Collection Items
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Baidha saphu] Collections of stotra used in getting rid of planetory influences.- Contributor: South Asian Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1722
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Book/Printed MaterialFragment eines gebetbuches aus Yemen. Shown here is a German edition of a fragment from a Yemeni Jewish prayer book. It comprises seven prayers in verse written in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic, with translation and extensive commentary in German. The fragment originated in Sanaa, the Yemeni capital. The scope of the work reflects the unique history of the Yemeni Jewish communities, who for centuries developed their own ways of religious…- Contributor: Heinrich, Pinkas
- Date: 1902-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 90
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Book/Printed MaterialHagadat Pesaḥ ha-ḥadashah = The new Passover Haggadah
הגדת פסח החדשה = The new Passover Haggadah | New Passover Haggadah The Passover, or Pesach, Haggadah is one of the most important and beloved texts in the Jewish tradition. At the beginning of Passover, Jews the world over gather around tables to read from the Haggadah, a book containing the traditional narrative of the Exodus from Egypt. "Haggadah" means recital or retelling. With its songs and tales and emphasis on the instruction of children, the…- Contributor: Kalderon, Asher
- Date: 2006
- Resource: PDF - 60
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Book/Printed MaterialHagadat Moriyah
Parallel title of accompanying text: Moriah Haggadah The Passover, or Pesach, Haggadah is one of the most important and beloved texts in the Jewish tradition. At the beginning of Passover, Jews the world over gather around tables to read from the Haggadah, a book containing the traditional narrative of the Exodus from Egypt. "Haggadah" means recital or retelling. With its songs and tales and emphasis on the instruction of children, the…- Contributor: Pludvinsḳi, Yitsḥa - Moriah, Avner - Fox-Ashrei, Shlomo
- Date: 2003
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Qurʼān]
[قرأن] This 19th-century manuscript Qurʼan is in a Nashki script with diacritical marks in black. Nashki was the calligraphic style used for the most beautiful Qurʼans of the period, because of its small size and great delicacy. The first two pages are elaborately illuminated in green, blue, and red on a gold background. The titles of the surahs (chapters) are in gold. The borders are…- Contributor: Ṣāfī, Aḥmad Rashīd - Balawī, Ibrāhīm Adʹham Gharbaldah - McVicker, Charles C.
- Date: 18??
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Manuscript/Mixed Materialal-Juzʼ al-thālith ʻashar min al-rubʻah al-sharīfah
الجزو الثالث عشر من الربعة الشريفة This manuscript preserves the 13th juz' (section) of the Qur'an, which starts at ayah (verse) 53 of Surat Yusuf (Joseph, chapter 12). The section also includes all of Surat al-Raʻd (The thunder, chapter 13), and ends at verse 52 of Surat Ibrahim (Abraham, chapter 14). The story of Joseph is the longest single story in the Qur'an. It shares the general outline of that…- Date: 14??
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Qurʼan fragment containing Sūrahs Yāsīn, al-Fatḥ, al-Wāqiʻah, al-Mulk, and al-Nabāʼ] Sūrahs from a Qurʼan written in Iran. This 15th century manuscript comprises five surahs (chapters) of the Qurʼan: Yāsīn (Yā Sīn, chapter 36), al-Fatḥ (The conquest, chapter 48), al-Wāqiʻah (The inevitable, chapter 56), al-Mulk (The sovereignty, chapter 67), and al-Nabā (The tidings, chapter 78). It is not fully understood why these surahs in particular are put together. They do not follow this order in…- Resource: PDF - 53
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialSūrat al-Anʻām
سورة الأنعام Surah VI of the Qurʼān. This manuscript preserves the entire Sūrat al-Anʻām (Chapter of the cattle), the sixth chapter of the Qurʼan. A long surah that consists of 165 verses, al-Anʻām is one of about 85 chapters that were said to have been revealed to the Prophet Muhammad in Mecca, before his hegira (migration) to Medina. As such, the themes in this chapter primarily…- Resource: PDF - 58
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialKitāb al-itqān fī ʻulūm al-Qurʼān lil-Shaykh al-Imām al-ʻĀlim al-ʻAllāmah Jalāl al-Dīn al-Asyūṭī
كتاب الاتقان في علوم القران للشيخ الامام العالم العلامة جلال الدين الاسيوطي Egyptian jurist and philologist Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (1445-1505) was one of the most prolific Muslim authors of late medieval times. He was born and died in Cairo; the nisba (name indicating provenance) attribution in his name to the city of Asyut in Upper Egypt fits his family better than him. He was best known for his works on hadith and other Islamic subjects, but…- Contributor: Suyūṭī
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Manuscript/Mixed Materialal-Mujallad al-awwal min Tafsīr Abī al-Saʻūd
المجلد الاول من تفسير ابي السعود | Tafsīr Abī al-Saʻūd Commentary on the Qurʾan. Shown here is the first volume of an unknown number of volumes comprising Irshād al-ʻaql al-salīm ilá mazāyá al-kitāb al-karīm (Guidance of the sound mind to the virtues of the noble book), more commonly known as "Abu al- Saʻud's exegesis" of the Qurʼan. It contains the first 18 surahs of the Muslim holy book and their exegeses, starting with al-Fātiḥah…- Contributor: Abū Al-Saʻūd Muḥammad Ibn Muḥammad
- Date: 1592
- Resource: PDF - 896
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Book/Printed MaterialRisālah hāz̲ā musammā bi-Kashf al-asrār : baʻz̤ muhimmāt-i z̤arūrī-i Qurʼān-i ʻaẓīm al-shān
/ | Risālah-ʼi Kashf al-asrār | Bi-Kashf al-asrār | Kashf al-asrār | رساله هذا مسما بکشف الاسرار : بعض مهمات ضرورى قرأن عظيم الشان / Commentary and explanation of some Qurʼānic verses. Kashf al-asrār (The unveiling of mysteries) is a book of Qur'anic commentary dating from the early 20th century. The author, Shir Ahmad, was from Kabul, Afghanistan. In the Kashf al-asrār, Shir Ahmad makes repeated reference to an earlier and more comprehensive commentary but states that, because of the great bulk of the earlier work, he was forced…- Contributor: Aḥmad, Shīr
- Date: 1910-01-01
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialKitāb Anwār al-tanzīl wa-asrār al-tāwīl
كتاب انوار التنزيل واسرار التاويل Kitāb Anwār al-Tanzīl wa Asrār al-Ta'wīl (The radiances of revelation and the mysteries of exegesis) is the best-known work of the 13th century savant, ʻAbdallāh ibn ʻUmar al-Bayḍāwī (died circa 1286). As the title indicates, the subject of the work is Qurʼanic exegesis. After an introduction in which al-Bayḍāwī praises the science of al-tafsīr (exegesis) as the principal religious science and the basis for…- Contributor: Bayḍāwī, ʻabd Allāh Ibn ʻumar - Azharī, Aḥmad Ibn ʻalī Ibn ʻabd Allāh Al-Bānūbī
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Book/Printed MaterialKilīd-i tajvīd : yādgār-i Imām Sajāvandī Lahūkardī az yak vaṭandārash : barā-yi muʻallimān-i ibtidāʼīyah va mutaʻallimān-i rushdīyah
کليد تجويد : يادگار امام سجاوندى لهوکردى از يک وطندارش : براى معلمان ابتدائيه و متعلمان رشديه On recitation and reading of the Qurʼān. This work is an introduction to the rules of pronunciation during the recitation of the Qur'an. It was written for students at the elementary and intermediate levels in Afghanistan. In the preface the author states that in teaching the rules of proper pronunciation, the focus should be on skills that young Persian- or Pushto-speaking students have not…- Contributor: Afghanistan. Vizārat-I Maʻārif - Sayf Al-Raḥmān
- Date: 1921-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialRisālah-ʼi Puṣhto, It̤āʻat-i ūlʹa al-amr Risālah-i Puṣhto It̤āʻat-i ūlā al-amr (On the obedience of the ruler in Pashto) is a tract meant to encourage obedience to the ruler of Afghanistan. The expression ūlā al-amr refers to one who is foremost in authority, and the title of the book references a Qur'anic verse (5:59), "Oh Believers! Obey the Lord and the Prophet and those who are foremost in authority amongst…- Contributor: Khān, ʻabd Al-Rabb
- Date: 1915-01-01
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Manuscript/Mixed Materialal-Sifr al-thālith min al-Jāmiʻ al-ṣaḥīḥ al-mukhtaṣar min umūr Rasūl Allāh sallá Allāh ʻalayhi wa-sallama wa-sannafahu wa-aqāmahu tālīf al-Imām Abī ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ismāʻīl al-Bukhārī, raḥimahu Allah tatlūhu fī al-sifr al-rābʻ tafsīr …
السفر الثالث من الجامع الصحيح المختصر من امور رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وسبفه واقامه تاليف الامام ابي عبد الله محمد بن اسماعيل البخاري رحمه الله تتلوه في السفر الرابع تفسير القرءان | Title in ʻunwan folio 1b: Kitāb badʼ al-khalq | Title in ʻunwan folio 1b: Kitāb badʾ al-khalq Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari (810-70) was born in Bukhara, in present-day Uzbekistan, and died in Khartank, near Samarkand. He is considered by Sunni Muslims to be the most authoritative collector of hadiths--reports of statements or deeds attributed to the Prophet Muhammad. This work, completed in 846, is al-Bukhari's best-known collection. It was the first work of its kind exclusively dedicated to hadiths, and is…- Contributor: Bukhārī, Muḥammad Ibn Ismāʻīl
- Date: 16??
- Resource: PDF - 406
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHâzâ nazm-i Risale-yi Bilgili Mehmet Efendi
Risale-yi Bilgili Mehmet Efendi Exposition in verse of the basic doctrines of Islam. This manuscript in Ottoman Turkish conveys the meaning in rhymed couplets of the treatise on the fundamentals of Islamic belief by Birgili Mehmet Efendi (also seen as Birgivi Mehmed). At first glance a simple catechism, a companion to Birgili's longer Tariqat-i Muhammadiyah (The way of Muhammad), the treatise helped lay the foundations for a lasting…- Contributor: Birgivî Mehmet Efendi
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Book/Printed MaterialLillāh al-ḥamd va-al-minnah kih nuskhah-ʼi mutabarrikah al-mawsūm bi-Tuḥfat al-ʻulamāʼ
لله الحمد والمنه که نسخۀ متبرکه الموسوم بتحفة العلماء / | / Tuḥfat al-ʻulamā' (An offering for religious scholars) is ostensibly a tract addressed to the ʻulamā' (religious scholars) of Afghanistan, asking them to actively discourage the suspicion held by their followers toward things foreign. It was written by order of the Afghan ruler Sher Ali Khan (reigned 1863-66 and 1868-79). Little is known of the author, ʻAbd al-Qadir Khan, although he is identified as a…- Contributor: Khān, ʻabd Al-Qādir
- Date: 1875-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialThe story of a pilgrimage of Hijaz Sultan Jahan Begum (1858-1930), also known as Sultan Kaikhusrau Jahan Begum, was the last of four women nawabs (governors) who ruled the princely state of Bhopal during the British Raj. First established in central India in 1724, Bhopal was an independent state before it became a British protectorate in 1818. The state merged with independent India in 1949 and is now part of Madhya…- Contributor: Sultan Jahan Begam - Sultan, Jahan Begam
- Date: 1909
- Resource: PDF, Text - 432
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialKitāb Dalāʼil al-khayrāt
كتاب دلائل الخيرات | Title in pencil on fol. 1b (1st section): Delayel-al-Khayrat, or Supplications and religious Islamic prayers and devotions. This manuscript preserves an untitled compilation of Sufi prayers, mainly litanies of peace and blessings upon the Prophet Muhammad. It begins with Dalā'il al-khayrāt (The guide to benevolent deeds) by Shadhili saint Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Jazuli (died 1465), and includes ten more devotional texts in both verse and prose, all written by Shadhili saints except as noted. These are al-ḥizb…- Contributor: Jazūlī, Muḥammad Ibn Sulaymān
- Resource: PDF - 404
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialKitāb Dalāʼil al-khayrāt
كتاب دلائل الخيرات | Title on frontispiece: Dilayil-khayrat = A guide for the good | Guide for the good A collection of prayers for the Prophet, with a description of his tomb and his names. This Muslim prayer book is a 1785 copy of an original 15th-century manuscript. The work includes a panorama of Mecca and Medina, the holy cities of Islam in Saudi Arabia. Mecca, where the Prophet Muhammad was born and lived for the first 50 years of his life, is…- Contributor: Batchelder, John Davis - Jazūlī, Muḥammad Ibn Sulaymān - Mawlawī, Muḥammad Ibn Ibrāhīm - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1772
- Resource: PDF - 300
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialWardah al-juyūb fī al-ṣalāh ʻalá al-Ḥabīb
وردة الجيوب في الصلاة على الحبيب | Wardat al-juyūb fī dhikr al-ṣalāh ʻalá al-Nabī al-maḥbūb Islamic prayer book composed of selections from Dalāʼil al-khayrāt and Riyāḍ al-anwār. This North African manuscript dating from the early to mid-18th century is a prayer book, Wardah al-juyūb fī al-ṣalāh ʻalá al-Ḥabīb (Collection of prayers for the Prophet Muhammad). Prayers for the Prophet Muhammad have a special place in Muslim devotional life. They were first enshrined in the Qurʼan: verse 56 of chapter…- Contributor: Jazūlī, ʻumar Ibn ʻabd Al-ʻazīz - Jazūlī, Muḥammad Ibn Sulaymān - Mukhtār Ibn Muḥammad
- Date: 1727
- Resource: PDF - 190
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Book/Printed Materialal-Riḥlah al-Ḥijāzīyah. Romanized.- Contributor: Batanūnī, Muḥammad Labīb
- Date: 1910-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 346
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Book/Printed MaterialRiḥlat sayyid al-ṭarīqah Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Nasir al-Darʻi (1647-1717) was a Moroccan scholar, traveler, and book collector. His Riḥlah (Travel account) describes his pilgrimage to Mecca and the many stops he made along the way. In a straightforward narrative style, he details his route from Morocco along the Mediterranean coast to and from Hijaz. He describes the places he visited and the scholars he encountered. His…- Contributor: Ibn Nāṣir Al-Darʻī, Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad
- Date: 1902
- Resource: PDF - 464
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Book/Printed MaterialLe Pèlerinage de la Mecque au point de vue religieux, social et sanitaire, "Les sources de documentation sur kes pélerinages musulman": p. [285]-296.- Contributor: Duguet, Firmin
- Date: 1932-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialGhāyat al-shuʻūr bi-ḥujaj al-Ḥajj al-mabrūr
/ | ujaj al-Ḥajj | غاية الشعور بحجج الحج المبرور / | Ḥujaj al-Ḥajj Written in India by an unknown author in the final decades of the 19th century, Ghāyat al-shuʻūr bi-ḥujaj al-ḥajj al-mabrūr (The utmost knowledge of the arguments for the blessed Hajj) describes the various observances associated with the Hajj pilgrimage. The introduction and the text are written in Arabic, but the main text is in Persian, as are two appended texts (by a different author),…- Contributor: Muntaẓir, Munavvar Ḥusayn
- Date: 1873-01-01
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