An incomplete copy of the maqāmāt of Abū Muḥammad Ibn al-Qāsim al-Ḥarīrī al-Baṣrī (1054-1122). A maqāma is a literary work of rhymed prose, of which al-Ḥarīriī's is the best known.
A treatise on the forbidden nature of butchering and eating animals that have died of natural causes, by Muḥammad al-Amīn Suwaré . The colophon (f189v) reports that: "The butchering of dead animals such as the cow is not allowed among us, [although] butchering dead animals is done by many in the ...
وصية شيخ سالم الزاغاوي الكسمي Waṣīyat Shaykh Sālim al-Zāghāwī al-Gasamī
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"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.
Section from the Risālat Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī (922-996)
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Two non-sequenced folios from a copy of the Risāla of Tunisian Maliki fiqh specialist Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī (922-996). The pages concern preparing a body for burial. Gloss in ʿajamī language.