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[Four treatises on jurisprudence in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish]
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This volume contains three Arabic treatises on Islamic jurisprudence, as well as a fourth in Ottoman Turkish. The contents comprise of: I. (ff 2v-36r) This section contains a work in Arabic, in several chapters, on Islamic jurisprudence regarding ta‘zīr (a formal chastisement or reprimand) and ...
Mawlid sharaf al-anām, called here Babad Maulud, dated AH 1281 (AD 1864/5). Verses in praise of the Prophet Muhammad. Arabic text with interlinear translation in Javanese in pegon script, also marginal notes in Arabic.
Qur’ān, in Arabic, a copy from Java. Contents: f. 1r, doodles and jottings; ff. 1v-322r, text of the Qur’an; f. 322v, doodles and wakaf (endowment) notes: bahwa ini Qur’an waqabnya Enci’ Musa bin Enci’ / waqab fi al-masjid Sunan Giri., 'this Qur'an has been endowed by Mister Musa, son of ...
Unidentified Arabic text with interlinear Javanese translation
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Unidentified Arabic text with interlinear Javanese translation in pegon script. In the opening quotes Shamsuddin Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Kasim al-Shafi‘i. In Javanese and Arabic language, in Arabic (pegon) script.
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, a fine illuminated copy from Aceh. Contents: f.1v, a prayer for the prophet and other notables, and a mnemonic poem (nazam) made up of the first words of each juz’; ff.2v-255r, text of the Qur’an; f.255v, a prayer on completion of the Qur’an. Text frames are ruled lines of r...
