ms. 41879 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)
Special Collections
Contents
Summary of Contents: 7 works by 5 authors on the subjects of Islamic law, Islam, Devotional poetry, and Islamic poetry
1.
Title: al-Qaṣīdah lil-Shāfiʻī
Title: القصيدة للشافعي
Incipit: أأنعمُ عيشاً بعدما حل عارضي, طلائعُ
Language(s): Arabic
3.
Title: Jawāhir al-farāʼiḍ
Title: جواهر الفرايض
Incipit: اعلم اذا مات الانسان اولايبدا في التركة
Colophon: تمت الكتاب ...علی ید عيسى في يوم الابعاء في شهر ذي الحجة سنه هزار صد چهل و هفت
Language(s): Arabic
References
4.
Incipit: باب قتل عثمان
Language(s): Arabic
References
5.
Title: Munājāt
Title: مناجات
A Persian religious poem
Incipit: نستعین الله فی کل الامور زاد فی قلبی بذکر والسرور
Language(s): Persian
6.
Title: Ḥizb al-baḥr
Title: حزب البحر
Incipit: اللهم انت ربى وعلمك حسين فنعم الرب ربى ... ونعم الحسب حسبى تنصر من تشاء وانت العزيز الرحيم
Language(s): Arabic
References
7.
Language(s): Arabic
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
1a-2a f. 2a-21b f. 22a-26b f. 26b-35a f. 35a-36a f. 36b-38a. 38b-96b f.
Dimensions (leaf): 22 × 12.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 17.5
Layout
Hand(s)
Mostly Ottoman naskhi hand
History
Origin: 1147 AH; 1735 CE
Record Sources
"Manuscript description based on Adam Gacek : Catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1981".
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
Subjects
- Islamic law
- Islam--Prayers and devotions
- Devotional poetry, Arabic
- Islamic poetry, Persian
- Islam--History
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