Fragment of the folk novel Ra's al-Ghūl, also known as Futūḥ al-Yaman. It deals with
the conquest of Yemen and the battles of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (ruled 35-40/656-660;
EI2 I/381-390) against Mukhāriq Ra's al-Ghūl. Some folios of the manuscript have been written by others hands than the copyist mentioned
in the colophon, ʿAbd al-Ghaffār ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī ibn Muḥammad al-Makkī ibn al-Sayyid.
He was also the former owner of the manuscript.
f. 1a: عرقه علي جبينه فسمع خفقان اجنحت المطوق بالنور جبريل عليه سلام في الهوي يقول لك السلام
يقريك السلام ويقول لك اغرس العود في الارض كما طلب فانه يكون باذن الله تعالى
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f. 32a-32b: ونسلك ان تغفر ذنوبنا وذنوب والدينا / ومشايخنا واخواننا في الله احياءً وميتين وصلي
الله علي سيدنا محمد وعلي اله وصحبه اجمعين
Berlin (Ahlwardt) nos. 9012-9013 Gotha (Pertsch I) nos. 2594-2589 London, British Museum, Suppl. (Rieu) nos. 1184 Paris (de Slane) no. 3823 Paris (Vajda) 347
Brown, Oriental leather binding with fore-flap and envelope flap; central ornament
of the covers: almond with lobed perimeter, infill canʾt be identified anymore; frame
border: band with large rosettes; towards the pointed edge of the envelope flap an
almond ornament; surface of the envelope flap and the fore-edge flap decorated with
a lozenge pattern; doublure of brocade paper and leather
