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Prayers and Charms [341] ???? ???? ???????

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ZENODO

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doi:10.5281/zenodo.5020334

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Prayers and Charms.
This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2821 in the India Office collections.
[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 341 here with further notations and hyperlinks].


341.

2821. Size 71/2 in. by 51/4 in.; foll. 112. Seventeen lines in a page.

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A Vade-mecum for Travellers, comprising prayers and ceremonies to be performed, and amulets and remedies to be used by them for their safety. It was compiled by RA?Î AL-DÎN ABU’L-?ÂSIM ‘Alî b. Mûsa b. Ja’far b. Mu?ammad b. Mu?ammad b. ?â’ûs (?Â’ÛSÎ) ‘Alawî Fâ?imî, a Shî’ite and chief (????) of the Saiyids, who probably lived in the latter part of the seventh century. This treatise is properly entitled ?????? ?? ????? ??????? ????????. Cf. ?. Kh. i. 433.

Begins: ???? ?????? ?????? ?????? ?????? ?????? ??????? ???????.... ???????? ???? ??????? ?? ??????? ????? ????? ?? ??????? ?? ????? ???????

In thirteen chapters, each subdivided into sections (???), a list of which is inserted in the preface. The chapters are on the following subjects: I. ???? ???? ?? ????? ????? ? ????? ??????? ? ?? ????? ???? ??? ?????? ?? ?????? ? ?????, in fifteen sections; II. (fol. 19v.) ???? ????? ??????? ??? ?? ?????? ??????? ?? ?????? ? ??????, in five sections; III. (fol. 24) ???? ????? ??? ????? ??????? ??? ?? ????? ?? ??????? ? ?????? ? ??????, in four sections: IV. (fol. 29v.) ???? ????? ?? ???? ??? ?????? ? ????? ? ????? ? ????? ??? ???????,in three sections; V. (fol. 37) ???? ????? ?? ??????? ????? ?????? ? ?????? ??? ??????? ? ?????? ??????? ?? ???????, in five sections; VI. (fol. 45) ???? ????? ??? ????? ????? ?? ????? ???? ???? ??? ??????? ? ????? ???????, in thirteen sections; VII. (fol. 53v.) ???? ????? ??? ??? ??????? ?? ????? ?? ????? ??????? ? ?? ????? ??? ????? ? ??? ???? ??????, in five sections; VIII. (fol. 60v.)???? ????? ??? ?????? ? ?????? ? ????? ??? ??????? ? ?????? ?? ????? ? ???????, in three sections; IX. (fol. 62v.) ???? ????? ??? ??? ???? ?? ????? ?? ???? ???? ? ?? ???? ????? ?? (??) ????????, in twenty-five sections; X. (fol. 76) ???? ????? ??? ???? ??? ?????? ?? ?????? ??????? ? ?? ???? ????? ?? ????? ?? ?????? ? ?? ????? ?? ?? ???????? ?? ???????, in twelve sections; XI. (fol. 88v.)???? ????? ?? ????? ???? ????? ??????? ???? ???? ?? ????? ?? ??? ??????? ? ??? ???? ????? ????? ???? ?????? ???? ??????, comprising the whole treatise of Abu Bakr Mu?ammad b. Zakarîyâ RÂZÎ, the celebrated physician (d. A.H. 311 or 320). This treatise begins:

???????? ?? ???? ? ??????...??? ???? (fol.89) ???? ???? ?? ?????? ?????? ?? ???? ? ????? ??? ???? ??? ??? ??? ???? (sic) ??? ?????? ?????? ??? ??? ?????? ??? ?????? ??????? ???? ?????? ??? ?? ?? ???? ???;1

XII. (fol. 93) ???? ??????? ? ????? ???????, on amulets tried by the author’s own experience, in five sections; XXIII. (fol. 94) ???? ????? ?? ????? ????? ???? ?? ???? ???? ???? ????? ?? ???? ?? ????? ??????? ?? ????? ??????? ?? ????? ? ????? ????? ???? ??????, consisting only of the treatise of ?US?A B. LÛ?A.

See on this treatise [i.e. that of L?q?], Cat. Mus. Brit. 204 [ed. note: = p. 204, part of BL Add 7527 Rich].

Neatly written, of the eleventh century.

The last two pages contain an extract from ?????? ??????, i.e. probably the treatise of IBN AL-KHASHSHÂB, on the properties of some verses of the Koran, mentioned in ?. Kh. iii. 197. This extract begins:

??? ?????? ??????? ??? ?? ?????? ?????? ???? ????. It is written by a different hand.

The first eight leaves are misplaced; they should stand in the following order: 1, 4, 2, 3, 6, 7, 5, 8.

Worm-eaten.

[Bibl. Leydeniana.]

 

1 Cf. Cat. Bodl. I., p. 288, xeii. 6.

 


[ed note: Quick link to British Library manuscript Or 11314 of ?Al? ibn M?sá Ibn ??w?s dated 28 Dh? al-?ijjah 1092 [= 1682 CE], digitised in collaboration with the Qatar National Library, Doha]
[ed note: Quick link to Eton Pote 331 and SOAS ms 381289 manuscripts of ?Al? ibn M?sá Ibn ????s/??w?s]
[ed note: Quick link to Cambridge manuscript Gg. 5.16 of ?????? ??????]

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