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61. Or 6473, f 275v

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Or 6473, f 275v
Title:
Scope & Content:
A list of the ten companions of Prophet Muḥammad, stating after each that they encompassed both the hidden and the manifest knowledge (a Sufi-derived concept). The writer states that "we heard it from our sheikh al-Ḥajj Gasama". This is presumably the same figure referred to at other points of th...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 f

62. Or 6473, f 276r-276v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473, f 276r-276v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Single page from unidentified manuscript. Extensive notation. Seems to be a story. Perhaps hadith
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 f

63. 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

64. Or 6473, f 284r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473, f 284r
Title:
Amulet
Scope & Content:
An amulet to relieve back pain
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 f

65. Or 6473, ff 1v-77r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473, ff 1v-77r
Title:
Risālat Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī (922-996) رسالة ابي زيد القيرواني
Scope & Content:
Sections from the Risālah, an instructional book by Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī (922-996) devoted to the education of young children in religion.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
78 ff

66. Or 6473, ff 78r-93v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473, ff 78r-93v
Title:
Iʿlam anna wajadnā min anwāʿ al-kufr al-mujammiʿ ʿalayhā faḍlan ʿan al-mukhtalif fīhi fī al-ṭalabah اعلم أن وجدنا من أنواع الكفرالمجمع عليها فضلا عن المختلف فيه في الطلبة
Scope & Content:
Unidentified work by Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad Ibn ʿUmar on different forms of unbelief
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
16ff

67. Or 6473, ff 94v-97r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473, ff 94v-97r
Title:
Unidentified work
Scope & Content:
Unidentified work by Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Ibn Abī Maḥallī (1389-1459). Chapter headings concern the importance of learning about aspects of religious belief, the meaning of God, avoiding taqlīd (imitation), purity and ritual cleanliness.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
4 ff

68. Or 6473, ff 98v-104r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473, ff 98v-104r
Title:
ينبغي للمؤمن بل يجب عليه أن يجاهد نفسه yanbaghī lil-muʾmin bal yajib ʿalayhu an yujāhid nafsahu
Scope & Content:
A work by Muḥammad Ibn Abī Maḥalli on the Sufi concept of "jihad of the self", citing Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Jazāʾirī, Muḥammad Ibn Yūsuf al-Sanūsī (1435/6-1490) who was an Imām of Tilimsān (d.1486) and others. The colophon states that Ibrāhīm Suwaré, son of Fāṭima Dramé, is the owner
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
7 ff

69. Or 6473, ff 105r-106r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473, ff 105r-106r
Title:
وصية شيخ سالم الزاغاوي الكسمي Waṣīyat Shaykh Sālim al-Zāghāwī al-Gasamī
Scope & Content:
"The Will of Shaykh Sālim al-Zāghāwī al-Gasamī", an obituary poem for a scholar of Touba named Sālim al-Zāghāwī al-Gasamī. Touba is a name for many Jakhanke settlements in the Senegambian region. Mentions the people of Touba, Futa and other places.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
2 ff

70. Or 6473, ff 107r-116r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473, ff 107r-116r
Title:
Selected poems of ʿAlqamat al-Faḥl
Scope & Content:
A selection of poems by ʿAlqamat al-Faḥl, a famous jāhiliyya (pre-Islamic) poet. Extensive notation. Incomplete.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
10 ff

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