Archival records from The manuscripts of the Riyadh Mosque of Lamu, Kenya (EAP466)

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  • Alfiyya

    File Ref: EAP466/1/15
    Description: Alfiyya (with one of its commentaries?) One of the most widely used works of grammar (Alfiyya) with an unidentified commentary Extent of original: Manuscript 575 pages 21 x 15 cm . Condition of original: Bound in carton covered by red cloth. S ...

  • Part of Qur'an

    File Ref: EAP466/1/16
    Description: Part of Qur'an. Extent of original: Manuscript 266 pages 21 x 14,4 cm . Condition of original: Bound in leather with leather spine. Spine is partially broken. Black and red ink, margin and sections breaks outlined in red. Partially destroyed b ...

  • Unidentified work of fiqh

    File Ref: EAP466/1/17
    Description: Unidentified work of fiqh Extent of original: Manuscript 342 pages 32 x 22 cm . Condition of original: original cover is missing and replaced by plain carton. Spine missing entirely. Red and black ink. Partially destroyed by insects, in bad co ...

  • Various devotional texts

    File Ref: EAP466/1/18
    Description: 1. Hadith al-Miʿraj 2. Mawlid Barzanji 3. al-Asrar al-Rabbaniyya wa- ʾl-fuyudāt al-Rahmaniyya. Hadith, mawlid. Extent of original: Manuscript 241 pages 24,62 x 17,2 cm . Condition of original: Leather binding. Spine is partially broken. The fr ...

  • Diwan Abu Bakr b. Abd Allah b. Aydarus al-Adani

    File Ref: EAP466/1/19
    Description: Diwan Abu Bakr b. Abd Allah b. Aydarus al-Adani. Qasida (poetry) Extent of original: Manuscript 244 pages 26,8 x 20 cm . Condition of original: Carton cover with cloth spine. Spine is partially broken. Text in rd and black ink, partly faded. T ...

  • Qur'an

    File Ref: EAP466/1/20
    Description: Qur'an or part of QQur'anExtent of original: Manuscript 180 pages 22.6 x 16.7 cm . Condition of original: Covered in brown leather, with cover, flap and spine. Spine is broken. Black and red ink, partly faded. Partially damaged by insects. In ...

  • Unidentified work of grammar

    File Ref: EAP466/1/21
    Description: Unidentified work of nahw (grammar) Extent of original: Manuscript 567 pages 23.8 x 16.6 cm . Condition of original: Brown, carved leather cover and spine. Spine is broken. Black and red ink, partly faded. Partially damaged by insects. In bad ...

  • Fath al-Wahhab

    File Ref: EAP466/1/22
    Description: Fath al-Wahhab.Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) within the ShafiʿI school. Extent of original: Manuscript 255 pages 17 x 25.5 cm. Condition of original: Covered by carved, brown leather and stitched spine collected in quire and a flap. Badly damag ...

  • Kitab wasiyyat al-Jamiyya

    File Ref: EAP466/1/23
    Description: Kitab wasiyyat al-Jamiyya. Advice. Didactic text. Extent of original: Manuscript 312 pages 25 x 17.2 cm . Condition of original: Bound in blue carton, cloth spine covered with carton. Carton flap. Spine is broken. Black and red ink. In fair co ...

  • Fath al-Mubin

    File Ref: EAP466/1/24
    Description: Fath al-Mubin. Sharh anfas Aydarus. Sufism. Extent of original: Manuscript 455 pages, 25.8 x 17.8 cm. Condition of original: Bound in carton with cloth spine. Spine is broken and papers collected in quires. Red and black ink, partly faded. Pap ...

  • Various devotional texts

    File Ref: EAP466/1/25
    Description: Unknown devotional poetry/ prayer. Extent of original: Manuscript, 309 pages, 24.6 x 18.1 cm. Condition of original: Collected in blue carton cover, no binding. Black and red ink. Date of original: 1340H = 1921-22 CE. ...

  • Nasab Al al-Shatiri

    File Ref: EAP466/1/26
    Description: Nasab (family tree) of the al-Shāṭiri family, from Hadramawt to East Africa and elsewhere in the Indian Ocean. Extent of original: Manuscript, 31 Pages, 24.2 x 18.2 cm. Condition of original: Bound in red carton with blue reinforcement at spin ...

  • Sharh Ibn Aqil

    File Ref: EAP466/1/27
    Description: This is a 732-folio gloss of the commentary by Ibn ʿAqīl, by the Egyptian scholar Muḥammad al-Khiḍr al-Dimyāṭī (1798-1870), completed in 1250/1834. The copy in the Riyadha library is thus one of the earliest printed versions of this book comin ...

  • Idah al-Asrar

    File Ref: EAP466/1/28
    Description: Idah al-Asrar. Tasawwuf Extent of original: Manuscript, 223 Pages, 20.2 x 16cm. Condition of original: Bound in leather, lined with paper. Spine and binding is intact. Black and red ink with red linings of margin. No insect damage but paper pa ...

  • al-Fawaid al-Sanniyya

    File Ref: EAP466/1/29
    Description: Two books bound in one volume: 1. al-Fawaid al-Sanniyya 2. Unidentified. Extent of original: Manuscript 244 pages 19.8 x 15.8 cm. Condition of original: Bound in red leather with flap, lined with paper. Spine is intact. Black and red ink, fadi ...