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Container Reference (shelfmark) Or 6559 Level [40] File

31. Or 6559, f 244r-244v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, f 244r-244v
Title:
Amulet
Scope & Content:
Recto: instructions for drawing a diagram on the ground in the direction of travel to keep one safe on a journey. Verso: Fāʾidah to protect one from harm, followed by text centred around large black dot, of unclear significance.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

32. Or 6559, f 245r-245v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, f 245r-245v
Title:
Fāʾidah
Scope & Content:
Recto: instructions for filling out a number square to protect from misfortune, followed by 4x4 number square. Verso: instructions for filling out a 5x5 number square containing Sūrat Yusuf for blessing, followed by the square.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

33. Or 6559, f 248r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, f 248r
Title:
Fāʾidah
Scope & Content:
A Fāʾidah for patience along with number table
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

34. Or 6559, f 248v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, f 248v
Title:
Scope & Content:
A letter from ʿAbd Allāh Ibn Maḥmūd, Imam of Gmbāg (غمباغ) to Muʿallim Bāba Ibn al-Imām Gmbāg. He pays his respects to the Imam and to "the ruler of the country of Asay (اسَيْى)". Below it is a Fāʾidah for one whose wife will not heed his words.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

35. Or 6559, f 249r-249v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, f 249r-249v
Title:
Amulet
Scope & Content:
Amulet for the return of wives or slaves, involving washing the text in the juice of a white kola nut, followed by the text to be written and a 3x3 number square.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

36. Or 6559, f 250r-250v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, f 250r-250v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Scrap of writing, content unclear
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

37. Or 6559, f 251r-251v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, f 251r-251v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Recto: list of Caliphs, followed by an appeal to read al-Kimyāʾ (reference unclear). Verso: supplication, again making reference to al-Kimyāʾ.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

38. Or 6559, ff 1v-27v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 1v-27v
Title:
Duʿāʾ Saʿd Ibn Saliyā Ibn ʿAtifāq Ibn Bāba
Scope & Content:
Text entitled "The Supplication of Saʿd Ibn Saliyā Ibn ʿAtifāq (?) Ibn Baba" about miracles within the Qur’an and the numbers of various things (hearts, stars, souls) to be recited in ritual practice (dhikr) along with several 3x3 number tables. Folios 18-19 feature numerical additions by a later...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
27 ff

39. Or 6559, ff 28r-32v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 28r-32v
Title:
Manual of Fawāʾid
Scope & Content:
Instructions for writing amulets for various purposes (prevention from evil and injury, to kill or injure an enemy, please a ruler, attract a lover) on specific days and their preparation (mixing with the milk of a white or black cow, mixing with honey, attaching to clothes), followed by the 20 a...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
5 ff

40. Or 6559, ff 33r-34r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 33r-34r
Title:
Supplication
Scope & Content:
A list of supplications
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
2 ff

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