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Islamic amulet : manuscript
Title
Islamic amulet : manuscript.
Created
Place not identified, 18th century.
Physical Description
1 leaf ; 22 cm
Language
Arabic
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
The text of the amulet runs as follows: "Fa-kubkibū fīhā hum wa-al-ghāwūn. Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. Allāhumma ṣalli [ʻalá] Sayyidinā Muḥammad wa-sallam taslīman. Abjad Hawwaz Ḥiṭṭī Kalamun Saʻfaṣ Qarashat Thakhkhadh Ḍaghghaẓ [...]. Qayyidnahu li-ʻAẓīm. Wa-mā katab hādhihi. Laqītu wa-al-qaytu ʻalayka ṣuḥbatan minnī. Allāhumma ṣalli ʻalá Sayyidinā Muḥammad wa-āli Sayyidinā Muḥammad wa-sallim taslīman. Inna Allāha wa-malāʼikatahu yuṣallūna ʻalá al-Nabī. Yā ayyuhā alladhīna āmanū ṣallū ʻalayhi wa-sallimū taslīman."
النص. "فكبكبوا فيها هم والغاون. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. اللهم صلّ [على] سيدنا محمد وسلم تسليمًا. أبجد هوز حطي كلمن سعفص قرشت ثخذ ضغظ [...]. قيّدنه لعظيم. وما كتب هذه. لقيت وألقيت عليك صحبةً مني. اللهمّ صلّ على سيدنا محمد وآل سيدنا محمد وسلم تسليمًا. إنّ الله وملائكته يصلون على النبي. يا أيّها الذين آمنوا صلوا عليه وسلموا تسليمًا."
17.5 x 22 cm; written surface: 15.5 x 21 cm; 11 lines per page.
In large crude West-African Arabic script, in black ink, on cream color paper; above the names of the letters of the Arabic alphabet (the Abjad Hawwaz, etc.) are written their numerical values in West Arabic numerals; the text is partially framed in black.
In Arabic.
Forms part of the Hartford Seminary Collection. For a description of the collection, search by call number: Hartford Seminary.
Provenance
Purchased from Hartford Seminary on the Beinecke Rare Book & Capital Reserve Fund, 2005.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
A leaf pasted to a piece of cardboard, on which is written, in a crude West-African Arabic script, what seems to be a text (with drawings) of an Islamic amulet, for magical and protection purposes. The text includes verses from the Qurʼān, blessings upon the Prophet Muḥammad and his family, and the names of the letters of the Arabic alphabet (in the form of Abjad, Hawwaz, etc.) with their numerical values. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century. On the verso of the cardboard a leaf is pasted which bears an illegible note.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
October 02, 2023
References
Islamic amulet. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Islamic amulet. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Arabic - 18th century.
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