[Prayer in the form of praise of the Prophet]
Contributors: Dāghtānī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Ḥusayn, associated name; Ayyūb Shamʻī, associated name; Hull, Helen R. (Helen Rose), 1888-1971, former owner, donor; Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published: 1700
Language: ara
Number of pages: 38
Subjects: Islam; Prayers and devotions; Arabic Manuscripts
Description: Prayer in the form of praise to the Prophet with an introduction. A concluding note mentions that al-Sayyid ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Sayyid Ḥusayn al-Dāghtānī approved of the recitation (ajāza), approval which was also granted to Ayyūb Shamʻī (f. 36v). A leaf in a different hand  included at the back of the copy is a selection from the Qurʼān containing verses 9-25 from Sūrat al-Anfāl (f. [38]).
Notes: Manuscript codex.

Layout: 11 long lines, border-ruled.

Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.

Decoration: Rubrications in red; textblock border-ruled in black, gold, and red; gold roundels with red and blue points.

Origin: The item is undated; probably 18th or 19th century.

Shelfmark: MS Or 449.

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Gift of Helen R. Hull, 1968.

Arabic.

Reddish brown leather over pasteboard with flap; gold painted central diaper grid pattern with frame of parallel lines and cornerpieces; purple paper doublure.

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