Three tracts dealing with the Ismaʻilis and the Karmatians: an extract from Kitāb manāhij al-tawassul fī mabāhij al-tarassul; an untitled collection of 4 sermons, which, although undated, are probably all contemporary; and 2 fragments of a conversation between Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī al-Bākir, the fifth Imām, and an unidentified Khālid ibn Zayd al-Juʾfy.
Modern 19th century naskhī, in red and black., Presented to Edward Elbridge Salisbury by Henry A. DeForest. Presented to Yale by Salisbury in 1870., and The first text in this volume was extracted from a book obtained by the Rev. Eli Smith from Mekhaîl Meshâka of Damascus. The second text was obtained through the courtesy of Louis von Wildenbruch, Prussian Consul General of Syria (died before Oct. 25, 1849), whose dragoman, Mr. Catafago, found it near Aleppo. The third text was also obtained through von Wildenbruch.
Subject (Name):
DeForest, Henry A.--Presentation inscription to E. Salisbury and Salisbury, Edward Elbridge,--1814-1901--Presentation inscription from H. DeForest
Subject (Topic):
Theology--Sects--Ismaʻili and Theology--Sects--Karmatian
Copied after the Mahdī's death, since his name is occasionally followed by the formula ʻalayhi al-salām. and Letters and proclamations.
Description:
"Registre des lettres et proclamations du Mahdi qui se trouvent dans [ce] manuscrit"; 4 leaves, in C. Landberg's hand, in pocket, inside front cover., Cf. JAOS, 31(1911), 368-69, from where it would seem that C. Landberg's original manuscript 543 (a volume of "170 Seiten") is now in the Egyptian Intelligence Office in Cairo and that it was captured at the battle of Toski in 1889., Fair Sudanese hand, in red and black., Imperfect: pp. 252-351 wanting., Islamic binding, in red, with flap., and Leaves numbered as pp. 1-503 (not counting the first page; pp. 495-503 are blank except for page-numbers).
Munāwī, ʻAbd al-Raʾūf ibn Tāj al-ʻĀrifīn, d. 1621.
Call Number:
Arabic MSS 250
Image Count:
304
Abstract:
Commentary on Unmūdhaj al-labīb fī khaṣāʾiṣ al-Ḥabīb (on the virtues of the Prophet) of Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī.
Description:
Incipit of the matn compared with Ahlwardt 2577., Islamic binding, in black., Modern (19th century) naskhī, in red and black., and Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949.
Commentary on ʻAqīdat ahl al-tawḥīd al-ṣughrá (tract on the principles of faith) of Muḥammad al-Sanūsī. The beginnig of the work only.
Alternative Title:
al-Manhaj al-farīd fī maʻrifat ʻilm al-tawḥīd
Description:
Loose leaves., Modern (19th century) Maghribī (Sudanese) hand., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and The matn is the same (with longer titulature) as in Berlin catalog 2006.
Subject (Name):
Sanūsī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, ca. 1427-ca. 1490. ʻAqīdat ahl al-tawḥīd al-ṣughrá. and Sanūsī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf,--ca. 1427-ca. 1490.--ʻAqīdat ahl al-tawḥīd al-ṣughrá.
Ibn al-Farrāʾ, Abū Yaʻlá Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, 990-1066
Published / Created:
[11--?].
Call Number:
Landberg MSS 221
Image Count:
406
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Beginning and end missing; also lacunae between leaves 6 and 7, 7 and 8, 9 and 10, 94 and 95. and Legal decisions.
Description:
Fair 12th century naskhī, scantily pointed., For the author see Brockelmann, S I, p. 686., Islamic binding, in red, with flap., and Title, as above, supplied on leaf 1 recto by a later hand.
On the pronunciation of the vowel fatḥah in the Koran.
Description:
Fair modern (ca. 1800) Yemenite naskhī, in red, green, and black., For the author's brother see Brockelmann, S II, p. 99., and Islamic binding, in brown, with flap.
Ibn Aṣbagh, Muḥammad ibn ʻĪsá, 1167 or 8-1223 or 4.
Published / Created:
1224
Call Number:
Landberg MSS 238
Image Count:
182
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Arabic glossary, in verse, arranged by subjects., Copied in A.H. 621 (A.D. 1224)., and The main work ends on leaf 39 recto, and is followed by a supplement, entitled Naẓm al-jumal al-muʻaqqibah min al-ṣifāt li-Kitāb al-mudhhabah.
Description:
Badly worm-eaten., Brockelmann spells mudhahhabah, but Berlin catalog has mudhhabah, and the meter requires this spelling in the prefatory verses on leaf 1 recto (verse 5, 2d half) and in the verses on leaf 40 recto and in the colophon (which also spell ḥulá, Brockelmann: ḥilā). Also al-muʻaqqibah so spelled on leaf 40 recto (Brockelmann: al-muʻaqqabah)., Considerable marginalia., Fair naskhī, in red and black., and Incipit same as in Berlin catalog 5370 and Bankipore XX, 1989.
Subject (Name):
Naẓm al-jumal al-muʻaqqibah min al-ṣifāt li-Kitāb al-mudhhabah.
Followed by two letters by Silvester, patriarch of Antioch to an English merchant, 1733 (leaf 12 recto) and 1732 (leaf 13 recto), and an edict of the synod (majmaʻ) of Constantinople against Euthymius Ṣayfī, bishop of Tyre and Sidon, 1718 (leaf 18 verso). and Polemical correspondence with an English merchant named Sherman (?), in 1734.
Description:
Fair 18th century naskhī, in red and black., For the author see Graf, Geschichte der christlichen arabischen Literatur, III, 134., Islamic binding, in black., No. 4 of 5 titles bound together., On Euthymius Ṣayfī see Graf, III, 179., and Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949.
Subject (Name):
Euthymius Ṣayfī,--Bishop of Tyre and Sidon, Sherman, and Silvester, Patriarch of Antioch, d. 1766
