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....
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
Jazūlī, Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān, 1404-1465 جزولي، محمد بن سليمان، -1465
Published / Created:
18th century.
Call Number:
Arabic MSS suppl. 617
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
A well-known collection of prayers and devotions to the Prophet Muḥammad, by Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Jazūlī, a Maghribī Muslim scholar and well-known Sufi of the Shadhilīyah Sufi order, of Berber decent, who had many devotees called "Jazūlīy...
Alternative Title:
Dalāʼil al-khayrāt 880-02, Kitāb Dalāʼil al-khayrāt wa-shawāriq al-anwār fī al-ṣalāh ʻalá al-Nabī al-mukhtār, دلائل الخيرات 240-02/r, and كتاب دلائل الخيرات وشوارق الأنوار في الصلاة على النبي المختار
Description:
In Arabic.
Subject (Name):
Jazūlī, Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān, 1404-1465., Muḥammad, Prophet, -632, and Masjid al-Nabawī al-Sharīf
Subject (Topic):
Islam, Kaʻbah (Mecca, Saudi Arabia), Prayer, and Shādhilīyah
A collection of Islamic prayers, invocations and decorations, as follows: 1. Part of an invocation in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic (folio 1a). The first leaf seems to be missing. 2. Asmāʼ Allāh al-ḥusná (The 99 most beautiful names of God), written ...
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.
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
An anonymous treatise on the Arab conquest of North Africa under the leadership of ʻUqbah ibn ʻĀmir (died 678), a companion of the Prophet Muḥammad who became the governor of Egypt and died there. The present manuscript is the first book (al-sifr al...
Sanūsī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, approximately 1427-approximately 1490 سنوسي، محمد بن يوسف، حوالي 1427-حوالي 1490
Call Number:
Arabic MSS 231
Image Count:
44
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Commentary on the author's ʻAqīdat ahl al-tawḥīd al-ṣughrá (tract on the principles of faith). The work ends on leaf 19, and is followed by other pieces
Alternative Title:
Tawḥīd ahl al-ʻirfān wa-maʻrifat Allāh wa-Rasūlihi bi-al-dalīl wa-al-burhān and توحيد أهل العرفان ومعرفة الله ورسوله بالدليل والبرهان
Description:
Also known as: Tawḥīd ahl al-ʻirfān wa-maʻrifat Allāh wa-rasūlihi bi-al-dalīl wa-al-burhān (Ahlwardt, Brockelmann); supplied by a modern hand inside front cover: Tawḥīd ahl al-ʻirfān.
Subject (Name):
Sanūsī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, approximately 1427-approximately 1490.
