Arabic MS 8 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Arabic Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: Composite manuscript comprising the collection of 100 sayings attributed to 'Ali bin Abi Talib with Turkish translations, bound together with astrological and astronomical texts
Language(s): Arabic
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 95 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 240 × 140 mm.
History
Origin: 16th and 17th centuries CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Formerly part of the collection of the Persian scholar Nathaniel Bland (1803-1865). Bland’s oriental manuscripts were sold through Bernard Quaritch in 1866 to Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford.
Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands in 1901 from James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, for the John Rylands Library.
Arabic MS 8A
Contents
Summary of Contents: The collection of 100 sayings attributed to 'Ali bin Abi Talib, commonly referred to as A Hundred Sayings, with Turkish translations.
folios 1-20
Title: Miʾah kalimah
Title: مائة كلمة
Title: A Hundred Sayings
Incipit: لو كشف الغطاء ما ازددت يقينا آخرت احوالى آندق كونكمه ايدور عيان
Language(s): Arabic
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787A [8A]
History
Origin: circa 1580 CE
Arabic MS 8B
Contents
Folio 22 contains a Turkish inscription bearing the date of the birth of a certain ʻAbd al-Raḥmān in Rabi' I 1060 AH/1650 CE.
folios 20b-21
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787B [8B]
History
Origin: 1060 AH (1650 CE)
Arabic MS 8C
Contents
A calendar in Turkish for the months and days of the years 990 AH/1582 CE and 991 AH/1583 CE.
folio 23
Incipit: طريق غزته نامه بودر كه هجرتك طقوز يوز طقساننده ها حرفى ديلنوب
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787C [8C]
History
Origin: circa 990-991 AH
Arabic MS 8D
Contents
A Turkish calendar
folios 24-36
Title: Sharḥ Rūznāmah Shaykh Wafa
Title: شرح روزنامه شيخ وفا
Title: Explanation of the Almanack of Shaykf Wafa
Incipit: الحمد الله ولى... اما بعد هر بر فرده بر روزنامه لازم ولابدر
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787D [8D]
History
Origin: circa 1603 CE
Arabic MS 8E
Contents
A short astrological treatise in Turkish poetry
folios 30-31
Title: بيان سير نجوم واحكامها
Incipit: شمس ساعتنده ايودر كرك
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787E [8E]
Arabic MS 8F
Contents
A Turkish astrological treatise on the auspicious and inauspicious side of the planets
folio 38
Title: Bayān najm sa‘d wa naḥs
Title: بيان نجم سعد ونحس
Title: Demonstration of the auspicious and inauspicious planets
Incipit: بو جدول منجمين هر كونده ايكى وقت نحس واردر
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787F [8F]
Arabic MS 8G
Contents
Table containing the computation of the hours of the days in relation to the planets
folio 39a
Title: Bayān sāʻāt ayyām
Title: بيان ساعات ايام
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787G [8G]
Arabic MS 8H
Contents
Summary of Contents: A table in Turkish containing the interpretation of dreams by Joseph (of the Old Testament), through the letters of the alphabet in Abjad order
folio 39b
Title: بيان تعبير نامه يوسف پيغمبر
Title:
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787H [8H]
Arabic MS 8I
Contents
A table in Turkish containing interpretation of dreams for the thirty days of the month
folio 40a
Title: بو جدول دوش تعبيريده بلدرر وهر آيك كونلرينك حسابنجه
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787I [8I]
Arabic MS 8J
Contents
Table in Turkish on the good and bad effects of scarifying for the thirty days of the month
folio 40b
Title: Bayān ḥijāmat
Title: بيان حاجمت
Title: Demonstration of cupping
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787J [8J]
Arabic MS 8K
Contents
Summary of Contents: A table in Turkish on the good and bad effects of each of the signs of the Zodiac, divided into two main columns: "Things to be preferred," and, "Things to be avoided."
folio 41a
Title: Good and bad effects of Zodiac signs
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787K [8K]
Arabic MS 8L
Contents
A table in Turkish containing the good and bad effects of the solar months of the Syrians
folio 41b
Title: Aḥkām Āthār-i ʻulvī
Title: احكام آثار علوى
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787L [8L]
Arabic MS 8M
Contents
A treatise in Turkish containing the effects of the hours of each day of the week in relation to the seven planets
folio 42
Title: بيان ساعات در ايام سبعة
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787M [8M]
Arabic MS 8N
Contents
An astronomical treatise in Turkish
folios 42b-46
Title: Bayān sayr aflāk nujūm
Title: بيان سير افلاك ونجوم
Title: Demonstration of the course of the celestial orbits and planets
Incipit: هيه لاءليلر اصطلاحنده مجموع كوكلر معنى فلكلر طقوزدر
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787N [8N]
Arabic MS 8O
Contents
Astronomical treatise in Turkish on the mansions of the moon
folios 46b-49
Title: Bayān manāzil qamar
Title: بيان منازل قمر
Title: Demonstration of the mansions of the moon
Incipit: الحمد الله والصلوات على نبيه... اما بعد منجمين هر يل اون ايكى اي وهر اي يكرمى منزله تقسيم ايدوب
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787O [8O]
Arabic MS 8P
Contents
A Turkish work containing an account of the propitious and unpropitious days of the month
folios 49b-51
Title: Kitāb sulṭān maḥmūd
Title: كتاب سلطان محمود
Title: Book of Sultan Maḥmūd
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787P [8P]
Arabic MS 8Q
Contents
A treatise in Turkish on the invisible spirits
folios 51b-52a
Title: Sharʻ rijāl al-ghayb
Title: شرع رجال الغيب
Title: Explanation of the invisible spirits
Incipit: الحمد الله رب العالمين... اما بعد شيخ المحققين وقطب العارفين اعنى شيخ محيى الدين العربي قدس الله سره العزيز رجال الغين الخ
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787Q [8Q]
Arabic MS 8R
Contents
A short treatise in Turkish on the different stations of the moon in relation to the Zodiac
folio 52b
Title: Bayān burūj qamar
Title: بيان بروج قمر
Title: Demonstration of the stations of the moon
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787R [8R]
Arabic MS 8S
Contents
Summary of Contents: Astrological tables in Turkish, showing the practical effects and significance of the throbbing of the limbs of the body in relation to the signs of the Zodiac
folios 53-54
Title: Fī maʻrifat aḥkām ikhtilājāt
Title: في معرفة احكام اختلاجات
Title: On the knowledge of the effects of the throbbing of the limbs
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787S [8S]
Arabic MS 8T
Contents
Summary of Contents: Astrological tables in Turkish, showing the practical effects on everyday life of many happenings, in relation also to the signs of the Zodiac
folio 55
Title: حوادث اثار ارضى بحكم افلاك
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787T [8T]
Arabic MS 8U
Contents
Rules (in Turkish) showing who will be the winner and who the loser of two adversaries
folio 56a
Title: Bayān ghālib maghlūb
Title: بيان غالب مغلوب
Incipit: اكر ايكى خصم بر برينه دشمن اوله قنغيسى غالب اولديغنى
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787U [8U]
Arabic MS 8V
Contents
Rules, by combination of two Turkish letters, of the effects of love on the lover and the beloved
folios 56b-57a
Title: Āshiq u Maʿshūq
Title: عاشق ومعشوق
Title: The lover and the beloved
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787V [8V]
Arabic MS 8W
Contents
Treatise in Turkish, showing the rules of taking augury from the Qurʼān
folios 57-59
Title: Bayān fāl qurʼān
Title: بيان فال قرآن
Incipit: هر كه قران فالن طوتمق دلسه
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787W [8W]
Arabic MS 8X
Contents
Short rules and two prayers for the act of ikhlāṣ
folio 59a
Title: Sharāʼiṭ ikhlāṣ
Title: شرايط اخلاص
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787X [8X]
Arabic MS 8Y
Contents
Two diagrams with gilt rulings, containing a calendar for the year 963 AH/1555 CE
folios 59b-60
Title: Calendar for 963 AH
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787Y [8Y]
History
Origin: circa 963 AH
Arabic MS 8Z
Contents
Miscellaneous astrological tracts in Turkish
folios 60b-61a
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787Z [8Z]
Arabic MS 8aa
Contents
A treatise embodying a diagram with gilt rulings and containing a full account, in Turkish, of the months of the ancient Turks
folios 61b-62
Title: Bayān aḥkām sinīn atrāk
Title: بيان احكام سنين اتراك
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787aa [8aa]
Arabic MS 8bb
Contents
A treatise, in Turkish, on the mystical value of the ninety-nine holy names of God
folios 63-67a
Title: ʿIlm vafq
Title: علم وفق
Title: Science of Harmony (between letters)
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787bb [8bb]
Arabic MS 8cc
Contents
A treatise, in Turkish, on the mystical value of the ninety-nine holy names of God
folios 78-86
Explicit: طقوز يوز قرق سكز اولدقده هحرت بو نظمه ايردى حقدن عون ونصرت بو در اول يادكار ابن عيسا بو نكله مرده ديللر اولور احيا
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787cc [8cc]
History
Origin: 948 AH (1541 CE)
Arabic MS 8dd
Contents
A Kasidah, in Turkish verse, on Muslim prayer and ablutions
folios 87b-92
Title: Kasidah on Muslim prayer
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787dd [8dd]
Arabic MS 8ee
Contents
A Turkish Kasidah on prayer and ablutions
folios 92b-94
Title: تحفه محمدية في علم الشريعة الحنفية
Title: The Muḥammadan gift in the science of the ḥanafi law
Incipit: حمد لا يقدر سكا اى پادشاه دانش وجوان كم وجودك پرتوندندر بو كونيله مكان
Language(s): Turkish
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 787ee [8ee]
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Catalogue record based on Alphonse Mingana, Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1934).
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