Interpretation of Quranic suras. Custodial history: Previously held in an anonymous private collection, Vakhdat region, Tajikistan. Extent and format of original material: 1 bound volume. Arrangement: Thematically organised.
This project offers a representative sample of 50 Arabic manuscripts from the Infa Yattara Family Library currently housed in a private facility in Bamako, Mali. It consists of various works in the Islamic sciences, literature, medicine, Qur’an, historical documents as well as treatises in esote...
Begins with Qur'anic verse [2:22] and ends with beginning of verse [18:82]. Page size (cm) (width and height): 16.5 x 21.5; Text box size (cm): 11 x 15; Lines per page: 16. Condition: mold; water staining; tearing; minor text loss Vocalization in red ink; catchwords; marginal annotations and ...
Begins with Surat al-Fatiha [1] and ends with Surat al-An'am [6:107]. Page size (cm) (width and height): 12 x 18; Text box size (cm): 8.5 x 16; Lines per page: 15. Condition: good condition; minor tearing on first pages Dark brown ink; catchwords; inner bifolios intact; clear hand; not vocali...
Begins in middle of Surat al-Maun [107] and continues through final surah. Page size (cm) (width and height): 11 x 17.5; Text box size (cm): 11 x 16; Lines per page: 13. Condition: tears; minor water staining; folding Purpleish ink with red vocalization; catchwords. Incomplete with consecuti...
This manuscript offers an exegesis on the meaning of several popular verses from the Qur'an. Page size (cm) (width and height): bifolio, half folio is 16 x 21.5; Text box size (cm): ; Lines per page: . Condition: minor smudging and tearing; minor loss of text Bifolio opens up to show large t...
This work is a prayer that serves as the "seal of the Qur'an." The text also contatins a post-script, in a separate hand, that discusses different numbered prayers and their performance. Page size (cm) (width and height): 14 x 21.5; Text box size (cm): 11 x 18.5; Lines per page: 20. Condition:...
171 volumes with binding covers; 18 additional fragments without binding covers; 216 family documents grouped into three batches by category. The majority of the manuscripts date to the late-17th-to-late-19th centuries, during the period the mosque's operation. Several manuscripts are copied on...
El Bessi Family Manuscript Collection: Core Collection
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NB: The title here refers to the original title given in the manuscript itself. Manuscripts without titles are listed as "Untitled" with additional information. For those manuscripts whose titles we have guessed based on the contents or on the previous inventories of the collection, the title ap...
كتاب إرشاد الرحمن لاسباب النزول والنسخ والمتشابه وتجويد القرآن
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Light brown leather and paper binding; black ink with rubrics; European watermarked paper: "Tre Lune" watermark (f.1&10); "S P" watermark (f.2&9); "Tre Lune" [2] watermark (f.4&7); "LUFIW above Tre Lune" watermark (f.297&306); "Cross above letters O and A" watermark (f.307&31...