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2821. 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

2822. 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

2823. 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

2824. 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

2825. 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

2826. 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

2827. Or 6473, ff 78r-93v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473, ff 78r-93v
Title:
Iʿlam anna wajadnā min anwāʿ al-kufr al-mujammiʿ ʿalayhā faḍlan ʿan al-mukhtalif fīhi fī al-ṭalabah اعلم أن وجدنا من أنواع الكفرالمجمع عليها فضلا عن المختلف فيه في الطلبة
Scope & Content:
Unidentified work by Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad Ibn ʿUmar on different forms of unbelief
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
16ff

2828. Or 6473, ff 94v-97r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473, ff 94v-97r
Title:
Unidentified work
Scope & Content:
Unidentified work by Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Ibn Abī Maḥallī (1389-1459). Chapter headings concern the importance of learning about aspects of religious belief, the meaning of God, avoiding taqlīd (imitation), purity and ritual cleanliness.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
4 ff

2829. Or 6473, ff 98v-104r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473, ff 98v-104r
Title:
ينبغي للمؤمن بل يجب عليه أن يجاهد نفسه yanbaghī lil-muʾmin bal yajib ʿalayhu an yujāhid nafsahu
Scope & Content:
A work by Muḥammad Ibn Abī Maḥalli on the Sufi concept of "jihad of the self", citing Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Jazāʾirī, Muḥammad Ibn Yūsuf al-Sanūsī (1435/6-1490) who was an Imām of Tilimsān (d.1486) and others. The colophon states that Ibrāhīm Suwaré, son of Fāṭima Dramé, is the owner
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
7 ff

2830. Or 6473, ff 105r-106r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473, ff 105r-106r
Title:
وصية شيخ سالم الزاغاوي الكسمي Waṣīyat Shaykh Sālim al-Zāghāwī al-Gasamī
Scope & Content:
"The Will of Shaykh Sālim al-Zāghāwī al-Gasamī", an obituary poem for a scholar of Touba named Sālim al-Zāghāwī al-Gasamī. Touba is a name for many Jakhanke settlements in the Senegambian region. Mentions the people of Touba, Futa and other places.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
2 ff

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