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11. Or 6953, ff 235r-249v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6953, ff 235r-249v
Title:
Kitāb al-wāʿiẓ كتاب الواعظ
Scope & Content:
"The Book of the Preacher". Compilation of hadith concerning sermons and mosque preaching. Whereas the contents are not original, the arrangement was perhaps conceived locally. Anonymous note of purchase after colophon. Muḥammad al-Awwal Ibn Ibrāhīm and Ibrāhīm Ibn Ḥanīd (or Junayd) are given as ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
14 ff

12. Or 6953, ff 250v-254 v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6953, ff 250v-254 v
Title:
قصيدة تَفُتُّ فُؤادَكَ الأَيّامُ فَتّا Tafuttu Fuʾādaka al-Ayyām Fittan
Scope & Content:
A qaṣīdah by the Andalusian Abī Isḥāq al-Albīrī (d. 1065/6) composed for his son, concerning the merits of learning and its application.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
4 ff

13. Or 6953, ff 255r-278v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6953, ff 255r-278v
Title:
الآجرومية al-Ājurrūmīyah
Scope & Content:
A major work on Arabic grammar by the Moroccan Ibn Ājurrūm al-Ṣanhājī (1273-1323), who put the principles of Arabic grammar into verse form. The copy has copious and erudite notation no doubt added locally, perhaps a commentary or extended explanation.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
23 ff

14. Or 6953, ff 279r-294r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6953, ff 279r-294r
Title:
روض الجنان Rawḍ al-Jinān
Scope & Content:
"The Meadows of Paradise", a book recalling the miracles/good deeds of Sheikh Usman dan Fodio, the leader of the Fulani Jihad in Sokoto. It was written by the chief minister of Sokoto under second Amīr al-Muʾminīn Muḥammad Bello, Gidado dan Layma. It was compiled sometime after the death of Usman...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
15 ff

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