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Collection Daiber II
Ms_no 1
Item_no 2003
Item Description Prayers, called hijab,حجاب, asking for protection against evils.,The prayers are ascribed to Musa,موسى,(fols.92r-94r), Ali,علي,(fols.94v-102r), Muhammad,محمد,(fols.102v-106r),and Ja'far,جعفر,(fols.106v-118v). The text is different from the prayers called hijab,حجاب,or hirz,حرز,in mss. Berlin 3892ff. and Tübingen 178. Noteworthy is the ascription of the prayers to four of the 12 Shiite Imams: Musa,موسى,= Musa al-Kazim,موسى الكاظم,(died 183/799), the 7th Imam; Ali,علي,= most probaly Ali Ibn Abi Talib,علي بن أبي طالب,(died 40/661), the first Imam or perhaps Ali al-Rida,علي الرضا,(died 203/818), the 8th Imam or Ali al-Hadi,علي الهادي,(died 254/868), the 10th Imam; Muhammad محمد= Muhammad al-Jawad,محمد الجواد,(died 220/835), the 9th Imam and Ja'far,جعفر,= Ja'far al-Sadiq,جعفر الصادق,(died 148/765), the 6th Imam. See the table in Halm, Schia, p.37. Beginning (after the Basmala):,توكلت على الله وحده توكلت على الله الحي القيوم الذي لا يموت وتحصنت...,The text is incomplete at the end.,
Folios fol. 92r - 118v
Genre Koran: the text

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