Hi...