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1. Or 6473

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473
Title:
Collection of Arabic works from the Senegambian region I
Scope & Content:
A volume of 34 separate works from West Africa bound together by the BL in 1905 after acquisition in 1903 from a Julius Bertram. Some watermarks bear a date of 1819. Most works concern fiqh, Islamic law and tawḥīd and were basic instructional texts for use in Islamic education. Most of the later ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
286 ff

2. Or 6473, f 283r-283v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473, f 283r-283v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Fragment of praise work for Muḥammad
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 f

3. Or 6473, ff 198r-226v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473, ff 198r-226v
Title:
العقيدة الوسطى al-ʿAqīdah al-Wusṭá
Scope & Content:
A section from the "middle creed" of Muḥammad Ibn Yūsuf al-Sanūsī (1435/6-1490), a work on belief (tawḥīd). Sanūsī wrote a small, middle and large creed to suit different levels of advancement in study. Gloss in Soninke ʿajamī. The colophon states that the owner is al-Ḥajj Kasama (Gasama) and his...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
31 ff

4. Or 6473, ff 254r-256v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473, ff 254r-256v
Title:
Kitāb Muḥammad Kuntī
Scope & Content:
A poem outlining the duties of a Muslim and seemingly philosophical commentary on life. The copyist states in the colophon that "I wrote [out] the book for myself and for anyone who is not corrupted (?)." He names the book "the book of Muḥammad Kuntī", perhaps the son of Sīdī al-Mukhtār al-Kuntī
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
3 ff

5. Or 6473, ff 261r-262v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473, ff 261r-262v
Title:
Section from the Risālat Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī (922-996)
Scope & Content:
Two non-sequenced folios from a copy of the Risāla of Tunisian Maliki fiqh specialist Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī (922-996). The pages concern preparing a body for burial. Gloss in ʿajamī language.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
2 ff

6. Or 6473, ff 285r-286r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473, ff 285r-286r
Title:
Scope & Content:
A summary of the main points from Muḥammad Ibn Yūsuf al-Sanūsī (1435/6-1490)'s creed, Umm al-Barāhīn
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
2 ff

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