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Daiber I Ms. 198

39 folios; 17,5×25,5 cm; 19 lines; partially vocalized naskhi. Some words in red ink. Incomplete at the beginning and at the end; lacunas after 28v; 29v; 32v; 33v; 37v and 38v. Copied 883/1478.

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Contents

  1. [1]

    Cover and Preliminary leaves.

  2. [2] [1507] fol. 1r

    A fragment of sayings about religious wisdom.

  3. [3] [1508] fol. 1v - 14r

    Wasiyat al-Nabi li-Ali وصية النبي لعلي

    Wasiyat al-Nabi li-Ali وصية النبي لعلي . A further ms. of this admonition to Ali Ibn Abi Talib علي بن أبي طالب by the prophet Mohammed is ms. Berlin 3959. Still unedited.

  4. [4] [1509] fol. 14v - 24v

    Wasiyat al-Nabi li-Abi Hurayra وصية النبي لأبي هريرة

    Wasiyat al-Nabi li-Abi Hurayra وصية النبي لأبي هريرة , transmitted by al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري (and others). The testament of the prophet Mohammed for Abu Hurayra. The beginning is missing. Further mss. of this still unedited admonition are ms. Berlin 3961 and two mss. mentioned by SEZGIN, GAS I 593 nr. 8.

  5. [5] [1510] fol. 24v - 26r

    Sayings about religious wisdom, anonymous or ascribed to Mohammed.

  6. [6] [1511] fol. 26r - 27r

    Hadith al-rajul wa-al-shajara حديث الرجل والشجرة

    Hadith al-rajul wa-al-shajara حديث الرجل والشجرة , transmitted by al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري . An anecdote about the prophet Mohammed. The text is perhaps part of the Ahadith al-mutafarriqa الأحاديث المتفرقة by al-Hasan al-Basri (on this text cf. SEZGIN, GAS I 594) to which also other texts of this ms. may belong.

  7. [7] [1512] fol. 27r - 28v

    Hadith madinat Waq Waq حديث مدينة واق واق

    Hadith madinat Waq Waq حديث مدينة واق واق , transmitted by Ka'b al-Ahbar كعب الأحبار . The text describes, how Jesus had converted the town Waq Waq to belief. According to SEZGIN (GAS I 304) such a title is not known among the writings attributed to Ka'b al-Ahbar (died 32/652 or 34/654). A second ms. is Berlin 8976, nr. 2.

  8. [8] [1513] fol. 28v

    Qissat wadi al-naml قصة وادي النمل

    Qissat wadi al-naml قصة وادي النمل . Incomplete at the end. A conversation between Solomon and an ant, perhaps taken from Qissat al-namla wa-al-qasr ma'a Sulayman قصة النملة والقصر مع سليمان (ms. Berlin 8966).

  9. [9] [1514] fol. 29r - 29v

    Hadith al-Jariya bi-al-Ta'if حديث الجارية بالطائف

    Hadith al-Jariya bi-al-Ta'if حديث الجارية بالطائف , transmitted by (Abd Allah) Ibn Abbas (عبد الله) بن عباس . An anecdote about Jariya جارية , a contemporary of the prophet Mohammed. The text is incomplete at the end; paper and text are sometimes damaged.

  10. [10] [1515] fol. 30r - 32v

    A fragment of sayings about religious wisdom.

  11. [11] [1516] fol. 33r - 39v

    A fragment of a work on Fada'il فضائل . About the benefit of daughters, boys, marriage, the month of Ramadan etc.