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161. Or 6559, ff 214v-215v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 214v-215v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Two praise works in a good example of a closely spaced Sahrawi hand. The second is incomplete.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
2 ff

162. Or 6559, ff 216r-217r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 216r-217r
Title:
Ḥizb al-Baḥr
Scope & Content:
A section of the Ḥizb al-Baḥr ofAbī Ḥasan ʿAli al-Māliki al-Shādhilī (1196 – 1258). The final folio is half the size of the first, with the last sentences of the work written vertically.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
2 ff

163. Or 6559, ff 219r-220v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 219r-220v
Title:
Fāʾidah
Scope & Content:
Various prayers, verses of the Qur'an and a number square written in the same hand, to get one out of difficulty and win people's favour.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
2 ff

164. Or 6559, ff 230r-231r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 230r-231r
Title:
Fāʾidah
Scope & Content:
Ritual practice to protect oneself against enemies followed by magic writing (joined words) and a number table
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
2 ff

165. Or 6559, ff 246r-247v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 246r-247v
Title:
Fāʾidah
Scope & Content:
Fāʾidah to cure all manner of bodily ills and the necessary verses from the Qur'an to copy out, along with a number square. 247v is a separate Fāʾidah with a diagram containing the names of angels and Caliphs.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
2 ff

166. Or 6880, f 236v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6880, f 236v
Title:
A story from the history of al-Ṭabarī
Scope & Content:
A story concerning Moses meeting the devil with five donkeys taken from the "History of the Prophets and Kings" by Ṭabari (839–923). Below, several sentences mentioning the torments of the grave.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

167. Or 6880, f 237r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6880, f 237r
Title:
Scope & Content:
Poem, badly faded
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

168. Or 6880, f 271v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6880, f 271v
Title:
Scope & Content:
A short prayer asking for the intercession of God against anyone doing the creator harm. "Whoever wishes to do me harm, may God do him harm before he harms me."
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

169. Or 6880, f 297v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6880, f 297v
Title:
Fāʾidah
Scope & Content:
A charm for memory and understanding. Mention of cow and goat tongue.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

170. Or 6880, f 311r-311v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6880, f 311r-311v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Single page of a poem or work of rhymed prose. Judging by the three tier verse structure, it may be a page from the Dīwān of al-Fāzzāzī (d.1230).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

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