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2851. Or 6473, ff 285r-286r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6473, ff 285r-286r
Title:
Scope & Content:
A summary of the main points from Muḥammad Ibn Yūsuf al-Sanūsī (1435/6-1490)'s creed, Umm al-Barāhīn
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
2 ff

2852. Or 6557

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6557
Title:
ʻIlm al-Raml
Scope & Content:
This work was gifted (?) to the British Museum Library by a Muhammad Shami on October 10th 1903 and catalogued in 1904. According to a slip of paper pasted on blank recto of first folio "in handwriting of donor", this work is a "book on Reml (Ar. ʻIlm al-Raml, sand divination) and magic and some ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1214-1305
Extent:
124 folios

2853. Or 6559

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559
Title:
Collection of Arabic material from the Asante Kingdom, Kumasi, Ghana
Scope & Content:
A bound collection of manuscript material from Kumasi, Ghana, dating from the mid-19th century and associated with the Asante Kingdom. The majority of the works are Fāwāʾid (Ar Benefit). These are single folio works giving instructions for preparing an amulet or other ritual practices to produce ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
251 ff

2854. Or 6559, f 1r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, f 1r
Title:
Fāʾidah
Scope & Content:
Instructions for the preparation of an amulet for blessing and wealth with supplementary note in another hand.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

2855. Or 6559, f 56v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, f 56v
Title:
Supplication
Scope & Content:
A prayer invoking the names of God and asking for forgiveness of sins. The colophon notes this is the work of ʿAlī Ibn Ṣadīq Ibn al-Amīn.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

2856. Or 6559, f 59r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, f 59r
Title:
Supplication
Scope & Content:
A prayer seeking refuge in God from doubt and unbelief
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

2857. Or 6559, f 171r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, f 171r
Title:
Supplication
Scope & Content:
A supplication for the author's wife, Bāsūmā, who has grown old.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

2858. Or 6559, f 218r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, f 218r
Title:
Number Square
Scope & Content:
6x6 number square with double-edged border. The introductory note mentions that it can bring wealth.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

2859. Or 6559, f 218v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, f 218v
Title:
Fāʾidah
Scope & Content:
The text reports that reciting a verse (40:27) of the Qur'an can bring safety when in an infidel land.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

2860. Or 6559, f 221r-221v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6559, f 221r-221v
Title:
Fāʾidah
Scope & Content:
A ritual practice for he who wants to open a contract. Pentagram design towards the bottom of recto. Number table verso.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 f

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