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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0002 00001

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537662

Country:

Indonesia

City (Province):

Ogan Komering Ilir (Sumatera Selatan)

Name of collection:

Private collection of Mukhtar

Right to Left?:

Yes

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Astronomy; Prayers, Divination

Begin Year Date:

1925

End Year Date:

1935

Place of copying:

Mecca

Script:

Arabic; Jawi

Writing support:

Exercise book

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

27 x 22 cm

Text block dimension:

20 x 18 cm

Number of pages:

1 page; 5 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page; 5 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The text tells of various benefits to be had from lunar eclipses and the Islamic views on this events. The manuscript also contains benefits to be derived from reading the Hizb al-baḥr by Abū Ḥasan al-Shādhīlī.

Other notes:

The Arabic script does not use diacritics. Some pages are damaged with loss of text.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

فائدة خسوف القمر

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Fā’idah khusūf al-qamar

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The Benefit of Lunar Eclipses

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Arabic

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Item 2 - Title in Roman script:

Faedah Doa Ḥizb al-baḥr

Item 2 - Title in English script:

The Benefit of Reading the Prayer Ḥizb al-baḥr

Item 2 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 2 - Language:

Malay