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provided with the sign: ^ , i.e.: a variant reading taken from an other MS (‘‘[nus]kh[a]”). [Or. 14.001] ★ ★ Hr 2. k. Futüh Ifriqiyya, commonly ascribed to Muham mad b. ‘Umar al-Waqidi (d. 207/823). 87 folia, 195 : 145 mm, 22 lines per page; in a clear unvocalised magribi-script; text in black, headings etc. in red ink; undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the 19th. C. AD. fol. lb: “Kitab al-gazawat li-’s-sahaba radiya ’llah ‘anhum ...” fol. 2a: “Qala mu’allif al-kitab inni qasadtu fi hada ’1-mukhtasar bi-fadl Allah wa-husn ‘aunihi Futüh Ifri qiyya min al-Mahdiyya ila aqsa ’1-Magrib (...) qala ’1-mu’allif rahimahu 'llah lima summiyat Qairawan Qai- rawanan? li-anna ‘Uqba b. ‘Amir (...)” fol. 87b: the text ends here abruptly with the title of “Qissat futüh Salis”. The MS apparantly contains a con cise version of the text (a’mukhtasar’, see fol. 2a). fol. 73b: “Qala fa-rahalü ‘inda waqt al-‘asr fa-lam yazalü rahilïna ila waqt al-‘isa’ al-akhira wa-kanat laila muqam- mara fa-nazalü bi-ard yuqalu laha Miskana wa-batü fiha tilka '1-laila fa-lamma asbaha ’llah bi-khair as-sabah rahalü wa-gaddu 's-sair yaumahum dalika ila an garubat as-sams fa-nazalü ila waqt nisf al-lail wa-rahalü wa-la zalü rahilïna hatta nazalü fi maudi‘ yuqalu lahu ‘Amama wa-batu ’n-nas tilka ’1-laila wa-qad kanü tarakü al-(...?) wa-’l-amwal fï bilad Tabsa wa-la sarü bi ’1-hafir fa-rahalü yaumahum dalika wa-nazalü fi maudi‘ yuqalu lahu F.stas wa-sami‘a sahib Qusantina: inna ’l-‘arab nazilina ‘alaika! fa-‘azuma ’1-amr ‘alaihi wa-gama‘a ahl biladihi wa-a‘lamahum (sic) bi-’l-khabar fa-qalü...” [Or. 14.002] ★ Hr Hr 3. [A:. Futüh Ifriqiyya], commonly ascribed to Mu hammad ibn ‘Umar al-Waqidi (d. 207/823). A fragment of 85 folia, 225 : 160 mm, 25 lines per page; in a clear and extremely beautiful unvocalised magribi- script, so that one may with reason assume that the scribe was a master of calligraphy; text in dark-brown, headings etc. in red ink; undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the 16th. C. AD. fol. la - incipit fa-lamma nazalu ‘Abd Allah wa- -’1-muslimün ‘ala 'l-madina guliqat al-abwab wa-tala‘at ahl al-madina ila '1-wazir al-madkür wa-qalü lahu: ma ’r-ra’y li-anna ’l-‘arab nazalat ‘aïaina...” fol. 10a: qissat futüh Karsif (?); fol. 29b: “wa-huna in- taha ’1-kalam ‘ala fath madïnat al-Öidar (...) ‘ala futüh Wagda; fol. 38b: end of the tale on the conquest of Wagda, beginning of:? (lacuna between fol. 38b and 39a). Fol. 39a: qissat futüh madïnat Sabisa; 42a: q.f.m. Qusantina; 45a: q.f.m. ai-Mu‘allaqa; 54a: q.f. Qasr Lamas; q.f.q. Sala‘; 59a: q.f.m. Sataf; 65a: fasl fi q. az-Zab; 70a: fasl fï dikr futüh al-Magrib; 72a: futüh madïnat al-öidar. fol. 85b - explicit -: “qala fa-lamma sami‘a Rafi‘ b. al-Harit kalam ‘adü Allah dana minhu wa-qala lahu ana ubarizuka in sa’a ’llah...” fol. 42a-42b: Qala fa-’ttafaqu ’1-muslimün bi-’r-rahil ilaihi qala fa-rahala ’1-muslimün ‘inda salat al-‘asr yuri- düna madïnat Qustïtïna qala fa-sarü ‘inda ’l-‘asr wa-na- zalü bi-ard yuqalu laha Maskïna wa-batü fiha tilka ’1-laila fa-lamma asbaha ’llah bi-khair as-§abah rahalü wa-gaddu ’s-sair ila an garubat as-sams wa-batü tilka ’1-laila ila nisf al-lail wa-’rtahalü qala sahib al-hadit wa-kanü taraku ’1-amwal kullaha wa-gami ad-dakha’ir bi-ard Tabsat wa-lam yasïrü ilia bi-’l-hafir wa-gaddu ’s-sair tilka ’1-laila wa-tül naharihim ila an (...) an-nahar wa-nazalü wa-sallü salat az-zuhr wa-akalu ’t-ta‘am wa- -’r-tahalü wa-nazalü bi-ard yuqalu laha F.stas wa-sami‘a sahib Qustitina anna sahib Muhammad (sic) salla 'llah ‘alaihi wa-sallama atü ilaihi qala fa-‘azuma '1-amr ‘alaihi wa-gama‘a ahl baladihi wa-qala lahum: ma ‘indakum min al-khabar? fa-qalü lahu: ...” [Or. 14.003] ★ h it 4. [A:. Futüh Ifriqiyya], commonly ascribed to Mu hammad ibn ‘Umar al-Waqidi (d. 207/823). A fragment of 12 folia, 225 : 170 mm, ca. 42 lines per page; in a rather narrow magribi-script, unvocalised and difficult to read; in black ink; undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the 19th. C. AD. fol. la - incipit -: “Basmala(...) Fasl fï dikr futüh al-Magrib fatahüha ’s-sahaba radiya ’llah ‘anhum agma‘in qala sahib al-hadit wa-batü tilka [’1-laila] al- -muslimün ila an asbaha ’llah bi-khair as-sabüh ...”. The fragment corresponds with the text of the MS described under number 3), from fol. 70a onwards. fol. 2a: Qissat futüh bilad al-öidar. fol. 12b - explicit -: “...kharaga ’1-balad wa-amara hina’idin bi-’r-rahil ila futüh madïnat (V.?) wa-sarü; in- taha qissat al-öidar (...?)” [Or. 14.004] ★ ★ Hr 5. [A:. as-Sira wa-akhbar al-a’imma by Abü Zakariyya al-Wargalani, d. 471/1078]. GAL I, 336. Cf. R. Basset, Les manuscrits arabes des bibliothèques des zaouias de ‘Ain Madhi et Tema‘in, de Ouargla et de ‘Adjadja, Alger 1886, page 36, nr. 2. Fragment of 37 folia, 230 : 170 mm, 24 lines per page; in a straight, unvocalised but well readable magribi- script; text in black, headings etc. in red or yellow ink; undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the 19th. C. AD. The contents of this MS correspond with the French translation of E. Masqueray, Chronique d’Abou Zaka riyya, Alger 1878, from page 95 and onwards. At the end this MS has, however, some 10 extra lines, so that the codex used by Masqueray is certainly not identical with this copy. (The MS used by M. ends with the sentence "Us saluèrent aussi ses compagnons, et les fi- rent entrer tous dans Temoulset.” Thereupon M. writes:
“C’est ici que s'arrête la copie, évidemment incomplète, de la Chronique d’Abu Zakaria qui me fut faite a Me- lika") fol. la - incipit “fa-huwa hurr fa-kana ’l-‘abid ida tala‘at as-sams khacagü min al-madïna yantazirüna yaminan wa-simalan wa-kana li-’l-imam "abd a‘rag la yastatfu 'n-nuhüd ma‘a gumlat al-‘abid fa-‘amida ila sür al-madina..." fol. 4a: “Muhasarat al-imam radiya 'llah ‘anhu madinat Tarabulus.” fol. 5a: “al-Iftiraq at-tani min al-Ibadiyya.” fol. 6b: “Istfmal Abi ‘Ubaida ‘Abd al-Hamid” fol. 7b: “Wilayat Aflah ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab.” fol. 10b: “al-Iftiraq at-talit fi ’1-Ibadiyya." fol. 13a: “Imamat Muhammad ibn Aflah.” fol. 13b: “Wilayat Yüsuf ibn Muhammad ibn Aflah.” fol. 17a: "Akhbar ‘Ubaid Allah wa-wuqü‘ihi bi-ard al-Magrib.” fol. 18b: “Khurüg al-Higgani min Kitama ila Sigilmasa.” fol. 24a: “Akhbar Ya'qüb ibn Aflah ibn ‘Abd al-Wah- hab.” fol. 24b: “al-Iftiraq ar-rabi‘ min al-Ibadiyya.” fol. 28b: “al-Iftiraq al-khamis min al-Ibadiyya.” [Or. 14.005] Dr * * 6. al-Anïs al-mutrib bi-raud al-qirtas fi akhbar mulük al-Magrib by Ibn Abi Zar‘ al-Fasi (d. after 726/1326, see GAL I. 240). 146 folia, 230 : 165 mm, 21 lines per page; in unvocalised, clear magribi-script; text in black, headings etc. in red or green ink; dated 25 October 1904. fol. lb - incipit -: “Basmala(...) al-hamd li-’llah musarrif al-umür bi-masiyyatihi wa-tadbirihi” fol. 70b: “intaha ’n-nisf al-awwal wa-yalihi ’n-nisf at-tani bi-hamd Allah ta‘ala wa-husn ‘aunihi wa-taufiqihi al-gamil.” fol. 146a - explicit -: “...wa-ahl al-fadl wa-’l-ihsan fi ’1-mal wa-’d-durriyya wa-’d-dxn wa-’d-dunya wa-'l-ak- hira ya arham ar-rahimin wa-la haula wa-la quwwata ilia bi-’llah al-‘azïm al-‘azïz al-hakim wa-huwa hasbuna wa-ni‘ma 'l-wakil (...) tamma an-nisf at-tani wa-bihi yatimmu ’1-kitab (...) sabihat yaum al-ahad al-khamis wa-’l-‘isrin fi Uktubar sanat 1904 masihiyya wa-’s- -salam.” René Basset has been preparing a crtical edition of the Raud al-qirtas based on various manuscripts. This edi tion, which has remained unpublished, was completed by Basset in 1903. He also started translating the Raud into French, and providing his edition with learned comments. Part of the edition (about 70 percent, the rest seems to be lost), the translation (which stops in a report on events in the year 721/1321) and his learned comments are preserved under this same number. [Or. 14.006] ★ ★ it 7. Two texts on the history of Algeria 26 folia, 260 : 200 mm, 24 lines per page; in a fine, scholarly magribi-script, unvocalised; text in black, headings etc. in red ink; dated 8 Sawwal 1302/1885. [1] az-Zahra an-naira fima gara fi ’l-gazair hina agarat ‘alaiha gunüd al-kafara by [Muhammad ibn Mu hammad ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahman at-Tilimsani] who wrote this work in 1193/1779, see GAL II. 458, nr. 15. Brockel- mann typifies this work as the “Geschichte der christ- lichen Expeditionen gegen Alger von Khaireddin bis 1189/1775”. fol. lb - incipit -: “al-Hamd li-’llah alladi wa‘ada 1-mu- wahhidin bi '1-galba wa-’n-nasra.” fol. 14b - explicit -: “yaqülu al-‘abd al-faqir al- -gami‘ innama harrartu hadihi ’1-auraq wa-gama‘tu hadihi '1-ahruf li-taküna tadkira li wa-liman hadara hadihi ’l-waqa’i‘ (...) wa-waqa‘a ’1-farag fi ’l-‘usr ar-rabi‘ min at-tult at-tani min as-suds as-sadis min an-nisf at-tani min al-‘usr at-talit min al-‘usr al‘asir min al-qarn at-tani ‘asar min higrat sayyid al-basar (...) intaha ma wugida muqayyadan ‘ala ma fihi min at-tahrif al-katir miri nuskha mu’arrakha kutibat awakhir Gumada at-tani sanat arba‘ wa-tis‘in wa-mi’a wa-alf min al-higra tamma bi-hamd Allah ta‘ala fi 2 Ramadan sanat 1302 ...” [2] Relation of the expedition against the southern re gion of Algeria, which took place in 1199 H. under the leadership of Muhammad Bey ibn ‘Utman Bey (who reigned from 1179-1205 H., cf. Zambauer section 61), by Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Mahammad ( bi-fath al-mim”) ibn ‘All ibn Hattal (fl. 1199/1785), identical with MSS Algiers 1643 and 1644' (see the catalogue by Fagnan, page 457). fol. 15a - incipit -: “Basmala(...) al-hamd li-l-llah faliq al-ashah ...” fol. 26a-26b - explicit -: “Qad intaha ma aradna gam'ahu (...) ta-huwa akbar da‘i ila gam'ihi wa-aqwa sabab wa- -hamil ‘ala wad‘ihi qala dalika wa-katabahu (...) Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Mahammad bi-fath al-min ibn All ibn Ahmad ibn Hattal (...) qala nasikhuhu kamila taqyid hadihi ’1-auraq duhwat yaum al-khamis at-tani wa-’l- ‘isrin min sahr Allah Di 1-Qa‘da sanat itaain ba da ’1-mi’atain wa-’l-alf ‘ala yad Muhammad ibn al-Basir ibn Muhammad Atray at-Tilimsani daran wa-mansa’an (...) qad tamma naqluhu min khatt al-madkür fi 8 Sawwal sanat 1302 ...” [Or. 14.007] ★ ★ * 8. An extract of öawahir al-ma‘anï fi faid Abi ’l-‘Ab- bas at-Tiggani by ‘Ali Barrada al-Fasi, known as flara- zim, who wrote this work in 1214/1799 (see Lévi-Pro- vengal, Historiens des Chorfa, pp. 376-377, and GAL S. II, 875). The epitomizer seems to be Ahmad ibn ‘Asür as-Sam‘ünï (?), who is at the same time the scribe of this MS .which he completed in 1271/1855. 14 pages, 218 : 165 mm, 20 lines per page; in unvocalised magribi-script; in black ink; dated 1271/1855. Pag. 1 -incipit -: ”Basmala(...) wa-mimma ’khtasama min kitab Gawahir al-ma‘ani fi faid Abi VAbbas at-Tiggani...” Pag. 14 - explicit -: “al-hamd li-’llah kullu ma kutiba huna fi hada '1-auraq sahih amma ma ’khtusira min at-ta'lïf al-madkür fa-huwa fihi musattar qad tala nahu


wa-ra’ainahu wa-amma ma waqa‘a ba'dahu wa-qad sa- hadna ba'dahu wa-ba'dahu bi-’t-tawatur sami'nahu wa-kataba ’l-‘abd al-faqir ila rabbihi Ahmad ibn ‘Asür as-Sam‘ünï (?) fi sab‘ baqina min Di ’1-Qa‘da ‘am 1271 wa-‘ubaid rabbihi Muhammad as-sagir ibn maulana al-hagg ‘All at-T.mas.ni...” [Or. 14.008] * * * 9. Dikr waq‘at ‘Ain Madi wa-sahibiha sayyid Muham mad at-Tiggani, anonymous. (Basset has written on the cover of this MS: “Histoire du siège d’aïn madhi par el hadj AbdelKader”, this siège took place in the year 1254H, see page 2). 32 pages, 220 : 165 mm, 16 lines per page; in a scholarly unvocalised magribï-script; undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the 19th. C. AD. Page 1 - incipit -: “Basmala (...) dikr waq‘at ‘Ain Madi wa-sahibiha sayyid Muhammad at-Tiggani wa-dalika anna ’1-hagg ‘Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhyi ad-Din lamma (...?) bi-’l-mulk (...) fa-kataba ila ahl mamlakatihi wa- -ahl az-zawaya min ahl at-tarlq (...) kataba ila sayyid Muhammad at-Tiggani ya’muruhu bi-’l-gihad...” Page 32 - explicit -: fa-hsda akhir ma yassara ’llah li min hadihi '1-qissa wa-amriha rawaituha ‘an man hadara fïha min awwaliha ila akhiriha wa-kana nuzül al-hagg ‘Abd al-Qadir ‘ala harb ‘Ain Madi fi sahr Allah Rabï‘ II sanat 1254 wa-makata fïha sab‘a ashur wa-rahala ‘anha fi Sawwal li’t-ta'rïkh al-madkür wa-baqat khaliyatan min ahliha itnain wa-‘isrin sahr fa-lamma kamilat itnain wa-‘isrin sahran dakhalaha sayyid Muhammad wa-'am- maraha tumma ba‘da dalika kamilat ayyam al-hagg ‘Abd al-Qadir wa-ma qasama ’llah lahu min ai-mamlaka wa-ga a hukm al-Faransis wa-fadat al-‘afiya wa-lam naraw minhum fitna wa-la mihna.” [Or. 14.009] * * * 10. [Rasa’il Ahmad ibn Mahammad at-Tiggani], ano nymous 103 pages, 220 : 165 mm, 16 lines per page; in a scholarly unvocalised magribï-script the same handwriting as MS nr. 9; undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the 19th C. AD. Page 2 - incipit “Basmala (...) fasl fi rasa’ilihi qala radiya ’llah ‘anhu ba‘da hamd Allah galla galalatuhu wa-‘azza kamalatuhu (...) yasila ’1-kitab ila kaffat man kana bi-Fas wa-bi- 1-Magrib min al-ikhwan wa-’l-fuqara’ as-salam ‘alaikum wa-rahmat Allah (...) min al-‘abd al-faqir ila ’llah Ahmad ibn Mahammad at-Tiggani..." Page 103 - explicit -: “fa-hada akhir ma tayassara li min kalam sayyidina gama'tuhu wa-bi-’l-llah at-taufiq (...) wa-kana 1-farag minhu li-khamsa ‘asar min Sawwal ‘asiyyat yaum al-khamis sanat itnain wa-sab‘in wa- -mi’atain wa-alf ‘ala yad katibiha ('...) Ahmad ibn Mu hammad tumma al-(..?)...” [Or. 14.010] ★ Hr Hr 11. Aga ib al-asfar wa-lata'if al-akhbar by Muham mad Abü Ra’s ibn Ahmad ibn ‘Abd al-Qadir an-Nasiri (d. 1238/1823). The book contains the author’s com mentary on his own qasida about the fall of Oran (GAL 11. 509 and GAL S. II', 88^). 158 folia, 290 : 195 mm, 22 lines per page; written in an elegant unvocalised magribiscript; judging from script and paper the MS is from the 19th. C. AD. fol. lb - incipit -: “Basmala (...) amma ba‘du fa-inna ’1-baht ‘ala ‘ilm at-ta’rikh...” fol. 157b - explicit “Intaha ma qasadna min sarh Nafisat al-guman fi fath tagr Wahran ‘ala yadai al-Mansflr bi-’llah al-Bey Sayyidi Muhammad ibn ‘Ut- man (...) [fol. 158a] intaha ka-kana ’1-farag min taswi- dihi yaum al-khamis sabahan fi sahr Allah al-mu‘azzam Di ’1-Qa‘da ba‘da ma madat minhu khamsa ayyam fi ‘am talata sanin min qam arba‘a ‘asar ba‘da ’1-mi’atain wa- -’1-alf [??] (...) katibuhu al-Maulüd ibn Muhammad ibn ‘All nasab al-Fuqubd.nni al-mutawattin fi bilad aulad al- 0^1 ft ka.^JLM ..." [Or. 14.011] t t t 12. Genealogy of the Banü Ibrahim of Ouargla, Al gerian Sahara, cf. R. Basset, Les manuscrits arabes des bibliothèques des zaouias de ‘Ain Madhi et Tema'in, de Ouargla et de ‘Adjadja, Alger 1886, pages 40-43 (nr. V). 32 folia, 295 : 193 mm, 12 lines per page; in a big and clear unvocalised magribï-script; dated 24 October 1884. fol. lb - incipit -: "al-Hamd li-’llah wahdihi fï 24 uktübar sanat 1884 hada bayan nasab ‘ars Banï Ibraahïm inna Wargla kanat laisa ‘amira ...” fol. 32b - explicit -: “. .wa-tawalla ba'dahu as-sayyid al-F.syan Satïlï (...) wa-’llah yutimmu ‘alaina huk- mahu.” Added: A small bundle of fragments (29 numbered folia and 5 unnumbered folia) probably of the same origin as MSS nrs. 12, 13 and 14 and dealing with related sub jects, i.a. containing the chronicle of Ouargla published by Basset, op. cit., pp. 19-35. [Or. 14.012] * t t 13. Genealogy of the Banü Sisin of Ouargla, Algerian Sahara, cf. R. Basset, op. cit., pp. 63-65 (nr. VII). 27 folia, 295 : 193 mm, 13 lines per page; in the same handwriting as MS nr. 12; dated 28 October 1884. fol. 2a - incipit “Taqyïd wa-tabyïn umür ‘ars Banï Sisin wa-gair dalika wa-tubayyanu qaba’iluhum wa-min ayyi sabab summu Banï Sisin, wa-dalika anna gadd Banï War gala al-awwal ismuhu as-sayyid al-Wargali (...) wa-ba‘da dalika tazawwaga ’mra’a wa-wallada ma‘aha talata min al-aulad wahid ismuhu Sisin fa-min dalika summfl Banï Sisin wa-’l-akhar ismuhu Ibrahim wa-huwa gadd Banï Ibrahim fa-min dalika summü Ban! Ibrahim wa-’l-akhir ismuhu Waqin fa-min dalika summü Banï Waqïn wa-’ftaraqü min dalika wa-kullu wahid minhum ‘amara fï gïha min al-gïhat...” fol. 26b-27a - explicit -: “wa-hada ma ‘alimna fïhim wa- -’llah a'lam wa-amma amr tabyin hadihi ’1-asya’ kulluha fï zimam gami‘ (..?) li-anna fïhi at-tabyïn as-sahïh kullu
firqa wa-kullu qabila ‘ala asliha alladi la yahtagu ila ’1-gair.” [Or. 14.013] * t t 14. Genealogy of the Banü ‘Asïd, Algerian Sahara 80 pages, 295 : 193 mm, 10-11 lines per page; in a big and clear unvocalised magribi-script ,undated, but prob ably of the same date and origin as MSS nrrs. 12 and 13. Page 1 - incipit -: “al-hamd li-’llah wahdahu, hada ma wagadna min qadiyyat asl ‘urüsina aulad ‘Asïd...” Page 80 - explicit -: ”... wa-khalafat ad-daula ‘alaina as-sa‘ada al-mu’azzam al-arfa‘ as-sayyid al-F.syan as- -S.tülï al-hakim al'-kabïr bi-da’irat Wargala...” [Or. 14.014] * Hr Hr 15. Nasab ‘All ibn Yahya (North African genealogy) 12 folia, 235 : 185 mm, 18 lines per page; in a clear, scarcely vocalised magribi-script; dated 1175H, but this is most likely the date of the original: this copy seems to be not older than the end of the 19th. C. AD. fol. lb - incipit -: “Basmala(...) nasab ‘All ibn Yahya wa-amma nasab hada ismuhu Mahammad ibn Ahmad ibn ‘Ali ibn Mahammad ibn Qa’id ‘Ammar ibn ‘All ibn Ma hammad wa-‘Umar ibn Mahammad wa-Yahya ibn Ma hammad wa-ha’ula’i kulluhum aulad Mahammad ibn ‘All ibn Yahya al-M.-grawï...” fol. 12b - explicit -: ‘‘Tammat hadihi ’s-sagara al-muba- raka fi salkh sahr Di ’1-Higga ‘am 1175...” [Or. 14.015] * * * 16. k. al-Adwanï by Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Umar al-Qusantïnï (fl. after 800H.), containing tales on the tribal history and genealogy of North-Africa. 44 folia, 240 : 170 mm, 23 mm; in a current unvocalised magribi-script; headings etc. in red, text in black ink; dated May 11, 1885. fol. lb - incipit -: “Basmala (...) hada kitab as-sayyid Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Umar al-Qusantïnï fï ’t-ta’rïkh al-musamma bi-’l-’Adwanï; qala ahl at-ta’rïkh fï a‘dad nasab ba‘d al-autan dakaru anna '1-Qairawan li-Banï Makhzüm wa-’l-öarïd li-hulafa’ihim wa-Tara- bulus li-’l-Kham wa-hulafa’ihim min al-Yahüd qala ar- -rawï..." fol. 44a - explicit -: “...tumma qamat wa-qalat lahu min aina laka hada ya qurrat al-‘ain fa-haddataha bima ra’a fi- 1-manam fa-farahü bihi farahan sadidan wa-dahaba ‘anhum ma bi-him min al-gü‘ wa-’l-faqr, unzur al-‘aga’ib wa-’l-gara’ib fa-’fham ya miskin...” Ib. - colophon -: “Hada akhir ma wagadtu min hada l-magmü‘ wa-’llah a‘lam annahu baqiya minhu sai’ wa- -lam agidhu karna annï nasakhtuhu min nuskha galaba ‘alaiha at-tahrif wa-rubbama fïha an-naqs bi-ba‘d al-ma- wadi‘ (...) wa-qad aslahtu ma qadartu ‘ala sulhihi mimma yunasibu '1-ma‘na (...) kutiba fï 26 Ra§ab al-asabb (sic, lege al-asamm) sanat 1302 higrï al-mu- wafiq ila yaum 11 May sanat 1885 masïhï." ] The book must have been written after 800 H, as this date is mentioned on fol. 6a. More bibliographical information in R. Basset, Les manuscrits arabes des bi- bliothèques des zaouias de ‘Ain Madhi et Tema'in, de Ouargla et de ‘ Adj ad ja, Alger, 1886, page 15-16 (nr. 12). [Or. 14.016] ★ Hr Hr 17. k. Gawahir as-südaniyya by Abü Bakr ibn Ham mam ibn M.h.z.m ibn Karib ibn Khair ad-Dïn ibn ‘Amir al-K.ntawi (fl. 1221 H.), containing tales on the tribal history and geneology of North-Africa. (Basset wrote on the wrapper in which the MS was preserved the re mark: “Pièces qui n’ont ni commencement ni fin, c’est le prétendu original de Djawahir el sudania, traduites”.) 71 folia, 242 : 168 mm, the number of lines per page varies from ca. 20-30 lines, moreover there are some blank pages (such as f.e. fol. 7b, 8a, 13a, 16b, 33a etc.), sometimes containing only a catchword (‘ta‘qïba’), in dicating that there is no lacuna, but that the preceding and following pages should be connected; in various magribï handwritings (at least, as it seems, two); the MS indeed gives the impression of a rough draught (a musawwada) rather than of a clean copy (a mubayya- da); undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the first half of the 19th. C. AD. fol. la - incipit -: “al-Hamd li-’llah wahdahu hadihi nushka manqöla min kitab al-Gawahïr ‘ala 's-südaniyya wa-hiyya mustamila ‘ala lugat as-sudaniyya wa-’l-‘ara- biyya wa-’l-‘agamïya wa-gamï‘ al-aqalïm, ta’lïf as-saikh Abü Bakr ibn Hammam ibn M.h.z.m ibn Karib ibn Khair ad-Dïn al-K.ntawï ‘am wahid wa-‘isrïn wa-mi’atain wa-alf, allaftuhu li-tafsïr gamï‘ usül an-nas wa-ansabihim wa-usülihim wa-furü‘ihim (...) wa-yusamma kitab at- -Tawankh wa-mufassir al-autan (...) al-Qairuwan li-Banï Makhzüm wa-’l-Garïd li-hulafa’ihim wa-ahl Ta- rabulus li-’l-Kham...’’ fol. 71 (ending abruptly): “hatta nazalü bi-’l-maudi‘ alladï fïhi abühu Ya'qüb fa-nazala ‘alaiha öibrïl ‘alaihi ’s-salam (...) wa-banü hunalika haramain (...) la yad- khuluha illa mu’min ila zaman ‘Isa ibn Maryam ‘ala hadihi ’s-sïra (...) fa-lamma arada ’Uah an yaqbida rüh Yüsuf intaqala ila Misr (...) wa-tawalla ibnuhu Ifra’ïm...” [Or. 14.017] Hr Hr ★ 18. A magmü‘a on North African history and gene alogy 13 folia, 230 : 168 mm, 23 lines per page; in an un vocalised, rather rough magribï-script (foils. 12b-13a in a different hand); headings etc. in red, text in black ink; the text on foils. 12b-13a dated 1302H/1885, the pre ceding pages not much older. [1] Sagarat Abi ’l-Gait al-Kabir, genealogy of Abu '1-Gait sumamed al-Kabïr, lord of Sigilmas, who left this place and settled in Nafta. fol. la - incipit -: “Basmala (...) hadihi sagarat al-asraf al-hamd li-’llah (...) wa-ba‘du fa-hadihi sagarat dur-
riyyat maulana sayyidina al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Abï Talib (...)” fol. lb: “Tumma inna as-sayyid as-sarif Abu ’1-Gait (or: Abu ’1-Gais? or: Abu ’1-Qais) al-madkür intaqala min balad Sigilmas al-madküra ila balad Nafta min watan al-Garïd min ‘amal Tünis...” fol. 2a: “wa-qila hada ’n-nasab al-mubarak fi yaum at- -talata min Gumada al-awwal ‘am 1239 tis‘a wa-talatin wa-mi’atain wa-’l-alf...” [2] k. al~I‘tibSr wa-tawarikh al-akhbar wa-’t-ta‘rif bi-’n- -nisba ila n-nabi al-mukhtar, by ‘Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Farhün fol. 2a - incipit -: Qala ’s-saikh al-imam al-‘arif bi-’llah ‘Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Farhün radiya ’llah ‘anhu amin amïn hada kitab al-I‘tibar wa-tawarikh al-akhbar wa-’t- -ta'rïf bi-’n-nisba ila ’n-nabi al-mukhtar...” fol. 5a: “fa-hadihi sagara min durriyyat Abi '1-Hasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (...) wa-kana min durriyyatihima al-imam as-sahir (...) maulana Idris al-Asgar (...) wa- -huwa Idris al-Akbar ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Kamil ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Husain ibn Fatima...” Through this Idris al-Asgar the various tribes and clans of North-Africa are considered to be descended from the Prophet, as is explained on the remaining pages of this treatise (foils. 5b-12a). [3] List of the governors of the Mosque of Sidi ‘Uqba at Qairawan, from the 880H till 1281H. Dated 12 Ra madan 1302/1885. fol. 12b - incipit -: al-Hamd li—’llah (...) i‘lam ya man turidu fahs masa ikh masyid (i.e.: masgid, see Lane, Vol. 4, page 1483 col. 2) sayyid ‘Uqba ibn Nafi‘(...) tawalla ‘Umar al-madkür umür masyid Sidi ‘Uqba sanat 880 ila an tuwuffiya fi sanat 891...” fol. 13a - explicit -: "tumma ‘uzila fi sanat 1282 intaha wa- Hah yutbitana wa-iyyakum ‘ala haqiqat hadihi ’s-su- lala(...) bi-ta’rikh 12 Ramadan yaum al-arba‘a 1302.” [Or. 14.018] * ★ ★ 19. A magmü‘a on North African history 26 folia, 260 : 198 mm, 23 lines per page; in a current unvocalised magribi-script; dated February 1885. [1] A:. Nazm mubarak wa-gidd (or: gaddl) mutasalik (sic), a text on the history of the Islamic conquests in North-Africa, in which i.a. both the original ‘Christian’ and the Arabic names of the towns are given. The lan guage of this text differs in many aspects from rlassiral Arabic. fol. lb - incipit -:“Basmala; kitab Nazm mubarak wa- -gidd (or: gadd?) mutasalik; hada kitab al-‘abd al- -mu min Ahmad ibn ‘Abd aUAziz ‘an abihi‘ an gaddihi annahu min mustahir haditihi amma ba‘du fa-qad qala ‘am sittumi a wa-sab‘a ma‘a sittün min ba‘d wafat man ursila bi-l-ayat (...) amma ba‘du qala al-qa’il (...) f a -fj am 650 annahu qala akhbarana Ibrahim al-Khurasani an Ahmad ibn al-Aswad ‘an ibn ‘ammihi ‘Ali ibn Ibra him an abihi ‘an gaddihi ‘an (..?) ibn Tabit ‘an Mu hammad ibn al-Qadi ‘an ‘Abd Allah al-Mus‘ab ‘an abihi an Munaidir dalika min tabi‘ at-tabi‘in al-muhagirin wa-’l-ansar wa-’l-‘ulama al-abrar min wafat rasül Allah wa-min hin qudümihi fa-akhbara ’n-nazim al-madkür ‘alaikum bi-’ttiba‘ hada 's-sayyid al-madkür innahu qala bi-wiradat al-hadit ma‘a tamyizihi hada ’1-qasr al-mu- ta‘arraf bi-qasr Tabarka nasraniyyan min awwal ibti- da’ihi fa-dalika ‘am 245 qabla yub'atu Muhammad...” fol. 15a - colophon -: “Intaha ma wugida wa-nuqila min khatt as-sayyid alladi qala: wa-ana kansalir al-faransis fi balad Tarabulus al-garb tammat hadihi ’n-nuskha fi awa’il Muharram sanat 1224 ba‘da ’1-higra muwafiq ila ’1-yaum as-sadis ‘asar min Fabrar sanat 1818 ba‘da wafat sayyidina wa-ibn ilahina ‘Isa (...) tamma bi-hamd Allah naskhuhu fi ’l-hadi wa-’l-‘isrin min sahr Fabrar sanat 1885 masihiyya wa-’l-‘udr li-’l-katib lima fi ’1-asl min al-qalb wa-’t-tahrif intaha.” [2] History of the caliphate of Sulaiman ibn Muham mad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Sulaiman al-‘Alawi, anonymous, fol. 15b - incipit -: “al-Hamd li-’llah wahdahu - dikr khilafat as-sultan maulana Sulaiman ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Sulaiman al-‘Alawi wa-dalika annahu lamma mata maulana Muhammad (...) fi ‘am 1202 qama bi-’l-khilafa ba'dahu auladuhu at-talata al-Yazid wa-Hisam wa-Maslama al-awwal qama bi-Fas wa-’t-tani bi-Marrakas (...) wa-ta’rikh ibtida’ khilafat maulana Sulaiman fi sahr Sawwal ‘am 1206...” fol. 18a - explicit -: “wa-hada akhir khabar aulad mau lana Muhammad wa-hum maulana al-Yazid wa-Hisam wa-Maslama wa-Sulaiman wa-ba‘dahu ‘Abd ar-Rahman ibn maulana Hisam (...) wa-qila fi 30 Sa‘ban ‘am 1298 tamma naskhuhu fi 22 Fabrar sanat 1302/1885.” [3] Survey of the military expeditions that took place during the government of Sulaiman ibn Muhammad al-‘Alawi, anonymous. fol. 18b - incipit -: “al-Hamd li-’llah; wa-min al-bu‘üt allati ba'ataha maulana Sulaiman fi khilafatihi ...” fol. 22a - explicit -: "...wa-’nsarafa ’1-gais wa-’s-sultan (...) wa-hada ma hadarani al-waqt gahd at-taqa (...) tamma naskhuhu fi 25 Fabrar 1302/1885.” [4] The history of Ghadames from the oldest times until the beginning of the 11th. C. H„ anonymous. fol. 22b - incipit -: “hadihi nuskha nuqilat min az-zimam bi-balad Gadamis al-qadim (...) qad sa’alani ’1-ikhwan an aktuba ma wagadnahu fi ‘uqüd al-awa’il wa-ma sami‘nahu min alladi adraknahu min akabir al-bilad min ‘awa’id Gadamis ...” fol. 23a: “wa-ba‘du fa-‘lam ayyuha ’1-waqif ‘ala hada anna Gadamis bilad qadïma min zaman Nimrüd ibn Kan‘an...” fol. 26b - colophon -: “wa-hada ma wagadnahu qayyad- nahu wa-bi-’llah at-taufiq ‘ala afqar al-wara (...) al-ka- tib Mustafa ibn Qasim al-Misri (...) bi-ta’rikh Muhar ram al-haram fatih sanat 1181; tamma naskhuhu ‘ala ma fihi harfan bi-harf wa-dalika bi-ugrat as-sayyid Rini Basi (i.e. René Basset) as-saikh bi-madrasat al-adab al-‘aliya bi-ta’rikh 26 Fïfrï (février) sanat 1885.” [Or. 14.019] 1r 1t it 20. List of the governors of the Banü Djellab at Toug- gourt (Algeria), from Muhammad al-Akhal ibn ‘Umar
(“qama bi-’l-wilaya ba'da abihi wa-kanat wilayatuhu sitta wa-talatlna sana") up till Salman ibn ‘All ( kanat wilayatuhu talata sanln wa-kharaga min Tagra ila nahiyat al-masriq fi sanat 1854”) 2 folia, 235 : 158 mm, 16 lines per page; in unvocalised magribl-script; dated 4 May 1885. This list was published by Basset in 1886 in his Les manuscrits arabes des bibliothèques des zaouias de ‘Ain Madhi et Tema'in, de Ouargla et de ‘Adjadja, pages 16-19. [Or. 14.020] * * ftr 21. Qissa mashüra wa-akhbar madküra, a report on the undertakings of the ibadi sultan Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah Bü Saif in the year 1264 Higra. 2 pages, 560 : 210 mm; in an unvocalised, current ma gribl-script; dated 1269/1853-2. Page 1 - incipit -: “wa-ba‘du (...) qadima ilaina ’s-sultan al-madkür min biladihi min gihat al-magrib wa-kana fl dalika ’s-sana ‘am 1264 wa-kana (...) qudümihi ila bilad al-islam alladina lam yakünü fi hukm al-kuffar fl dalika ’1-waqt...” [Or. 14.021] * * * 22. Documents [1] Waqf-certificate ,dated 1194H. [2] Sales-certificate of real estate, dated, at al-Gaza’ir, 1208 H. [3] Sales-certificate of real estate, dated 1212 H. [4] Act of marriage by proxy, dated 1882 AD. [5] Letter to the governor of Kasrü (= .?) ( a|< ). from a dismissed qadi, dated 1883. [6] Marriage-certificate, dated 1296 H. [7] A will, dated 1260 H. [8] Certificate of Talqa ula, dated 1272 H. [9] Département d'Oran, Taxe des Loyers (arrête du 4 novembre 1848), Prestation pour les chemins vi- cinaux (décret de 5 juillet 184if.’ [10] Permis de circuler, Oran 1 Mai 1878. [11] Permis de voyage. Département d'Oran, 7 novem bre 1882. [12] Four debentures (taqyid ad-dain). [13] Three documents on the attending of a maglis. [14] “Liste de princes sévères”. [Or. 14.022] ★ ★ ftr Other historical works 23. Unidentified work on the history of the Abbasides, probably part of a bigger historical text. Identical with
black ink; undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the 19th. C. AD. fol. la - incipit -: “Bab ma ga’a fi saum rasül Allah.” The last chapter, “Bab ma ga’a fï ru’yat rasül Allah”, starts on fol. 21b. Many of the interlinear and marginal glosses of this MS have been taken from the commentary of Muhammad ibn Qasim Gassüs (d. 1182/1768), entitled al-Fawaid al-galtla al-bahiyya (see GAS I. 157, nr. 6), others ap parently from Ibn Hagai al-Haitami’s (d. 973/1566) comments entitled Asraf al-wasa’il ila fahm al-Samail (GAS ib. nr. 2). [Or. 14.024] t t * 25. Mukhtasar ta’rikh umara Makka, containing a list of the emirs of Mecca from 384 till 1299 Higra, ano nymous. 12 folia, 212 : 166 m, 18 lines per page; unvocalised naskhi; dated 5 Sa'ban 1303/1886. fol. lb - incipit -: "al-Hamd li-’llah rabb al-‘alamin (...) wa-ba‘du fa-hadihi nubda latifa fi ta’rikh umara’ Makka al-mukarrama...” fol. 12b - explicit -: “Tumma tawalla ba'dahu amir al- Higaz sayyiduna as-sarif ‘Aun Basa ar-rafiq ibn sayyi- dina al-marhüm as-sarif Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Mu‘in ibn ‘Aun tawalla ‘am 1299...” Ib. - colophon -: “tammat wa-khutimat ‘ala yad naqiliha (...) Muhammad nagl al-marhüm Yüsuf al-Kümi al-fa- qih al-katib bi-Bab as-salam al-Makki (...) fi ‘am sanat 1303 fi 5 Sa'ban.” [Or. 14.025] * * Hr 26. Nuzhat an-nazinn fï ta’rikh balad Allah al-amïn, anonymous. 8 folia, 235 : 190 mm, 20 lines per page; unvocalised ruq‘a; undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the 19th. C. AD. fol. lb - incipit -: “Basmala (...) amma ba‘du fa-hada mukhtasar latif fi ta’rikh Makka al-mukarrama wa-dikr ba‘d ma’tarihS wa-ma yata'allaqu bi-ha li-annaha umm al-qura wa-qiblat al-muslimin...” Contents: lb-2a: name and foundation; 2a-2b: general description; 2b-3a: the Ka‘ba; 3a: al-Higr; 3a-3b: dis tances between Mecca and other towns; 3b-4a: the wells of Mecca; 4a: maqamat al-a’imma al-arba‘a; 4a-b: al- -masgid al-haram; 5b-7b: the gates of Mecca; 7b: the markets of Mecca; ib: dar li-’l-hukama’ (...) alladi ansa’aha ‘Utman Basa al-mutaqaddim dikruhu sanat 1301; 8a-8b: other monuments. The text ends abruptly on fol. 8b with the words: “wa- -huwa masgid mashür mubarak wa-gairuhu min al-ma- sagid wa-minha.” [Or. 14.026] ★ ★ * 27. A magmü'a, containing k. Qisas al-anbiya and 11 other mainly religious texts. 195 folia, 220 : 155 mm, the number of lines per page differs per text, as there are written by various hands; details on the script and the number of lines are given at the beginning of the description of each individual text; the MS is of the second half of the 19th. C. AD. [1] [Qisas al-anbiya commonly attributed to al-Kisa’i (fl. 5th/llth. C., see GAL I. 350)] fol. 2-135a, 27-28 lines per page, in a clear, unvocalised magribl-script, headings in red, text in black. fol. 2a - incipit -: “Fasl dukira fihi masa’il yaum al- -qiyama wa-ahwaliha (...) qala haddatana Ishaq ibn öa'far ibn Bassar ‘an ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abbas (...) an- nahu qala salla ’llah ‘alaihi wa-sallama salla bina rasül Allah (...) dat yaum salat as-§ubh qala fa-lamma faraga min salatihi...” Contents: 3a: sifat Israfil; 3b: sifat malak al-maut; ib: as-sams wa-’l-qamar; 4a: al-ganna wa-’n-nar; 4b: Gahannam; 5a: hadit al-ginn wa-‘ibadat Iblis; 6a: tumma khalaqa ’llah Adam; 7b: khutbat Adam; 11a: qissat Ha- rüt wa-Marüt; 12a: su'al Adam; 15a: hadit an-nasr wa-’l-hüt; 15b: hadit al-garad; ib: taubat Adam; 16b: qissat al-‘ahd wa-’l-mitaq; 18a: hadit Qabil; 18b: wafat Adam; 19b: wasiyyat Adam; 21b: qissat Idris; 22b: Nüh; 23a: mab‘at Nüh; 24a: sifat safinat Nüh; 24b: ruküb Nüh; 25b: da‘wat Nüh; 26a: hadit aulad Nüh; 26b: hadit Yafat; ib: dikr ‘Ad wa-kaifa ba‘ata 'llah ilaihim Hüd; 27a: mab'at Hüd; 30a: hadit Salih; ib: hadit sifat as-sanam; 30b: maulid Salih; 32b: §ifat naqat Salih; ib: khurüg an-naqa; 34a: ‘aqr an-naqa; 35a: hadit al-bi’r al-mu‘attala wa-’l-qasr al-musayyad; 35b: hadit ashab ar-rass; 36b: hadit aulad K.rakh wa-mïlad an-Nimrüd wa-hadit Ibrahim; 38a: hadit al-ayat; 38b: hadit aya ukhra; ib: idem; ib: idem; 39a: idem; ib. idem; 40a: hadit tulü‘ nagm Ibrahim; 43a: hadit sarahat Ibrahim fi-’n-nar; 43b: higrat Ibrahim; ib: hadit Ibrahim wa-Hagar; 46b: maulid Ishaq; 47b: wafat Ibrahim; 48a: aulad Ibrahim; 49a: hadit (...)Ya‘qüb; 61b: dukhül aulad Ya‘qüb; 67b: dukhül Ya‘qüb ‘ala Yüsuf; 68a: hadit ‘Aram al-‘Adi; 68b: wafat Ya‘qüb; 69a: Ayyüb wa-sabruhu; 75a: Du ’1-kifl; 75b: Su'aib; 79a: Müsa; 80b-81a: al-ayat allati ra’aha Fir‘aun; 81b: tazwig Asiya li-Far‘ün; 82b: qatl al-atfal; 83a: mïlad Müsa; 83b: wusül at-tabüt ila Far‘ün; 84a: ‘aga’ib Müsa; 86b: ad-di’b ma‘a Müsa; 88a: bisarat Harün; 89b: ‘aga’ib ‘a§a’ Müsa; 90a: as-sahara ma‘a Far‘ün; 91a: at-tüfan wa-’t-tis‘a '1-ayat allati nazalat bihim; 91b: al-masita hina qatalaha Far‘ün; 92a: qatl Asiya; 92b: inqita‘ an-Nïl; 93b: munagat Müsa; ib: as- -Samiri ma‘a Bani Isra’il; 96a: an-nuqaba' min Ban! Isra’il; 97a: al-madina al-b.ql.’; 97b: hadit Qarün wa-ma kana min amrihi ma‘a Müsa; 100b: al-Khadir ma‘a Müsa; 101b: al-baqara; 102b: wafat Harün; 103b: qissat Müsa (...) ma‘a Iblis; 104a: wafat Müsa; 104b: Yüsa’ ibn Nün; 105b: milad Ilyas; 108a: Talüt wa-6alüt wa-Samwïl; 109a: Taub al-‘abid; 109b: mab'at Da’üd; 111b: as-silsila allati kana fi zaman Da'üd; 112a: maulid Sulaiman; 113a: al-ganam; 113b: wafat Da’üd; 114a: hasr al-wuhüs li- -Sulaiman ibn Da’üd; ib: al-khattaf; 114b: an-nasr; ib: al-‘uqab; ib: al-‘anqa; ib: al-gurab; ib: al-hamama; 115a: ad-dik; 116b: an-naml; 117b: madinat Saba’; 118a: Bilqis;
120b: . ..al-khatim wa-khal‘ al-mulk min Sulaiman; 122a: madinat al-magrib; 122b: madinat al-masriq; 124a: Is’iya’; ib. Irmiya’ wa-Yünus; 126b: Hizqil ibn Bara; 127a: Yahya ibn Zakariyya' wa-‘Isa ibn Maryam; 129a: al-maqtül ma‘a ‘Isa; 129b: al-a‘ma wa-’l-maq‘ad ma‘a ‘Isa; 130a: Yünus al-hawari; ib: Matta al-hawari; 130b: ‘Isa ma‘a ’1-gumguma; 132a: al-ma’ida min as-sama’; 132b: öirgis; 133b: al-ayat; 134b: khurüg Yagüg wa- -Magüg. fol. 135b - colophon -: “intaha 1-kitab al-mubarak bi- -hamd Allah (...)” [2] fol. 125b-140b, 27-28 lines per page, in a clear, unvocalised magribi-script, headings in red, text in black ink, same sribe as [ 1 ]. [k. Sagarat al-yaqin, an eschatological treatise ascribed to various authors, i.a. to Fakhr ad-Dïn ar-Razï (GAL S. I, 923, d. 606/1209), Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-As‘ari (see Levi della Vida, Elenco nr. 242, d. ca. 600/1203), to Abu '1-Lait as-Samarqandi (d. 373/893), etc., etc. In this incomplete and abruptly ending text it seems to be ascribed to Abu ’1-Lait as-Samarqandi (on fol. 139b)]. fol. 135b - incipit -: “Qala ’1-imam al-as‘ar (...) ga’a fi ’1-khabar anna 'Hah tabaraka wa-ta‘ala khalaqa sagara la-ha arba‘a agsan fa-sammaha sagarat al-yaqïn tumma khalaqa ’llah nür Muhammad...” Contents: 136b: bab.fi takhliq Adam; 137b: bab fi dikr takhliq al-mala'ika; 138a: bab fi dikr takhliq al-maut; bab fi dikr malak al-maut. fol. 140 (ending abruptly): “Qala Abü Hanifa (...) aktar ma yuslabu ’l-iman min al-‘abd waqt an-niza‘ a‘adana ’llah wa-iyyakum minhu ay min salab al-iman bi-’Tlah.” (The text corresponds with the first 21 folia of MS Cod. Or. Leyden 7008, k. Daqaiq al-haqaiq). [3] fol. 141a-148b, 19-20 lines per page, in a narrow, scarcely vocalised magribi-script; headings in red, text in black ink, dated 1293 Higra. k. az Zabür 1 i-Daüd an-nabï, the Islamic psalter, in a short version, containing 30 psalms in all; completely different from the k. Zabür Da’üd as preserved in Cod. Or. Leyden 6129, which is also an Islamic psalter, fol. 141a - incipit -: "Basmala(...) hada kitab az-Zabür li-Da’üd ‘alaihi ’s-salam; ‘agibtu li-man aiqana bi-’l-maut kaifa yafrahu...”. (Prof. Drewes remarks that this text seems to be a hadith qudsi, cf. Cod. Or. Leyden 8304, p. 76). fol. 148 - explicit -: “fa-la tasilfi qulubukum bi-hubb ad-dunya fa-zawaluha qarib.” fol. 148b - colophon -: “intaha (...) ’ala yad ad-da‘if Malik ibn al-Husain ibn ‘Abd Allah min maudi‘ ad- -D./bdi al-Murabiti min durriyyat abna Manasa (?).” Dated 13 öumada I, 1293/1876. Gumada I, 1293/1876. [4] fol. 149a-155a, 20 lines per page, in a vocalised clear magribi-script; headings etc. in red, text in black ink. An introduction to Islam; the author, as-saikh al-imam Abü Hazim, relates how he met a companion of the Pro phet, who asked him all sorts of questions on Islam. The book is called in the colophon Kitab Abi Hazim, but such a title nor the author’s name is given in Brockel- mann. fol. 149a - incipit -: “hatta alqanï saikh min ashab rasül Allah (...) fa-qala as-salam ‘alaikum ya Aba Hazim wa-la‘allaka tuhsinu 's-salat am la?” fol. 154b - explicit -: “fa-wadda’ani s-saikh wa-’nsarafa ‘anni.” fol. 155a - colophon -: “kamila ’1-kitab al-musamma Aba Hazim (...) ‘ala yad (...) ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Hasan as-sarif al-M.ntaki al-Idrisi.” [5] [Arba‘üna hadïtan, anonymous] fol. 155a-157a, 21 lines per page, same hand as [4]. A collection of traditions, mainly on the salat, fol. 155a - incipit -: "Qala ’n-nabi (...) man hafiza min ummatï arba‘ïna hadïtan ga'alahu ’llah fi ’s-sama’ wa- liyyan wa-fi-’l-ard faqihan...” fol. 157a - explicit -: “...fa-qala li ya ‘Ali la tanum ba‘da §alat as-subh li-annaha sa‘a yanqasim fi-ha ’1-arzaq.” Ib. - colophon -: “Intaha ‘ala yad (...) ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Hasan as-sarif al-Idrisi al-M.ntaki fi yaum al-itnain alladi huwa 28 yauman min sahr Uktubar ‘am 1876(??).” [6] 32 verses ending with "fa-tlubni tagidni”, entitled at-Tausil, anonymous. fol. 158a-158b, 19 lines per page, same scribe as [4] and [5]. fol. 158a - incipit -: "Ana '1-maugüdu fa-’tlubni tagidni wa-in tatlub siwaya lam tagidni.” fol. 158b - explicit -: "sa-ugfiru li-’l-‘ibadi wa-la ubali gadat al-hasri fa-’tlubni tagidni.” Ib. - colophon -: "intaha ’t-tausil bi-hamd Allah...” [7] 14 verses by Ibn Wafa’ fol. 159a, same scribe as [4], [5] and [6]. Incipit: “Basmala (...) wa-li-Ibn Wafa fi madh al- -mustafa (...) qasida (...) yagibu hif?uha ‘ala kulli musiim: sakana '1-fuadu fa-‘is hani’an ya gasad hada ’n-na‘imu huwa ’1-muqimu ila ’1-abad.” Colophon: "Intaha ‘ala yad ad-da‘if (...) ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Hasan as-sarif al-Idrisi al-R.dani daran wa-ahlan al-M.ntaki aslan ‘am 1876 (??)...” [8] [Maurid az-zam’an fi rasm al-Qur'an] by Abü ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Uma- wi as-Sarisi as-sahir bi-’l-Kharrazi (fl. 703/1303, see GAL II. 248). fol. 160b-171a, 21 lines per page, same scribe as in [4]- [7]. fol. 160b - incipit -: “al-hamdu li-’llahi ’l-‘azimi ’l-minani wa-mursili ’r-rusli bi-ahda sunani.” fol. 171a - explicit -: “salla ‘alaihi rabbuna ‘azza wa-gal wa-alihi ma laha nagm au afal.” Ib. - colophon -: “Intaha wa-kamila (...) ‘ala yad ad- -da‘if (...) ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Hasan as-sarif al-Idrisi al-M.ntaki aslan ar-R.dani (...) kamila bi-yaum al-ahad alladi huwa sab‘at ‘asar yauman min sahr Allah Di ’1-Qa‘da ’am 1876 (??) ...” [9] [ad-Durar al~lawamï fi asl ma qara’a al-imam Nafi‘, by Abü ’Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Umawi as-Sarisi as-sahir bi-’l-Kharrazi (fl. 703/1303, see GAL S. II, 349).
fol. 171b-175a, same scribe as in [4]-[8], 21 lines per page. fol. 171b - incipit -: “Basmala... hada tamamu nazmi rasmi ’1-khatti wa-ha ana utbi'uhu bi-d-dabti.” fol. 175a: - explicit -: “salla ’llahu rabbuna ‘alaihi ma marra s(...?) danifun ilaihi.” Ib. - colophon -: “Intaha (...) ’ala yad (...) ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Hasan as-sarïf al-Idrïsï al-M.ntaki aslan ar-R.dani waqtan ...” [10] Qur‘at Ga’far, anonymous. fol. 176a-181b, 21 lines per page, same scribe as in [41- [9]. Fol. 176a- - incipit -: “Basmala (...) hada taqyid Qur'at Ga’far fiha min al~‘aga’ib as-Siddiq (sic) wa-hiyya qur‘a sahiha la sakk fiha wa-man sakka fi-ha ka’annama sakka ft qaul Allah ‘azza wa-galla...” Ib.: “wa-hada kalam sarïf mukhtasar ?arlf mauqüf ‘ala ’l-Quran al-‘azim wa-qala Ga‘far ibn as-Sadiq ...” Contains 65 short bab’s. fol. 181b - explicit -: “wa-’llah ‘ala ma naqülu wakil la haula wa-la quwwata ilia bi-’llah al-‘ali al-‘azim.” Ib. - colophon -: “Kamilat hadidi '1-qur’a (...) ‘ala yad (...) ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Hasan as-Sarif al-Idrisi al- -M.ntaki aslan ar-R.dani waqtan (...) kamilat ba‘da salat az-?uhr fi yaum as-sabt alladi huwa arba‘a wa-‘isrin qila talata wa-’isrin yauman min sahr Allah Yinih ‘am 1876 (??)." [11] al-Mutlï ‘ala masail al-muqni‘ by Muhammad ibn Sa‘Id ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad as-Süsï (d.' 1089/1678, see GAL II. 463 and GAL S. II, 707). fol. 182b-193b, 28 lines per page, in the same hand as [1] and [2]; headings etc. in red, text in black ink. fol. 182b - incipit -: al-Hamdu li-’llah hamdan katiran tayyiban mubarakan ...” fol. 193b - explicit -: “wa-kana nazmuhu fi ‘am s.m. wa-huwa‘am arba'üna wa-alf fi hal kauni musalliyan ‘ala ’n-nabi...” Ib. - colophon -: "Intaha bi-hamd Allah (...) ‘ala yad (...) Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-M.ntagi ...” [12] A poem in praise of the Prophet, anonymous fol. 194a-194b, totally 28 verses, in the hand of the scribe of [4]-[10]. fol. 194a - incipit -: Fa-bi-’smi ’1-ilahi wa-’s-salatu ‘ala n-nabi." ' ' “Muhammadin il-mab‘flti li-’l-khalqi mursali.” fol. 194b - colophon -: “Intaha (...) salla *llah ‘alaihi wa-sallama.” [Or. 14.027] ★ ★ ★ 28. [Qisas al-anbiya , commonly attributed to al-Kisai r i* C., see GAL I. 350)]. A fragment of 20 folia from the abbreviated edition of this work, order confused, many folia missing. 20 folia, 250 : 175 mm, 25 lines per page; in a clear, unvocalised magribi-script; headings etc. in red, text in dark-brown-ink; undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the 19th. C. AD. Contents: fol. la: khalq as-samawat wa-’l-aradin; 2a. sifat as-samawat wa-asma’iha; 3-7: on the creation of Adam and Eva etc.; 7a: hadit Allah al-a‘zam ‘ala ’1-ga- rad; 8b: al-‘ahd wa-’l-mitaq; 10a: qissat Qabil wa-Habil; 10b: dikr wafat Adam; 11a: bab sifat Adam; lib: sifat kaifa yamütu Iblis la‘anahu 'llah; 13-14: on Ibrahim; 14b: §ifat Isma'il; 16b: qissat Lüt; 17a: qissat Yüsa‘; 17b: qissat Bal‘am; ib: qissat Talüt ai-malik; ib: qissat Da’fld an-nabi; ib: qissat Luqman al-hakim; 18a: qissat T.sm wa-huwa Tasm ibn Lawi ibn Arim. [Or. 14.028] II. POETRY 29. Sarh al-A'lam by Yüsuf ibn Sulaiman as-Santamari (d. 476/1083), containing the diwans of the Six Poets in the riwaya of al-Asma‘i (d. 210/825 or 215/830), with as-Santamari’s comments, see GAL S. I, 44. 124 folia, 290 : 198 mm, 23 lines per page; in a clear, elegant and vocalised magribi-script; verses in red, com ments in black ink; undated, but the paper contains an Amsterdam watermark of the 18th. C. AD. (similar to Whitehill nr. 48, which is of the beginning of the 18th. C. AD.). fol. 2b - incipit -: “Basmala (...) hada Sarh al-A‘lam li-Yüsuf ibn Sulaiman as-Santamari al-Andalusi ‘ala diwan as-su‘ara’ as-sitta rahimahum Allah; al-hamd li- 'llah al-mu‘allim al-insan al-bayan...” This text is not complete, as the MS contains only the poems of Imru’ al-Qais and an-Nabiga with the corres ponding comments. fol. 124b: “kamilat al-qasa’id al-mutakhayyara mimma rawahu at-Tusi ‘an suyükhihi bi-hamd Alla ta‘ala wa- -husn ‘aunihi.” (End of the poetry of Imru’ al-Qais on fol. 66b.) [Or. 14.029] ★ * * 30. Sarh al-A‘lam by Yüsuf ibn Sulaiman as-Santamari al-Andalusi (d. 476/1083) 56 folia, 225 : 174 mm, ca. 40 lines per page; in un vocalised, but well readable magribi-script; the verses in red, the comment in black ink; undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the 19h.t C. AD.; the first and last pages of this MS are damaged to such an ex tent that considerable parts of the text are lost or un readable. Contents: fol. la-27b: Imru' al-Qais; 28a-48a: an-Na- biga; 54a: “kamila garni' ma rawahu al-Asma‘i min si‘r ‘Alqama (...) wa-nadkuru qita'an min si'rihi mimma rawahu Abü ‘All Isma‘il ibn al-Qasim al-Bagdadi ‘an suyükhihi ‘an at-Tüsï wa-Ibn al-A‘rabi wa-gairihima...". [Or. 14.030] * * ★ 31. \As‘ar as-su‘ara as-s/ffa], in the recension of al- Asma‘i (d. 210/825 or 215/830), with marginal and interlinear glosses, beginning and end incomplete. 89 folia, 240 : 175 mm, 16 lines per page; in an elegant, often vocalised magribi-script; headings always, glosses
and vowels sometimes in red, text in black ink; undated, but judging from sript and paper the MS is of the 17th. C. AD. Contents: fol. la-17a: Imru’ al-Qais; 17a-34b: an-Na- biga; 34b-40a: ‘Alqama; 40b-56b: Zuhair; 56b-70b: Ta- rafa; 70b-89b: ‘Antara. t ft A [Or. 14.031] 32. [As'ar as-su‘ara as-siffa], in the recension of al- Asma'i (d. 210/825 or 215/830), with interlinear glosses. 22 pages, numbered by Basset a, b, c, ... v; 270 : 175 mm, 13 lines per page; in a big, well readable magribi, the basic text vocalised; interlinear glosses in red, text in dark-brown ink; undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the 17th. C. AD. On a separate piece of paper Basset has described these fragments of follows: "Fragments du divan de Zohai'r et de Tarafah. [7] Fragment d’une qaside de Zohai'r no. 1 ed. Ahlwardt avec glosses d’El Asma‘i; a: a partir des vers 18-30; b: 31-44; c: 45-56; d: 56-63 (fin), Pièce no. 13, v. 1-4; e: 5-16 (fin); f: Pièce no. 19, v. 1-12; g: 13-16, Pièce no. 6, v. 1-7; h: 8-9 (fin), Pièce no. 2, 1-4 (fin), Pièce no .12, 1-2 (fin); i: Pièce no. 20, v. 1-11; j: v. 12-23; k: 24-29 (fin), Pièce no. 5, 1-4 (fin, fin de la récension d’El Asmaï), Pièce no. 3, 1-5; 1: 6-18; m: 19-31; n: 32-44 (fin); o: Pièce no. 11, 1-12; p; 13-17 (fin); [2] Divan de Tarafah. q: (Mo‘allaqah) Pièce no. 4, v. 1-12; r: 13-24; s: 25-37; t: 38-50; u: 51-63; v: 64-76, — lacuna —, 95-98.” [Or. 14.032] * ftr * 33. [al~Burda by Muhammad ibn Sa‘ïd al-Büsïrï (d. 694/1294, see GAL I. 264)] 5 folia, numbered by Basset: b, c, d, e, f; 192 : 130 mm, 14 lines per page; vocalised magribi; in dark-brown ink; undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the 16th. C. AD. On a separate piece of paper Basset has described this fragment as follows: “Fragments du Bordah (...) b: v. 1-13; c: r-14-26, u-27-29; lac; d: r-68-81, v-82-95; e: r-v. 96-109, u-110-123; f: r-v. 124-137, i>-v. 138-151.” [Or. 14.033] 34. An anonymous poem in praise of the prophet, a Mu'aradat al-burda. 14 folia, 156 : 107 mm, 12 lines per page; in red and black ink; in an unexperienced magribi hand, vocalised; dated ./256, i.e. 1256/1840. fol. la - incipit -: "ya la’imi fi ’l-hawa ’l-‘udri ma‘diratan minni ilaika wa-lau ansafta lam talumi” fol. 14b - explicit -: "tumma 'r-rida ‘an Abi Bakrin wa-‘an ‘Umarin wa-‘an ‘Aliyyin wa-‘an ‘Utmana di-’l-karami” lb. - colophon -: “kamila bi-hamd Allah (...) ‘ala yad ‘ubaid rabbihi (...) Mahammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muham mad ibn ‘Ala ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya [..?] (...) fi 1-hadi ‘as[ar] min sahr Allah al-Muh[arram] [.]256.” [Or. 14.034] 35. Durar al-buhür fi madaih al-malik al-Mansür by Safi ad-Din Abu ’1-Mahasin al-Hiifi (d. 749/1349, see GAL S. II, 199). 251 folia, 21 lines per page, 310 : 195 mm; unvocalised naskh; headings etc. in red or blue, text in black ink; undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the 17th. C. AD. fol. lb - incipit -: “Basmala (...) al-hamd li-’llah alladi ‘allama ’1-insan al-bayan wa-manna bihi ‘alaihi...” fol. 251a - explicit -: "min ba‘di ma abahu '1-buka’a wa-’byadda ‘ainahu min al-huzn.” Ib. - colophon -: "Tamma '1-diwan bi-hamd Allah...” [Or. 14.035] ftr ftr ftr 36. A collection of poems by various Hafsid rulers and officials, i.a. of Abü ‘Abd AlUih Muhammad al-Mustan- sir, Abü Yahya Bakr al-MutawakkU, ‘Inan ibn Gabir, Ibn Abi ’l-Husain etc., etc. (Cf. R. Brunschvig, La Bet- bérie orientate sous les Hafsides des origines a la fin du XV* siècle, Paris 1940-i947, Vol. 2, pp. 404-411.) 83 folia, 320 : 210 mm, 25 lines per page; unvocalised magribi; headings etc. in red or blue, text in black ink; dated 1304/1887. fol. la - incipit -: "Basmala (...) min nazm al-maula al-agall (...) amir al-mu’minïn Abü ‘Abd Allah Mu hammad al-Mustansir tagammadahu ’llah bi-rahmatihi: li fi muhayya habib al-qalbi bus tan ü... fol. 83b - colophon -: "Nagiza ma wugida maktüban fi khamsa asfar bi-hamd Allah wa-husn ‘aunihi wa-taufi- qihi (...) bi-ta’rikh awasit Di ’1-Higga al-haram sanat 1304.” [Or. 14.036] ftr ftr ftr 37. [Lamiyyat al-af‘al, anonymous but different from the one by Ibn Malik (d. 672/1274)] Fragment of 10 folia, 226 : 174 mm, 22 lines per page; in a narrow, vocalised magribi; undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the 19th. C. AD. Incomplete at the beginning (hab al-gim starts on fol. la). [Or. 14.037] III. FIQH MALIKI 38. [k. al-Mudawwana by Ibn al-Qasim al-‘LItaqi (d. 191/806) in the riwaya of Sahnün (d. 240/854, see GAS I. 469] Fragment of 4 folia, 281 : 182 mm, 23 lines per page; on vellum: in an archaic 4-5th./10-llth. C.-handwriting of North Africa (see Plate XII). The contents correspond with the Cairo edition of 1333 H, book 6, pp. 12510-1326. In the margin one finds some notes in the scribe s hand, as follows: fol. lb: "qala Sahnün rawa Ibn Wahb...”; fol. 3a: "min sama‘ Ibn al-Qasim wa-[...] Malik ‘an al-[...] ...”; ib: "min Yahya wa-rawa Ashab ‘an Malik”; ib: “Sahnün: qaul Ibn al-Qasim khair min qaul As-
hab...”; 4a: “wa-qad [,..]na hada fi gairi hada ’1-mau- di‘.” [Or. 14.038] t t t 39. Fragment of an unidentified maliki law-book 4 unnumbered folia, 260 : 180 mm, 25 lines per page; in an unvocalised but clear andalusi-script in dark-brown ink; undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the 4-5th./10-l 1th. C. The author is continuously referred to as “as-saikh”; the paragraph-titles occurring in these fragments are the fol lowing: fol. la: "tamma '1-aqdiyya bi-hamd Allah wa- -‘aunihi; bism Allah ar-rahman ar-rahim; Kitab as-saha- dat.”; fol. lb: “bab fi sahadat al-qaraba; fol. 4b: “fi sahadat al-‘abd wa-’n-na§rani wa-'s-sabi ida ruddat sa- hadatuhu hal tagüzu.” The following persons are quoted: Ibn Kinana, Sahnün, Ibn Sahnün ‘an abihi, Ibn Nafi‘ ‘an Malik, Ibn Wahb fi magmü‘atihi, Ashab, Ibn Abi '1-Hazim, Yahya ‘an Ibn Wahb, Ibn al-Qasim, Ibn ‘Abdüs, Asbag fi kitab Ibn al-M..az, ‘Isa ‘an Ibn al-Qasim fi ’l-‘Utbiyya, Sahnün fi ’l-‘Utbiyya wa-fi kitab ibnihi, fi kitab Muhammad, Ibn al-Magasün, etc. [Or. 14.039] t t t 40. An unidentified work on usül al-fiqh. Fragment of 8 folia, heavily damaged, 284 : 208 mm, 27 lines per page; in andalusi-script, unvocalised; undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the 6th.-7th./l 2th.-l 3th. C. The titles of the paragraphs given in these fragments are the following: fol. 2a: “al-qism at-talit ma la yu'lamu sidquhu wa-la kadibuhu”, fol. 2b: “al-qism at-tani min hada ’1-asl fi akhbar al-ahad wa-fihi abwab, al-bab al- awwal fi itbat at-ta‘abbud bihi ma‘a qusürihi ‘an ifadat al-‘ilm wa-fihi arba‘a masa’il: i‘lam anna nuridu bi-kha- bar al-wahid fi hada ’1-maqam;”, fol. 7b: “al-bab at-tani fi sart ar-rawi wa-sifatihi.” [Or. 14.040] t t t 41. [al-Mukhtasar fi 'l-fiqh] by Ibn Rusd (d. 520/ 1126), identical with MS. British Museum 251(4), Cat. Vol. II, Pars I, p. 134, cf. GAL I. 384 and GAL S. I. 662. A fragment of 4 folia, 175 : 135 mm, 19 lines per page; in vocalised magribi; in dark-brown ink; undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the 6th.-7th./ 12th.-13th. C. fol. la - incipit -: “Basmala (...) qala ’l-faqih Abu '1- -Walïd ibn Ru§d rahimahu ’llah ta'ala: fara'id al-wudü’ tamaniya minha arba‘a muttafaq ‘alaiha ‘inda ahl al- -‘ilm..." [Or. 14.041] t t * 42. [al-Mukhtasar fi ’l-fiqh] by ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi (d. 1052/1642, see GAL S. II, 1038»). 16 folia, incomplete at the end, 85 : 85 mm, 10 lines per page; in a clear vocalised magribi-script; headings etc. in red, text in black ink; undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the 19th. C. AD. fol. la - incipit -: “Basmala (...) qala ’s-saikh sayyid ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi (...) at-tahara, la tasihhu taharat an-nagasa min at-taub wa-’l-badan...” fol. 5b: as-salat; 10b: az-zakat; 14a: as-siyam; 16a: al-hagg. Abruptly ending: “wa-miqat ahl-as-sa’m wa-misr [..?] wa-miqat [...” [Or. 14.042] ★ ★ ★ 43. Fragment of 2 folia from an unidentified maliki fiqhbook, the author was probably from Spain, as apart from Malik and Ibn al-Qasim also Asbag and Ibn Rusd (“‘an Ibn al-Magasün”) are quoted. fol. la - incipit -: “li-anna ’1-gxm min al-gahlm li-qaulihi ta‘ala: wa-barazat al-gahim li-man yara...” On fol. lb there starts a new paragraph with the title: "Fasl ma ga'a fi ta‘lim as-subyan ‘an rasül Allah.” fol. 2a - explicit -: “Qala Ibn Rusd ‘an Ibn al-Magasün: laisa ‘ala ’1-mu‘allim diya fi qatl as-sabi tammat [inta]h[a] [inta]h[a].” [Or. 14.043] t t t 44. Fragment of an unidentified maliki fiqhbook. 10 folia, 250 : 153 mm, 17 lines per page; in a clear unvocalised magribi; text in black, headings etc. in red or blue ink; undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the 19th. C. AD. fol. la - incipit -: “...wa-‘lam rahimaka ’llah anna talab al-‘ilm farida ‘ala kulli mu’min wa-mu’mina farida ‘ala ’r-rigal wa-’n-nisa’ wa-‘ala ’r-ragul an yu‘allima ahlahu wa-durriyyatahu...” fol. lb: bab al-adan wa-’l-iqama wa-fadlihima; 2b: bab fi ’1-ugra ‘ala ’s-salat wa-’l-adan; 3a: bab al-gusl min al-ganaba; 3b: bab dukira fihi ma yakfihi min al-ma’ li-’l-gusl; 4b: bab ma yustahabbu min al-gusl; 5a: bab al-haid wa-’n-nifas; 6a: bab fara’id al-wudü’.” A later hand has provided this fragment with a Basmala, and a colophon (on fol. 10b, dated 1296 H.), the frag ment itself is however a bit older. [Or. 14.044] IV. VARIA 45. al-Qur’an A damaged, incomplete copy; the order of the folia is confused; 19th. C. AD., from North Africa. The frag ments described under nr. 52 were found in this MS. [Or. 14.045] * * t 46. al-Isara al-kafiya fi natigat ma'rifat saikh at-tar- biya by Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah Ibn Abi Midyan al-Wakili al-‘Alawi (fl. end of 18th. C. AD., cf. EI I. 946-949).
13 folia, 230 : 156 mm, 22 lines per page; unvocalised magribi; headings etc. in red, text in black ink; undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the 19th. C. AD. fol. la: “wa-ba‘du lamma kanat durar al-‘ulüm nafa- hat...” fol. 13a - ending abruptly -: “qala ‘alaihi ’s-salam ma tahta zill as-sama'." [Or. 14.046] Hr Hr Hr 47. Ribh at-tigara wa-magnam as-sa'ada fima yata'al- laqu biahkam az-ziyara by ‘All ibn Ahmad ibn al-Hagg Müsa al -Gaza’in (fl. 1273/1856-7, cf. Cat. Algiers p. 258, nr. 928: “composé a Milyana en 1273 H.”). 24 folia, 194 : 141 mm, 17 lines per page; unvocalised magribi; headings in red, text in dark-brown ink; dated 25 February 1884. This MS only contains the khatima, dealing with the teachings etc. of Ahmad ibn Yüsuf ar-Rasidi. [Or. 14.047] * * * 48. Two note-books containing various magical and other texts and a grqat number of amulets, poems, prayers etc. A detailed description of these note-books would surpass the scope of this catalogue. They contain i.a. poetry by Abü Muhammad ‘Abd al-Wahid Ibn ‘Asir al-Fasi al- Andalusi (d. 1040/1631), by Muhammad al-Mausüm; a poem entitles Qasidat Iblis; a k. al-Fath by Sidi Mu hammad at-Talib; a text entitled Qissat Idris ma'a malak al-maut; a treatise by Abu ’l-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Muham mad Ibn ‘Agiba (fl. 1211/1796); a text entitled Tahlil as-sabah and one Khutbat ‘id al-fitr, etc., etc., etc. [Or. 14.048] t . t t 49. Geographical notes, anonymous. 6 folia, in unvocalised ruq‘a-script; 19th. C. AD. fol. 2a-4b: “Hudüd gaza’ir al-‘arab", mainly on the tribes of the Higaz. fol. 4b-6a: ‘‘Asma’ al-marahit min Makka al-musarrafa ila ’l-Madina al-munawwara.” [Or. 14.049] Hr Hr Hr 50. Rihlat al-muna wa-’l-minna by at-Talib Ahmad al-Mustafa (fl. 1245/1829-30). 76 folia, 226 : 174 mm, 20 lines per page; in an elegant unvocalised magribi-script; headings etc. in red, text in black ink; undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the second half of the 19th. C. fol. la - incipit -: “al-Hamd li-’llah rabb al-‘alamin (...) inna kharagna min Tisit (...) ‘am khamsa wa-arba‘in ba‘da mi’atain wa-alf...” The author completed his journey in 1250 Higra (see fol. 75b). [Or. 14.050] 51. Qissat al-Haggag ma‘a 's-sabi 11 pages, 287 : 145 mm, 19 lines per page; unvocalised magribi; in violet ink; dated 6 juillet 1886. Page 1 - incipit -: ‘‘wa-galaba ’l-‘ulama’ wa-qatala min hum sab'a wa-sittin ‘aliman min ‘ulama’ al-haram fa-’rta- hala ma‘a gaisihi wa-nazala ‘ala Makka fa-qala ya ahl Makka hal ‘indakum ahad min silsilat rasül Allah (...)?” Page 11 - explicit -: “wa-tawallahu ‘an garni* ahl al-‘ilm bi-da’irat Makka al-musarrafa al-mu‘azzama fi muddat hayatihi wa-’s-salam fi 6 öilït 1886.” [Or. 14.051] H Hr Hr 52. A bundle of heavily damaged fragments, found in the Qur’an MS described under nr. 45. Some of these fragments contain glosses in Haussa. They are not older than the 18th. C. AD. [1] Fragments of [ar-Risala] by Abü Muhammad ‘Abd Allah ibn Abi Zaid al-Qairawani (d. 389/999). [2] Fragments of a maliki fiqhbook. [3] Fragments form a work on yaum al-qiyama and related subjects. [4] Various other fragments, i.a. from a work by Abü ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Yüsuf as-Süsï al-Hasanï. [Or. 14.052] Hr Hr Hr 53. Fragment of an unidentified theological treatise, a commentary. 8 unnumbered folia, 185 : 140 mm, 19 lines per page; unvocalised magribi; text in dark-brown, the word haqiqa continuously in red ink; undated, but not older than the 18th. C. AD. Specimen of the text: “wa-qauluhu takhsis al-mumkin huwa anna 'llah yukhassi§u 'l-‘abd bi-t-tül wa-’l-qasr (...) wa-’l-mumkin huwa ’1-ga’iz bi-ba‘d ma yagüzu ‘alaihi wa-’l-ba‘d huwa ’t-tül wa-’l-qasr (...) wa-haqiqaf al-karaha hiya ‘adam al-irada (...) wa-kada yagibu ‘ala '1-insan an ya'lama anna ’llah wagib lahu ’l-‘ilm •wa-haqïqat al-‘ilm hiya sifa yankasifu biha al-ma‘lüm (...) wa-qauluhu inkisaf an...” [Or. 14.053] Hr Hr Hr 54. Cahier d‘expressions arabes by Henri Pasta. A text-book of 34 folia containing Arabic texts with French translations followed by an Arabic-French vo cabulary of 8 folia. Hr Hr Hr [Or. 14.054] 55. Collectanea of René Basset. A. Study-notes of René Basset. [1] Notes on k. al-Ihata of Lisan ad-Din Ibn al- -Khatib (d. 776/1374). [ 2] Notes on Nafh at-tib by al-Maqqan (d. 1041/ 1631).
[ 3] Notes on “Portugal arabe”, with a map of Por tugal from Theatrum or bis terrarum by Ortelius, printed in 1584. [ 4] Notes on Luqman. [ 5] Notes on Arabic riddles. [ 6] Notes on Mauritania. [ 7] Lexicographical notes on the Arabic language of Spain, in alphabetical order (the notes on words be ginning with the letters dal — ‘ain are missing. [ 8] Notes on the game of chess. [9] Notes on Islamic Spain, i.a. on Almeria and Granada. [10] Notes on Bantu and Swahili tales. [11] French translation of and notes on k. If Utah al-Andalus by Ibn al-Qütiyya al-Qurtubi (fl. 10th. C. AD.). [12] Notes on various folk tales. B. Transcripts of Arabic MSS of the Bibliothè- que Nationale at Paris, by René Basset. [ 1] MS Arabe 132 (11) - Histoire de la sainte femme Fikiya. [ 2] MS Arabe 132 (12) - Vie d’Aryenios et de sa fille Miryam. [ 3] MS Arabe 132 (14) - Histoire de Sté. Hélène. [4] MS Arabe 145 (2) - Martyre de Ste. Barbara et de Ste. Julienne. [ 5] MS Arabe 145 (6) - Biographie du patriarche Anba Matthieu (collated with MS Arabe 132[3]). [ 6] French translation of the aforementioned col lated copy. [ 7] Notes on the aforementioned translation. [ 8] MS Arabe 145 (7) - Discours de S. Cyrille de Jérusalem a la louange des 24 prêtres de 1'Apocalypse. [ 9] MS Arabe 145 (8) - Panégyrique par S. Jean Chrysostome des 4 animaux spirituels et incorporels de 1’Apocalypse. [10] MS Arabe 145 (9) - Homélie de Théodose, patriarche d’Alexandrie sur 1’archange Michel. [11] MS Arabe 145 (10) - Homélie d’Anastase sur 1'archange Michel. [12] MS Arabe 145 (11) - Miracles de 1’archanqe Michel. [13] MS Arabe 145 (12) - Homélie d’Archélaus, évêque de la ville d’Ira, sur 1’archange Gabriel. [14] MS Arabe 282 (7) - Vie du 62me patriarche d’Alexandrie. [15] Ancien Supplément 92, foils. 70-81: Sarh sabab intiqal mamlakat Da üd min waladihi Sulaiman malik Bani Isra’ïl ila bilad an-nagasa allatï hiyya al-habasa. C. Photographs [1] An astrolabium, taken from both sides. [2] A tomb, taken three times with different expo sures. [3] A silk shawl with a legend in küfï-script. [4] A memorial stone with a legend in Arabic. [5] Photographs of Arabic MSS of the Bibliothèque Nationale at Paris: a. MS Arabe 4870 - b] MS Arabe 4869 - c] MS Arabe 256, foils. 151-216. [6] Photographs of various Ethiopic MSS of the Bibliothèque Nationale at Paris. [7] Various photographs and illustrations. D. Proof-sheets of publications of René Basset, provided with his notes. 1] Les villes englouties - 2] Contes et légendes de 1’Ex- trême Orient - 3] Contes arméniens - 4] Les ordalies - 5] Poésies Touaregues (par de Foucault, publié par An dré Basset - 6] Empreints merveilleuses - 7] Chansons populaires - 8] Tabac en Amérique - 9] Chansons de Bricou - 10] Formules finales de contes - 11] Contes allemands, scandinaviens; folklore éthiopique - 12] La fraternisation par le sang; les ongles - 13] Contes brasi- liens et portugais; id. syriaques; id. slaves; id. magyares; id. frangais - 14] Varia - l5] Contes africains - 16] Lé gendes de la Grèce ancienne - 17] Contes arabes -. E. Varia [1] Letters from and to René Basset, 2 bundles. [2] Various lecture-notes etc. of René Basset, 3 bundles. [Or. 14.055] Indices a. Authors ‘Abd Allah b. Abi Zaid al-Qairawani ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi Abü ‘Abd Allah Muhammad al-Mustansir Abü Bakr b. Hammam b. M.h.z.m. b. Karib b. Khair ad-Din b. ‘Amir al-K.ntawï (fl. 1221 H.), 17 Abü Hazim, 27 [4] Abu ’l-Lait as-Samarqandi Abü Ra’s b. Ahmad b. ‘Abd al-Qadir an-Nasirl (d. 1238/1823), 11 Abu '1-Walld lbn Rusd Abü Yahya Abü Bakr al-Mutawakkil Abü Zakariyya’ al-Wargalani (d. 471/1078), 5 Ahmad b. ‘Abd al-‘Aziz (fl. 7th./13th. C.), 19 [1] Ahmad b. ‘Asür as-Sam‘ünï (?) (fl. 1271/1885), 8 Ahmad b. Ibrahim al-As‘ari Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Mahammad b. ‘All b. Hattal '(fl. 1199/1785), 7 [2] Ahmad al-Mustafa (fl. 1245/1829-30), 50 ‘Ala ’ad-Dïn Muglatai b. Qlllg al-BakgasI al-Ifriql ‘All b. Ahmad b. al-Hagg Müsa al-öazairï ‘All Barrada al-Fasi, see Harazim ‘All b. Muhammad b. Farhün, 18 [2] al-As‘ari, Ahmad b. Ibrahim (d. ca. 600/1203), 27 [2] al-Asma‘I (d. ca. 210/825), 29. 30. 31. 32 al-Büslrl, Muhammad b. Sa‘ld (d. 694/1294), 33, cf. 34 Da’üd an-nabï, 27 [3] Fakhr ad-Din ar-Razi al-Fasi, ‘Abd al-Qadir (d. 1052/1642), 42 al-Fasi, ‘All Barrada Harazim
al-Fasï, Ibn Abi Zar‘ (jassüs, Muhammad b. Qasim (d. 1182/1768), 24 al-Gaza’irï, ‘All b. Ahmad b. al-Hagg Müsa (fl. 1273/ 1856-7), 47 al-Haitamï, I bn Haga r Harazim, ‘All Barrada al-Fasï (fl. 1214/1799), 8 al-Hïllï, Safi ad-Dïn Abu '1-Mahasin (d. 749/1349), 35 Ibn Abi ’"l-Husain, 36 Ibn Abi Midyan, Muhammad b. Muhammad b. ‘Abd Allah al-Wakïli al-‘Alawï (fl. end of 18th. C.), 46 Ibn Abt Zar‘ al-Fasï (d. after 726/1326), 6 Ibn Agïba, Abu ’l-‘Abbas Ahmad b. Muhammad (fl. 1211/1796), 48 Ibn ‘Asir al-Fasï, Abü Muhammad ‘Abd al-Wahid al- Andalusï (d. 1040/1631)', 48 Ibn Hagar al-Haitamï (d. 973/1575), 24 Ibn al-Khatïb, Lisan ad-Din (d. 776/1374), 55A [1] Ibn al-Qasim al-‘Utaqï (d. 191/806), 38 Ibn al-Qütiyya al-Qurtubï (fl. 10th. C. AD.), 55A [1] Ibn Rusd, Abu ’1-Walïd (d. 520/1126), 41 Ibn Wafa’, 27 [7] ‘Inan b. öabir, 36 al-K.ntawï, Abü Bakr b. Hammam... al-Kharrazï, Abü ‘Abd Allah Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Ibrahim al-Umawï as-Sarïsï (fl. 703/1303), 27 [8], 27 [9] al-Kisa’ï (fl. 5th./llth. C.), 27 [1], 28 Lisan ad-Dïn Ibn al-Khatïb al-Maqqari (d. 1041/1631), 55A [2] al-Mausüm, Muhammad, 48 Muglatai, ‘Ala’ ad-Dïn b. Qïlïg al-Bakgasï al-Ifrïqï (d. 762/1361), 1 Muhammad al-Mausüm Muhammad b. Muhammad b. ‘Abd Allah Ibn Abï Mi dyan al-Wakïlï al-‘Alawï Muhammad b. Muhammad b. ‘Abd ar-Rahman at-Tilim- sant Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Ibrahim al-Umadï as-Sa rïsï al-Kharrazï Muhammad b. Qasim Gassüs Muhammad b. Sa‘ïd al- Büsïrï Muhammad b. Sa‘ïd b. Muhammad b. Ahmad as-Süsï Muhammad at-Talib, 48 Muhammad b. ‘llmar al-Qusantïnï Muhammad b. ‘llmar al-Waqidï Muhammad b. Yüsuf as-Süsi al-Hasanï al-Mustansir, Abü ‘Abd Allah Muhammad, 36 al-Mutawakkïl, Abü Yahya Abü Bakr, 36 an-Nasirï, Abü Ra’s b. Ahmad b. ‘Abd al-Qadir Ortelius, 55A [A] Pasta, Henri 54 al-Qairawanï, Abü Muhammad ‘Abd Allah b. Abï Zaid (d. 389/999), 52 [l jf al-Qurtubï, Ibn al-Qütiyya al-Qusantïnï, Muhammad b. ‘Umar (fl. after 800 H.), 16 ar-Razï, Fakhr ad-Dïn (d. 606/1209), 27 [2] Safï ad-Dïn Abu ’1-Mahasin al-Hillï Sahnün (d. 240/854), 38 as-Bamarqandï, Abu '1-Lait (4th./10th. C.), 27 [2] as-Santamari, Yüsuf b .Suïaiman (d. 476/1085), 29. 30 as-Süsï, Abü ‘Abd Allah Muhammad b. Yüsuf al-Ha- sanï, 52 [4] as-Süsï. Muhammad b. Sa‘ïd b. Muhammad b. Ahmad (d. 1089/1678), 27 [11] at-Talib Ahmad al-Mustafa at-Tigganï, Ahmad b. Muhammad, 10 at-Tilimsanï, Muhammad b. Muhammad b. ‘Abd ar- -Rahman (fl. 1193/1779), 7 [1]‘ at-Tirmidï, Abü ‘Isa (d. 279/892), 24 al-Waqidï, Muhammad b. ‘Umar (d. 207/823), 1, 2, 3, 4 al-Wargalanï, Abü Zakariyya' Yüsuf b. Suïaiman as-Santamari b. Titles k. al-‘Adwanï, 16 ‘Aga’ib al-asfar wa-lata’if al-akhbar, 11 al-Anïs al-mutrib bi-raud al-qirtas fï akhbar mulük al- -magrib, 6 Arba‘üna hadïtan, 27 [5] As‘ar as-su‘ara' as-sitta, 31, 32 Asma’ al-marahil min Makka al-musarrafa ila ’1-Madïna al-munawwara, 49 Asraf al-wasa’il ila fahm as-Sama’il, 24 al-Burda, 33, cf. 34 Cahier d’expressions arabes, 54 k. Daqa’iq al-haqa’iq, 27 [2] Dikr Bani ’l-‘Abbas wa-sabab zuhürihim, 23 Dikr khilafat Suïaiman b. Muhammad b. ‘Abd Allah b. Suïaiman al-‘Alawï, 19 [2] Dikr waq'at ‘Ain Madï wa-sahibiha sayyid Muhammad at-Tigganï, 9 Dikr wulat Tuggurt, 20 Durar al-buhür fï mada’ih al-malik al-Mansür, 35 ad-Durar al-lawami‘ fï asl ma qara’a al-imam Nafi‘, 27 [9] k. al-Fath, 48 al-Fawa’id al-galïla al-bahiyya, 24 k. Futüh Ifrïqiyya, 1, 2, 3, 4 Gawahir al-ma‘anï fi faid Abi ’1-‘Abbas at Tigganï, see 8 k. öawahir as-südaniyya, 17 Hudüd gaza’ir al-‘arab, 49 k. Iftitah al-Andalus, 55A [1] k. al-Ihata, 55A [1] al-Isara al-kafiya fï natïgat ma‘rifat Saikh at-tarbiyya, 46 k. al-I‘tibar wa-tawarïkh al-akhbar wa-’t-ta‘rïf bi- n-nis- ba ila ’n-nabï al-mukhtar, 18 [2] Khutbad ‘ïd al-fitr, 48 Kitab Abï Hazim, 27 [4] Lamiyyat al-af‘al, 37 Masa’ikh masgid Sïdï ‘Uqba, 18 [3] Maurid az-zaman fï rasm al-Qur’an, 27 [8] k. al-Mudawwana, 38 al-Mukhtasar fi ’1-fiqh, 41, 42 Mukhtasar ta’rïkh umara' Makka, 25 al-Mutli‘ ‘ala masa'il al-muqni‘, 27 [11] Nafh at-tïb, 55A [2] Nafïsat al-guman fï fath tagr Wahran, see 11 Nasab ‘Alï ibn Yahya, 15 Nasab Banï ‘Asïd, 14 Nasab Banï Ibrahïm, 12 Nasab Bani Sïsïn, 13 k. Na?m mubarak wa-gidd (or: gadd?) mutasalik, /9[1]
Nuzhat an-nazirin fï ta’rïkh balad Allah al-amin, 26 Qasidat Iblis, 48 Qisas al-anbiya, 27 [ 1 ], 28 Qissa maShüra wa-akhbar madküra, 21 Qissat al-Haggag ma‘a ’s-sabi, 51 Qissat Idris ma‘a malak al-maut, 48 al-Qur an, 45 Qur'at 6a‘far, 27 [10] Rasa’il Ahmad ibn Mahammad at-Tiggani, 10 Ribh at-tigara wa-magnam as-sa‘ada fima yata‘allaqu bi-ahkam az-ziyara, 47 Rihlat al-muna wa-’l-minna, 50 ar-Risala (by al-Qairawani), 52 [1] Sagarat Abi ’l-6ait al-Kabir, 18 [ 1 ] k. Sagarat al-yaqin, 27 [2] k. as-Sama’il, 24 Sarh al-A‘lam, 29, 30 k. as-Sira wa-akhbar al-a’imma, 5 Tahlil as-sabah, 48 Talasim, 48 Ta’rikh al-‘Abbasiyya, 23 Ta’rikh Gadamis, 19 [4] at-Tausil, 27 [6] k. at-Tawarikh wa-mufassir al-autan, sec 17 Theatrum orbis terrarum, 55A [3] k. az-Zabür, 27 [3] az-Zahra an-na'ira fima gara fi 'l-Öaza'ir ‘alaiha guniid al-kafara, 7 [1] hina agarat Leiden, September 1973 P. SJ. VAN KONINGSVELD

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Supplementary list of Arabic Manuscripts from the collection of René Basset, acquired recently by the Leyden University Library After the present writer finished the description of the collection of 55 Arabic manuscripts from the library of René Basset (1855-1924), published in BiOr XXXI (1974), another 15 items from the same library were found in Brill’s storehouse. These 15 manuscripts are now in the Leyden University Library, where they are num bered Cod. Or. 14.056-14.067 and Cod. Or. 14.086- 14.088. The following checklist must be considered as tentative, but may, for the time being, give some usuful basic information. [Or. 14.056]. Ibn Khafaga (d. 533/1138), Dïwan. Recent copy of a MS dated 614 H, with marginal notes of Basset, who wrote on the title page: “Le manuscrit est actuellement la propriété de Mohammed Saleh Bey Cheikh Lefgoun. Le manuscrit contient 121 folios en écri- ture oriëntale élégante. Quelques corrections faites d’une autre main’. Cf. GAL I, 272. This MS is dated 1314 H. [Or. 14.057]. Six bundles containing Yüsuf ibn Su- laiman as-Santamari’s (d. 476/1083), Sarh al-a‘lam. Un dated, but judging from script and paper not older than the 19th c. A.D. [Or. 14.058]. “Bab fï akhbar sanat arba‘ wa-‘isrin wa-khamsumi’a. Akhbar al-Muwahhidin a‘azzahum Al- lahu ta'ala”. Recent transcript of a fragment of an un identified chronicle dealing i.a. with the Almohades. 14 folia. [Or. 14.059]. Anonymous astrological treatise, co pied from a printed edition of this work, which had the following colophon: “Qad tamma tab' hada 1-kitab bi- ‘aun Allah al-malik al-wahhab bi-matbat (sic!) hadrat al-...(?) Müsa Kastallï al-musammat bi 1-matba‘a al- Kastalliyya al-mahfüza bi-‘inayat rabb al-bariyya ‘ala dimmat ganab al-Khawaga Anglo Kastallï, wa-wafaqa tamam tab'ihi yaum al-khamïs madat min sahr Gumad (sic) al-awwal sanat alf wa-mi’atain wa-tis‘ïn min higrat sayyid al-mursalin ...”. 72 folia. [Cod. Or. 14.060]. Two sermons, beautifully calli- graphed and illuminated by a magribi hand. 1) Khutbat al-‘ïd as-sagir; 2) Khutbat ‘id ad-dabiha. 39 folia. No author mentioned. [Cod. Or. 14.061]. al-Isara al-kafiya [i natigat saikh at-tarbiya by Ibn Abï Midyan (fl. end of 18th c. A.D.). Cf. 'MS Basset nr. 46. This MS seems to be a complete copy. Clear, unvocalised magribi-script. Undated, but judging from script and paper the MS is of the 19th c. A.D. [Cod. Or. 14.062]. at-Tirüz al-manqüs fï mahasin al-hubüs by Abu 1-Ma‘ali ‘Ala ad-Din Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Baqï al-Qadi al-Makki (fl. 991/1583), GAL II, 385. Translated by M. Weisweiler, Das bunte Pracht gewaad iiber die Vorzixge der Abessinier. Hannover 1924. This copy is dated 1299. Written by a swift, rather curisve magribi hand. [Cod. Or. 14.063]. al-lttifaq al-maisür fï ta’rïkh bi- lad at-Takrür by Muhammad Bello (fl. 19th c. A.D., cf. El 1 , s.v. Takrflr p. 364 of vol. IV, 2nd. column). 132 folia, dated 1282 H. Clear magribi-script. [Cod. Or. 14.064]. Tahsil ‘ain ad-dahab wa-ma‘din gauhat al-adab by Yüsuf ibn Sulaiman as-Santamari (d. in Sevilla 476/1082). Brockelmann (GAL I, 309 and S. I, 542) knows 5 copies, all preserved in the Orient. The present MS is an old one: it was finished in Alexandria in the year 531 H. According to its original numbering, in the hand of the scribe, it contains 163 leaves. Its mar gins contain variae lectiones from at least one other copy (indicated as kh, i.e.: nuskha (ukhra). Heavy, yellow paper. A cursive, scholar’s handwriting. [Or. 14.065]. Speeches by Saikh ‘dh b’lb sir (= : ?). In a note-book of 50 pages. These speeches seem to have been given at the end of the 19th c. A.D. One of them is dated 1883- In a coarse North African handwriting. With some separate leaves containing similar texts. (=:?). In a note-bok of 50 pages. These speeches seem to have been given at the end of the 19th c. A.D. One of them is dated 1883. In a course North African hand writing. With some separate leaves containing .similar texts. [Or. 14.066]. Various notes, letters and fragments. Containing i.a.: 6 leaves from a recent MS of k. Futüh Ifrïqiyya; copy of a letter from the people of Mzab to the governor of Algeria and his and their answers. Dated 1884 A.D.; four leaves with comments in a Berber-lan- guage; etc., etc. [Or. 14.067]. “La prononciation du Ghain", notes of an anonymous French orientalist (certainly not René Basset) on this subject, together with a collection of let ters in which French orientalists give their opinion on this theme (Cherbonneau, Dugat and many others). [Or. 14.086]. Mukhtasar ad-durr at-tamln wa l-mu- rïd al-mu‘ïn fï sarh al-mursid al-mu‘ïn ‘ala d-darürï min ‘ulüm ad-dïn by Muhammad ibn Ahmad Ibn Mayyara (d. 1072/1662), being an extract of his commentary on Ibn ‘Asir al-Fasi al-Andalusi’s work entitled al-Mursid al-mu‘ïn... GAL II, 461. Dated 1144 H; 92 folia. In a narrow magribi handwriting. [Or. 14.087]. Karans mukhtasara min sïrat Ibn Hi- sam, the poetical parts of the well-known biography of Muhammad. Undated, beg. of 19th c. A.D. Copied from a MS, which was completed in the Yemen in 1039 H, by the scribe ‘All ibn Yahya ibn Muhammad. 169 folia, swift, cursive magribi. [Or. 14.088]. A Qur’an from North Africa. Un dated, 19th c. A.D. Leiden, March 1974 P. SJ. VAN KONINGSVELD