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كتاب الفرائد في محاسن الفوائد / تأليف الشيخ طالب بن السيد عبد القادر المنقار
Kitāb al-Farāʼid fī maḥāsin al-fawāʼid / taʼlīf al-shaykh Ṭālib ibn al-sayyid ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Minqār.
1799
A treatise in one hundred chapters (fāʼidah) on the magical properties of verses of the Qurʼān, sayings of the Prophet, and other texts, with instructions on how to write talismans and amulets. The volume contains also a biographical essay on the wives of the Prophet, entitled Faṣl fī dhikr azwāj al-nabī, a section on mustache trimming, and several other short texts.
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Manuscripts of the Islamic World
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- [1799]
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- Language
- Arabic
- Subject
- Muḥammad Prophet -632—Family—Early works to 1800
- Qurʼan—Use—Early works to 1800
- Islamic magic—Early works to 1800
- Talismans—Religious aspects—Islam—Early works to 1800
- Mustaches—Religious aspects—Islam—Early works to 1800
- Beards—Religious aspects—Islam—Early works to 1800
- Islam—Customs and practices—Early works to 1800
- Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
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