ms. 65496 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)
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Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Bahjat al-āfāq wa-īḍāḥ al-labs wa-al-ighlāq fī ʻilm al-ḥurūf wa-al-awfāq by Fullānī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, -approximately 1741
Treatise on the magical use of the letters of the alphabet. Divided into muqaddimah, maqsad and khatimah. Lacking f. 101-130, 141-170
Incipit: الحمد لله الذي خلق الانسان وعلمه البيان والكتابة بالبنان ... وبعد فقد اطبق جميع من يعتد به ... من العقلاء بل حتى الجم الغفير من الاغبيا
Language(s): Arabic
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 119 f.
Dimensions (leaf): 22.5 × 15.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 17 × 11 cm.
Layout
Hand(s)
Naskhi hand
History
Origin: 1178 AH; 1764 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Presented by F. F. Mitchell
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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