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1201. Or 4897, f 214v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4897, f 214v
Title:
كتاب البَهَيوم Kitāb al-Bahayūm
Scope & Content:
"The Book of Beasts". A list of animals (elephant, rabbit, scorpion, frog) linked in some way to specific transgressions (drinking alcohol, et cetera).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

1202. Or 4897, f 252r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4897, f 252r
Title:
Ritual Practice
Scope & Content:
Joined up letter series for use in magical practice and numerology, and notes on how to use them
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

1203. Or 4897, f 274r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4897, f 274r
Title:
علي بن محمد المنوفي الشاذلي المالكي ʿAlī Ibn Muḥammad al-Manūfī al-Shādhilī al-Mālikī تحفة المصلي Tuḥfat al-Muṣallī
Scope & Content:
"The Masterpiece of the Worshipper", a work on prayer by Abī Ḥasan ʿAli al-Māliki al-Shādhilī (1196 – 1258). Final page only. The colophon gives Sīka Kūmāwa Ibn Muḥammad Siri as the copyist. The name of the owner has been erased.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

1204. Or 4897, f 275v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4897, f 275v
Title:
Qaṣīdat Umm Hānī bint al-Shaykh Muḥammad al-Kāzarawī قصيدة أم هانى بنت الشيخ محمد الكازروي
Scope & Content:
The qaṣīdah of Umm Hānī Ibnt al-Shaykh Muḥammad al-Kāzarawī. Half-lines separated by single and quadruple trefoils.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

1205. Or 4897, f 292v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4897, f 292v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Qur'an 20:55 "From the earth We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time." Accompanied by name. Purpose unclear
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

1206. Or 4897, f 293r-293v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4897, f 293r-293v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Collection of hadith and Qur'anic verses concerning judgement and hellfire. Incomplete.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

1207. Or 4897, f 294r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4897, f 294r
Title:
Scope & Content:
Colophon of a missing work entitled Kitāb al-Burhān, followed by work in an untidy hand listing names of the Abrahamic prophets. The colphon gives the owner as Maḥmūd Ṭūru Ibn Abū Bakr, son of ʿĀʾisha Kanāmī.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

1208. Or 4897, f 294v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4897, f 294v
Title:
Fāʾidah
Scope & Content:
A work or talisman (?) extolling the power of Dhū al-Qarnayn with a shorter text praising its efficacy below
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

1209. Or 4897, f 295r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4897, f 295r
Title:
Scope & Content:
End page of an unknown work praising the acquisition of knowledge by all people. Simple waveform colophon design giving Muḥammad Ibn ʿAbd Allāh Suwaré as the owner.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

1210. Or 4897, f 295v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4897, f 295v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Qur'anic verses on the importance of acquiring religious knowledge and listening to religious teaching
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

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