Description: Part of Qur'an. Extent of original: Manuscript 56 pages, 25 x 18.2 cm. Condition of original: Bound in carton, cloth spine. Carton flap. Spine is broken. Black and red ink. Date of original: Unknown, 19th century by visual appearance only.
Description: Kitab Al-Faraidh. This book is about inheritance in Islamic law. There is no information about the author, scribe, or owner. Extent of original: Manuscript 21 pages 20.3X16 cm . Condition of original: In a lined school notebook with light blue cover, wrapped by khaki sheet. In fair c...
Description: Tayyib al-Asma. On the names of God. Devotional text, dua. Extent of original: Manuscript 36 Pages. 24 x 17 cm. Condition of original: Uncovered sheets stiched at the back. Black ink. Date of original: 1334 H = 1915-16CE
Description: Astronomy. Calculation of prayer times etc specific for the East African coast all the way to Mozambique. Also including Iran etc. Extent of original: Manuscript, 68 pages, 25 x 18 cm. Condition of original: Manuscript, bound in black carton, cloth spine, cover partly damaged by inse...
Description: Unidentified book of grammar. Extent of original: Manuscript 285 pages, 22 x 16 cm. Condition of original: Bound in carton with cloth spine (secondary binding). Black and red ink. Badly damaged by insects. Poor condition. Date of original: Unknown.
Description: Laws relating to marriage. Fiqh. Extent of original: Manuscript 20 pages, 17 x 10.5 cm. Condition of original: In original leather cover, paper is loose and in quires. Black ink. Badly damaged by insects, in very bad condition. Date of original: 1266H = 1850
Description: Unknown. Possibly fiqh. Extent of original: Manuscript, 183 pages, 21 x 17 cm. Condition of original: Unbound manuscript with black ink. Partly damaged by insects. Date of original: 20th century by visual appearance
Description: This is a 732-folio gloss of the commentary by Ibn ʿAqīl, by the Egyptian scholar Muḥammad al-Khiḍr al-Dimyāṭī (1798-1870), completed in 1250/1834. The copy in the Riyadha library is thus one of the earliest printed versions of this book coming from Egypt, and hence one of the earlie...
Description: Sharh Tarbiyyat al-Atfal. Sarf. At the end there are some poetry, possibly by Muhyi al-Din, said to have been started in Zanzibar and finished in Brawa by 1258.This is probably a unique text, not found anywhere else. (?) Extent of original: Manuscript 154 Pages 21.8 x 15.8 cm. Condit...
Description: Prayers and praises of the Prophet Muhammad (Majamu Allataif al-Arshiyya) Extent of original: Manuscript 129 pages 13.2 x 18.6 cm . Condition of original: Bound in carton and covered by black cloth. Stitched spine collected in quire and cloth on back. Black and red ink, margin outlin...