Prayers and Charms [IO Islamic 2939]

Prayers and charms.

This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2939 in the India Office collections.

[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 378 here with further notations and hyperlinks].

378.

2939. Size 111/4 in. by 8 in.; foll. 305. Number of lines varying.

Foll. 7-72. Jazûlî’s دلائل الخیرات, terminating abruptly. The earlier portion is accompanied by an interlinear translation in Javanese in the Arabic character.

Foll. 72-251. Tracts in Javanese of the same kind, between vacant leaves.

Foll. 251v.-257.

Some verses of the Koran, inscribed in Javanese ڤُنِکَ آیات ڤِیتُ.

The personal description of the Prophet, attributed to ‘ALÎ; the same as in the preceding no.

Foll. 257v.-261. A short prayer in commemoration of ‘Abd al- ḳâdir Gîlânî, followed by a long prayer, inscribed ڤُنِکَ اَیَة لِمَا لَسی.

Foll. 265-279. Extracts from a work of BÛNÎ (الامام البوی؟), on the names of God.

Beginning: الفائدة التاسعة و الاربعون فی فوائد اسماء شریفة. With an interlinear Javanese translation.

Foll. 281-305. Special prayers, forms of daily prayer, and selections from the Koran, mixed with tracts in Javanese.

Written in a large inelegant character, the Arabic portions with vowel-points, but incorrect.