Islamic prayers and invocations : manuscript.

Place not identified, 18th century.

1 volume (163 leaves) ; 11 cm

Arabic; Turkish, Ottoman; Persian

Purchased from Worldwide Antiquarian on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2005.

A codex of Islamic prayers and invocations, probably intended for personal use. 1. Selections from the Qura'n (folios 1-23b), starts with Sūrat Yāsīn (Chapter 36) and ends with Surat al-Mulk (Chapter 67). 2. Shīʻī doctrines (folios 25a-31a), in Persian. 3. Invocations (31a-92a), in Arabic. 4. Sharḥ duʻāʼ Marjānah "Commentary on the Invocation of Marjānah" (folios 92a-95a), a prayer in Ottoman Turkish. 5. Duʻāʼ al-ghāsilah "Invocation of the washer woman" (folios 95a-100a), an invocation in Arabic intended to implant love in the heart of a desired person, with some magic squares. 6. An invocation in Ottoman Turkish (folios 100a-105a). 7. Awwal duʻāʼ sharīf "First honorable invocation" (folios 105b-108a), in Arabic. 8. A prayer in Ottoman Turkish (folios 105b-108a). 9. Surkh bād (112a-116a), a prayer against "Surkh bād" (a Persian phrase which means "Red air", a kind of skin disease, probably measles), in Arabic. 10. An invocation in Ottoman Turkish (folios 116a-120a). 11. Duʻāʼ qadaḥ (folios 120b-124b), an invocation in Arabic. 12. Khawāṣṣ al-Qurʼān "Properties of the Qurʼān" (folios 125b-129a), in Ottoman Turkish. 13. Prayers, invocations and selection from the Qurʼan (folios 129a-140b). 14. Ḥirz al-tābiʻah "Talisman of the female jinn" (folios 141b-150b), in Arabic. The talisman is meant to protect the person who carries it from the wrath of this female jinn. It starts with a description of "al-tābiʻah", "al-laʻīnah al-malʻūnah" (the terrible and accursed) and ends with a crude sketch of her. Name of the copyist (and/or compiler) and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century.

September 06, 2017

Islamic prayers and invocations. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Islamic prayers and invocations. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.