Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Scope and Content
Language note
Access Terms
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