Guide to the Arabic manuscripts,
[18--]-1909
Processed by Patricia J. Palmer; machine-readable finding aid created by Steven Mandeville-Gamble
Department of Special Collections
Green Library
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305-6004
Phone: (650) 725-1022
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
© 1998
The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Guide to the Arabic manuscripts,
[18--]-1909
Collection number: M0169
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
- URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
- Processed by:
- Patricia J. Palmer
- Date Completed:
- 1967 Sept. ; 1973 Nov.
- Encoded by:
- Steven Mandeville-Gamble
© 1998 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Arabic manuscripts,
Date (inclusive): [18--]-1909
Collection number: Special Collections M0169
Creator:
Extent:
0.25 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Provenance
Gift of Herber Hoover through Hoover Library, n.d.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] Arabic manuscripts, M0169, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Scope and Content
Contains an incomplete copy of the Koran and fragments of various manuscript books, one with comments in Persian. Includes
an Arabic grammar, an Arabic prayer amulet, a fragment of a Sufic prayer, and an Arabic book containing stories praising the
Prophet Mohammed.
Language note
In Arabic, Persian, and an unidentified language or dialect.
Access Terms
Koran and philosophy
Prayer--Islam
Sufism--Prayer-books and devotions
Folder 1
Koran,
ca. 19th Century
Physical Description: Copy, incomplete
Folder 2
Arabic book : stories and praises of Mohammed,
n.d.
Physical Description: Incomplete, hand-illustrated
Folder 3
Arabic Grammar, comments in Arabic and Persian,
n.d.
Folder 4
Arabic prayer [amulet?],
n.d.
Physical Description: Verso contains writing in Arabic and unidentified language.
Folder 5
Arabic Sufic prayer,
n.d.
Physical Description: fragment.
Folder 6
Arabic addresses,
n.d.
Physical Description: fragment of collection.
Folder 7
Arabic prayer,
n.d.
Physical Description: fragment.
Folder 8
Arabic fragments including prayers,
n.d.
Folder 9
Fragments in Arabic and unidentified language,
n.d.
Folder 10
Unidentified fragments,
n.d.
Folder 11
Unidentified Arabic book, portions of,
n.d.
Physical Description: 54 pages
Donated by Stanford Museum, 1970 Nov. 16.
Folder 12
Unidentified Arabic text, portions of,
n.d.
Physical Description: 14 pages
Donated by Stanford Museum, 1970 Nov. 16.
Folder 13
Selection from Al-Moattam, autographed on the margins,
1909
Physical Description: 4 pages
Donated by Stanford Museum, 1970 Nov. 16.
