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1.
Iʻānat al-mujiddīn fī taṣḥīḥ al-dīn li-sharḥ Umm al-barāhīn, [18--]

Creator:
Qayrawānī.
قيرواني
Call Number:
Hartford Seminary Arabic MSS 24
Image Count:
54
Abstract:
Manuscript on Islamic doctrines, being a commentary by al-Shaykh al-Qayrawānī (full name could not be determined) on Umm al-Barahīn (also known by the titles: al-Sanūsīyah, and ʻAqīdat ahl al-tawḥīd al-ṣughrá), a treatise on Islamic doctrine...
Alternative Title:
Hādhā kitāb Sharḥ al-Sanūsīyah lil-Shaykh al-imām wa-al-ḥabr al-humām al-Qayrawānī, Sharḥ Umm al-barāhīn, Sharḥ al-Sanūsīyah lil-Shaykh al-Qayrawānī, هذا كتاب شرح السنوسية للشيخ الإمام والحبر الهمام القيرواني, شرح أم البراهين, and شرح السنوسية للشيخ القيرواني
Description:
In Arabic.
Subject (Name):
Qayrawānī. and Sanūsī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, approximately 1427-approximately 1490.
Subject (Topic):
Islam and Doctrines
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Iʻānat al-mujiddīn fī taṣḥīḥ al-dīn li-sharḥ Umm al-barāhīn, [18--], إعانة المجدين في تصحيح الدين لشرح أم البراهين، [18--]

2.
Amulet : manuscript

Published / Created:
18th or 19th century.
Call Number:
Arabic MSS suppl. 595
Image Count:
5
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
An amulet on long scroll of vellum or snake skin, rolled around a central axis into a silver hexagonal tube with a cap; niello etched in an arabesque pattern in gold, with three loops where a chain can go through, so that it can be worn as a necklace....
Description:
In Arabic.
Subject (Topic):
Amulets (Islam), Islamic magic, Prayer, and Islam
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Amulet : manuscript

3.
Kitāb Dallāl al-Mazāmīr al-miʼah wa-iḥdá wa-khamsīn mazmūr wa-manāfiʻihim, [19th century]

Creator:
Najjār, Ibrāhīm ibn Jirjis, 19th cent
نجار، إبراهيم بن جرجس، 19th cent
Call Number:
Arabic MSS suppl. 757
Image Count:
52
Abstract:
Manuscript in an unidentified hand of the Book of Psalms, with some commentaries and suggestions on the medical, magical, talismanic, etc. benefits of each psalm; undated but most likely from the early part of the 19th century
Alternative Title:
Dallāl al-Mazāmīr al-miʼah wa-iḥdá wa-khamsīn mazmūr wa-manāfiʻihim, Mazāmīr al-miʼah wa-iḥdá wa-khamsīn mazmūr wa-manāfiʻihim, Mazamir, دلال المزامير المائة وإحدى وخمسين مزمور ومنافعهم, and مزامير المائة وإحدى وخمسين مزمور ومنافعهم
Description:
The author is from the city of Fayyūm in Egypt; a Christian, as his name indicates, probably Coptic. The title states that the number of Psalms are 151 (not 150, as is the case in the current versions).
Subject (Name):
Najjār, Ibrāhīm ibn Jirjis, 19th cent.
Subject (Topic):
Commentaries
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Kitāb Dallāl al-Mazāmīr al-miʼah wa-iḥdá wa-khamsīn mazmūr wa-manāfiʻihim, [19th century], كتاب دلال المزامير المائة وإحدى وخمسين مزمور ومنافعهم، [19th cent.]

4.
Calendar : manuscript

Published / Created:
19th century.
Call Number:
Arabic MSS suppl. 613
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
An elaborate astronomical calendar consisting of one long scroll. It was made by an astronomer (name not given) for the Hijrī year 1259 (1859-1860). On one side, it is written in the form of tables, on the other side is a list of different categories...
Description:
In Ottoman Turkish and Arabic.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy, Arab, Fortune-telling by names, Islamic calendar, Names, Personal, Islamic, Prayer, Islam, Qiblah, and Ramadan
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Calendar : manuscript

5.
Shumūs al-anwār wa-kunūz al-asrār : manuscript

Creator:
Ibn al-Ḥājj, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, -1336
ابن الحاج، محمد بن محمد، -1336
Published / Created:
1887.
Call Number:
Hartford Seminary Arabic MSS 549
Image Count:
212
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
"Shumūs al-anwār wa-kunūz al-asrār" (Suns of lights and treasures of secrets), a treatise on Islamic magic and occultism, by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj al-Tilimsānī al-Fāsī al-ʻAbdarī, Abū ʻAbd Allāh (died 1336), a Mālikī Islam...
Alternative Title:
Kitāb Shumūs al-anwār wa-kunūz al-asrār and كتاب شموس الأنوار وكنوز الأسرار
Description:
In Arabic.
Subject (Name):
Ibn al-Ḥājj, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, -1336.
Subject (Topic):
Islamic magic and Occultism
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Shumūs al-anwār wa-kunūz al-asrār : manuscript, شموس الأنوار وكنوز الأسرار : مخطوطة

6.
Tuḥfat al-adīb fī al-radd ʻalá ahl al-ṣalīb : manuscript

Creator:
Turmeda, Anselm, 1352-1432?
Published / Created:
18th century-1886.
Call Number:
Hartford Seminary Arabic MSS 440
Image Count:
85
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Collection of three treatises, as follows: 1. Tuḥfat al-adīb fī al-radd ʻalá ahl al-ṣalīb (folios 1a-34b), also called Tuḥfat al-arīb fī al-radd ʻalá ahl al-ṣalīb, a polemic against Christians and the doctrines of Christianity, by ʻAbd All...
Description:
In Arabic.
Subject (Name):
Turmeda, Anselm, 1352-1432?
Subject (Topic):
Christianity, Devil, Islam, and Folk literature, Arabic
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tuḥfat al-adīb fī al-radd ʻalá ahl al-ṣalīb : manuscript, تحفة الأديب في الرد على أهل الصليب : مخطوطة

7.
Shams al-maʻārif al-kubrá : manuscript

Creator:
Būnī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, -1225
بوني، أحمد بن علي، -1225
Published / Created:
1874.
Call Number:
Arabic MSS suppl. 759
Image Count:
528
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Shams al-maʻārif al-kubrá (Larger Sun of knowledge), by Abū al-ʻAbbās Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī al-Būnī (died 1225), a well-known Ṣufī scholar from the city of Būnah (Bône), now ʻAnnābah (Annaba, Algeria), who died in Cairo. This work is designated ...
Alternative Title:
Shams al-maʻārif wa-laṭāʼif al-ʻawārif and شمس المعارف ولطائف العوارف
Description:
In Arabic.
Subject (Name):
Būnī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, -1225.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, Arabic alphabet, Astrology, Divination, God (Islam), Name, Islamic magic, Islamic occultism, Lithographed books, Magic, and Talismans
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Shams al-maʻārif al-kubrá : manuscript, شمس المعارف الكبرى : مخطوطة

8.
Prayers and invocations for seeking God's protection : manuscript

Published / Created:
1850 or 1851.
Call Number:
Arabic MSS suppl. 594
Image Count:
14
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Collection of prayers and invocations for seeking God's protection from the enemies, with many verses from the Qurʼān. Name of the author not mentioned. Copied and illuminated in 1267 Hijrī (1850 or 1851) by the calligrapher al-Sayyid Muḥammad Rās...
Description:
In Arabic.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Invocation, Religious aspects, Islam, and Prayer
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Prayers and invocations for seeking God's protection : manuscript

9.
Omar ibn Said letter : manuscript

Creator:
Said, Omar ibn, 1770?-1863
Published / Created:
circa 1819.
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 185
Image Count:
11
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Autograph letter, in Arabic Maghrabi script, conveying a greeting to Major John Owen in Raleigh, and consisting chiefly of quotations from the Qur'an and from treatises on Arabic grammar. Quotations from the Qur'an include: Sūrat al-Najm (21-23); Sūra...
Description:
Omar ibn Said, also known as Moro or Moreau, was a West African Muslim born and educated in the Futa Toro region on the Senegal River. He was sold into slavery in approximately 1807 and transported to the United States. From approximately 1810 until t...
Subject (Geographic):
North Carolina., Africa., North Carolina, Cape Fear River Region., United States., Cape Fear River Region (N.C.), and United States
Subject (Name):
Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843., Owen, James, 1784-1865., Owen, John, 1787-1841., Said, Omar ibn, 1770?-1863., Taylor, John Louis, 1769-1829., and American Colonization Society.
Subject (Topic):
African American Muslims, African Americans, Colonization, Arabic language, Grammar, Slavery, Enslaved persons, Enslaved persons' writings, American, and Race relations
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Omar ibn Said letter : manuscript

10.
Treatises on magic, astrology, alchemy and Sufism : manuscript

Published / Created:
1761-1815.
Call Number:
Arabic MSS suppl. 600
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Collection of treatises on magic, astrology, alchemy and Sufism: 1. On the magical qualities of the letters of the Arabic alphabet, their numerical values and their categorization into fire, air, water and earth letters, in Ottoman Turkish (folios1a-2...
Description:
In Arabic and Ottoman Turkish.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, Astrology, Magic, Magic squares, Numerology, Sufism, and Talismans
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Treatises on magic, astrology, alchemy and Sufism : manuscript

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