Arabic MS 113 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Arabic Manuscripts
Contents
Collection of Arabic prayers with Turkish commentary
The thirty-sixth sūrah of the Qurʼān (Yā sīn)
The first sūrah of the Qurʼān (al-Fātiḥah) and short extracts from the second sūrah (al-Baqarah)
A Turkish commentary on an Arabic prayer
A Turkish commentary on an Arabic prayer
A Turkish commentary on an Arabic prayer
A Turkish commentary on an Arabic prayer
A Turkish commentary on an Arabic prayer
A series of twelve Arabic short prayers to be recited on many occasions. These prayers are preceded by a commentary in Turkish, written in red ink, and introduced by the word bab
Physical Description
Layout
1 column, 9 written lines
Hand(s)
History
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.
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