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Or Ms 152: القرآن al-Qur’ān, 1067 A.H., 1656 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 152

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A complete copy of the Qur'an. In the headings of the sūrahs (chapters), the number of āyāt (verses) occuring in each is provided. On the last folio a prayer is pasted, surrounded by gold lines, and written in the hand of the copyist. There is also on the last page, a line written in Latin, and another in Greek. See catalogue by Hukk et al for further information.

Dates: 1067 A.H.; 1656 C.E.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 153: القرآن al-Qur’ān, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 153

Scope and Contents This copy of the Qur'an consists of the following surahs (chapters): 1, 6, 36, 44, 48, 55, 56 , 67, 78-114. On the last twenty folios there are more chapters written irrespective of order, and mixed with these are quotations, possibly in Turkish, from Shaykh Muḥyi al-Dīn Muḥammad b. ‘Alī b. Muḥammad al-‘Arabī's (d. 638 A.H., 1240 C.E.) commentary upon the Qur'an. There are also a few prayers and some notes on the stature of the Prophet,...

Dates: undated

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 154: القرآن al-Qur’ān, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 154

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A collection of a few sūrahs (chapters) of the Qur'an, beginning with sūrah 19, entitled 'al-Maryam', in which case the sūrah title has been written upside down. This manuscript may well pertain to the Morisco community of Islamic Spain or Morocco.

Dates: undated

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 172: مختصر کتاب الحصن الحصين Mukhtaṣar Kitāb al-ḥiṣn al-ḥaṣīn, undated (original text compiled 14-15th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 172

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A work on Muslim devotion, according to the tenets of the Sunnīs. It is an abridgment of the Kitāb al-Ḥiṣn al-Ḥaṣīn of the celebrated theologian Shams al-Dīn Abū al-Khayr Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. al-Jazarī, who was born in 751 A.H., 1350 C.E. at Damascus, resided at Brusa and afterwards at Cairo, and died at Shiraz at the age of 82 in 833 A.H., 1429 C.E. He was a follower of the school of al-Imām al-Shāfi‘ī.

Illuminated frontispiece.

Dates: undated (original text compiled 14-15th cent. C.E.)

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 175: Early Qur'anic Fragments, undated (some possibly 10th-11th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 175

Scope and Contents Thirteen fragments of sections of the Qur'an that between them exhibit the gradual development of kūfī into naskhī script.The following is the historical account attached to them: "They are boldly written in black ink on vellum, the more ancient specimens having five and six lines on each page; the more recent from six to nine lines; red and green marks or spots are scattered throughout the writing, and many of...

Dates: undated (some possibly 10th-11th cent. C.E.)

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Names: Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) X
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Or Ms 152: القرآن al-Qur’ān, 1067 A.H., 1656 C.E.

Or Ms 153: القرآن al-Qur’ān, undated

Or Ms 154: القرآن al-Qur’ān, undated

Or Ms 172: مختصر کتاب الحصن الحصين Mukhtaṣar Kitāb al-ḥiṣn al-ḥaṣīn, undated (original text compiled 14-15th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 175: Early Qur'anic Fragments, undated (some possibly 10th-11th cent. C.E.)

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