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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Or 6473

1. Or 6473

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473
Title:
Collection of Arabic works from the Senegambian region I
Scope & Content:
A volume of 34 separate works from West Africa bound together by the BL in 1905 after acquisition in 1903 from a Julius Bertram. Some watermarks bear a date of 1819. Most works concern fiqh, Islamic law and tawḥīd and were basic instructional texts for use in Islamic education. Most of the later ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
286 ff

2. Or 6473, f 190r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473, f 190r
Title:
A letter from Muḥammad al-Amīn Suwaré in Touba to his son
Scope & Content:
A letter from Muḥammad al-Amīn Suwaré in Touba to his son in Medina Suwaré Kunda, that he was to give to one Fūdī ʿUmar Sāma requesting the return of his book, Nafḥ al-Ṭayyib, a praise work. He lent it to the latter so that he could copy it, but he had not returned the book after repeated letters...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 f

3. Or 6473, f 196v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473, f 196v
Title:
Unidentified work
Scope & Content:
A short versified work on morphology
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 f

4. Or 6473, f 197v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473, f 197v
Title:
Unidentified work
Scope & Content:
A short prayer. Details unclear
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 f

5. Or 6473, f 266r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473, f 266r
Title:
Section of the Tārīkh al-Sūdān
Scope & Content:
A quote from Saʿdī's Tārīkh al- Sūdān, composed c. 1655. This forms part of the ninth chapter, "A mention of some of the scholars and upright persons who lived in Timbuktu", mentioning those in the town who were well-known for their praising of Prophet Muḥammad on his birthday. 266v is the basmal...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 f

6. Or 6473, f 275v

Reference (shelfmark):
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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

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