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141. Or 6559, ff 82r-83v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 82r-83v
Title:
Duʿāʾ ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī
Scope & Content:
A supplication of Sufi saint Abdul Qādir a-Jīlānī, founder of the Qādirīyah Sufi order, preceded by an explanation of the prayer and how to recite it. Consuming or washing in water that has come in contact with this prayer is said to give one the power of invisibility.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
2 ff

142. Or 6559, ff 84r-90v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 84r-90v
Title:
سورة ياسين Sūrat Yāsīn
Scope & Content:
A chapter of the Qur'an with simply decorated colophon.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
7 ff

143. Or 6559, ff 91r-109v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 91r-109v
Title:
Duʿāʾ Saʿd Ibn Saliyā
Scope & Content:
A superior copy of the work appearing in folios 1r-27v of this manuscript entitled "al-Kanz al-Aʿẓam" (the greater treasure) about miracles within the Qur’an and the numbers of various things (hearts, stars, souls) to be recited in ritual practice (dhikr), although this time without number tables...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
19 ff

144. Or 6559, ff 110r-125v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 110r-125v
Title:
Selection of devotional Sufi works
Scope & Content:
A compendium of Sufi works, presumably put together by a member of the Qādirīyah namely: 1. An anonymous work in praise of the Prophet 2. The Kanz al-Aʿẓam of ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī (1077–1166), which the author says he heard from his master, Muḥammad al-Ghazālī 3. The prayer of Muḥammad Ibn ʿAr...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
16 ff

145. Or 6559, ff 126r-127v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 126r-127v
Title:
Supplication
Scope & Content:
An anonymous supplication in ornate, Hausa-influenced script.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
2 ff

146. Or 6559, ff 128r-129v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 128r-129v
Title:
Duʿāʾ Anas Ibn Malik
Scope & Content:
A supplication attributed to Anas Ibn Malik, founder of the Maliki school, to be said at morning and evening, followed by two number tables in an untidy hand.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
2 ff

147. Or 6559, ff 130r-143v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 130r-143v
Title:
Selection of instructions for ritual practice
Scope & Content:
This work is a composite of several different works, copied in the same hand, concerning similar subjects. 1. A manual on ritual recitation of certain verses of the Qur'an. Instructions involving reciting certain verses (including the Throne Verse (2:225)) at certain times of day, a given number ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
14 ff

148. Or 6559, ff 144r-145v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 144r-145v
Title:
Supplication
Scope & Content:
Anonymous work of supplications to God. At the end of the work a short unvocalised passage highlights the benefit of reciting this supplication. On f. 145 v there is a basmala in the same hand for an unwritten work.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
2 ff

149. Or 6559, ff 146r-147v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 146r-147v
Title:
Instruction for ritual practice
Scope & Content:
Lists the benefits of saying certain prayers (immunity from injury by weapons, acquisition of wealth, good health etc.) and who they were related by, in this case companions of the Prophet (ʿAlī Ibn ʿAlī Ṭālib, ʿUmar al-Khaṭṭāb, Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq etc.).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
2 ff

150. Or 6559, ff 148r-149v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 148r-149v
Title:
Instructions for reading the Kīmiyāʾ al-Ṣalāt
Scope & Content:
Instructions for ritualised reading of the Kīmiyāʾ al-Ṣalāt, presumably a book of supplications, in order to complete a reading in one week.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
2 ff

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