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61. Or 6559, ff 150r-153r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 150r-153r
Title:
قصيدة عبدالقادر الجيلاني Qaṣīdat ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī
Scope & Content:
A devotional poem by the founder of the Qādirīyah Sufi order, ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī (1077–1166 ), written in fine calligraphic script with a neat double-edged border.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
4 ff

62. Or 6559, ff 154r-156v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 154r-156v
Title:
Incomplete sections of the Qur'an
Scope & Content:
Several folios from a copy of the Qur'an. Red and black trefoils for verse endings, red circles for hamzas, single example of medallion and rectilinear marking for division of the work into segments. Calligraphy neat and regular but not ornate.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
3 ff

63. Or 6559, ff 157r-163v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 157r-163v
Title:
Supplication
Scope & Content:
A prayer asking for intercession from God from every kind of disaster. Simple colophon decorated with trefoils.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
7 ff

64. Or 6559, ff 164r-170v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 164r-170v
Title:
Sūrat al-Wāqiʿa
Scope & Content:
A chapter of the Qur'an written without ornamentation and with simply decorated colophon.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
7 ff

65. Or 6559, ff 171v-173v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 171v-173v
Title:
A compendium of the 37 angels
Scope & Content:
A compendium of the 73 angels with an introduction outlining the benefit of reciting them and endnote outlining the method for the preparation of amulets with these names including writing them on a Magarya tree (Hausa for the jujube/lote (ziziphus)). On 173v is a Qur’anic verse copied out twice,...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
3 ff

66. Or 6559, ff 174r-175v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 174r-175v
Title:
Scope & Content:
This work lists the words that should be said "on the key to every conclusion of a contract", which are Qur'an 7:89: "Our Lord, decide between us and our people in truth, and You are the best of those who give decision". This is followed by praises to prophets Jesus and Moses. Decorative and orig...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
2 ff

67. Or 6559, ff 176r-176v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 176r-176v
Title:
Fāʾidah
Scope & Content:
Seven Qur'anic verses to be written out for spiritual benefit
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

68. Or 6559, ff 177r-177v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 177r-177v
Title:
Part of Surah 11 of the Qur'an
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

69. Or 6559, ff 178r-203v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 178r-203v
Title:
Surahs 78-114 of the Qur'an
Scope & Content:
Three different hands. The first with red and black trefoils for verse endings and a double circle after every 7-8 verses (not ten, as is usual). Rectilinear markings using Arabic letters in a grid, possibly for the purposes of ḥizb division. The second, beginning on f. 189, is in a less accompli...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
26 ff

70. Or 6559, ff 204r-213v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, ff 204r-213v
Title:
al-Ḥizb al-Kabīr
Scope & Content:
Incomplete copy of the Ḥizb al-Kabīr (The Grand Invocation) of Abī Ḥasan ʿAli al-Māliki al-Shādhilī (1196 – 1258), founder of the Shādhiliyya Sufi order, with some erudite notation.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
10 ff

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