ms. 47780 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)
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Contents
Summary of Contents: 4 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Islamic sermons, Devotional poetry, and Islamic poetry
1.
Title: Khuṭbat ʻīd al-fiṭr
Title: خطبة عيد الفطر
Sermon for the Feast of the Breaking of the Ramadan Fast, followed by its abridgement
Incipit: الله اكبر الله اكبر الله اكبر ... الحمد لله حمدا كثيرا سبحان من نور قلوب العارفين بسراج ... الهداية والعرفان
Language(s): Arabic
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2.
Title: Khuṭbat ʻīd al-uḍḥīyah
Title: خطبة عيد الاضحیهة
Sermon for the Feast of the Sacrifice, followed by its abridgement
Incipit: الله اكبر الله اكبر الله اكبر ... الحمد لله ... الذي قال في كتابه العزيز ان اول بيت وضع للناس
Language(s): Arabic
References
3.
Title: Mawlid al-ʻAzab
Title: مولد العزب
al-ʻAzab's poem on the birth of the prophet Muhammad followed by a Swahili summary translation entitled Maulidi-Mukhtasar مولد مختصر
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم الحمد لله الذی قد اوجدا من نوره نور به عم الهدای
Colophon: قد کتبه بقلم ...عبد الله بن رشید بن محمد المزروعی...تاریخ ...سنه 1311
Language(s): Arabic, Swahili
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Physical Description
Form: codex
1a-4b f. 5a-8a f. 10a-26a f. 27a-28a f.
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Layout
Hand(s)
Large vocalised naskhi hand
History
Origin: 1311 AH; 1893 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".
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