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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/39/4
Title:: Kitāb fī al-burūj: Astrology
Scope & Content:: Treatise of Astrology concerning the position of the sun during the days and months to predict the future. Extent and format of original material: paper manuscript 24 pages 195x145mm. Physical characteristics of original: Some insect and water damage
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 26 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/39/5
Title:: Al-qaṣīdat al-ma‘rūfat bi-bānat Su‘ād: Literature
Scope & Content:: The famous erotic poem in which the author praises his love by the name of Su‘ād. Author: Ka‘b b. Zuhayr b. Abī Salmā. Extent and format of original material: paper manuscript 16 pages 185x145mm. Physical characteristics of original: Some insect and water damage
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 18 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/39/6
Title:: Naẓm minhaj al-uṣūl wa mahiyi‘ sālik lil-uṣūl: Jurisprudence
Scope & Content:: A fragment which treats the expenses of a divorced woman, commercial transactions; agriculture and loans. Author: ‘Abd al-‘Azīz b. ‘Abd al-Wāḥid al-Lamaṭī al-Miknāsī al-Mālikī al-Maghribī M: 1557. Extent and format of original material: paper manuscript 28 pages 205x140mm. Physical characteristic...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 30 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/39/7
Title:: Qiṭ‘at kitāb fī al-mīrāth: Jurisprudence
Scope & Content:: A fragment of a manuscript dealing with the partition of inheritance. Extent and format of original material: paper manuscript 4 pages 180x147mm. Physical characteristics of original: some folios missing at the beginning and end, some insect and water damage
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 6 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/39/8
Title:: Maktūb fī al-fiqh: Jurisprudence
Scope & Content:: A fragment which gives instruction on prayer and ritual bathing. Extent and format of original material: paper manuscript 12 pages 180x138mm. Physical characteristics of original: some folios missing at the beginning and end, some insect and water damage
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 14 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/40/1
Title:: Irshād sālik ilā ashraf al-masālik: Jurisprudence
Scope & Content:: Instruction on cleanliness; ablutions, Tayammam, prayer, alms giving, fasting, pilgrimage, mariage, divorce, menstruating women, weaning, commercial transactions, sacrifice, testament, partition of inhertitance. Author: ‘Abd al-Raḥmān b. Muḥammad b. ‘Askar al-Baghdādī (Abū Zayd) M: 1332. Extent a...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 431 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/40/2
Title:: Sharḥ kitāb fī al-fiqh: Jurisprudence
Scope & Content:: Instructions on weaning; divorce, mariage, commercial transactions; sexual intercourse, prayer, le fasting, ablutions, Tayammam (act replacing ablutions in case of forces majeures such as :lack of water, illness,), pilgrimage, cleanliness, food and drink testament etc. Extent and format of origin...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 349 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/40/3
Title:: Qiṭ‘at kitāb fī al-fiqh: Jurisprudence
Scope & Content:: Instructions on Islamic laws. Extent and format of original material: paper manuscripts 8 pages 200x145mm. Physical characteristics of original: Some folios missing at beginning and end and some insect and humidity damage
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 10 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/41/1
Title:: Kitāb fīhi mawā‘īẓ balīghat: Sermon
Scope & Content:: Zabūr, one of the holy books revealed to the Prophet Dawud (David) gives advice. Author: Ya‘qūb b. Abī ‘Abduraḥmān b. ‘Alī b. al-Mukhtār. Scribe: ‘Īsā Tangara (from Somadugu). Extent and format of original material: machine made paper 56 pages 275x200mm. Physical characteristics of original: the ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 58 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/41/2
Title:: Kitāb fīhi dhikr wafāt Rasūl Allāh: Sermon
Scope & Content:: The author mentions counsel given by the Prophet Mohammed to Mouaz B. Jabal, one of his first companions and discusses various aspects of religious life. He also talks of the death of the Propand. Scribe: ‘Īsā Tangara (from Somadugu). Extent and format of original material: machine made paper 26 ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 28 digital images

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