THE NOBLE QURAN (SINGLE VOLUME)

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ESSAI SUR LA CONSTRUCTION NAVALE DES PEUPLES EXTRA-EUROPÉENS OU COLLECTION DES NAVIRES ET PIROGUES CONSTRUITS PAR LES HABITANTS DE L’ASIE, DE LA MALAISIE, DU GRAND OCÉAN ET DE L’AMÉRIQUE (VOLUME 1) Author: François-Edmond Pâris Publisher: Arthus Bertand Librarie, Paris Printed book with lithographic plates 1256–57 AH/1841 CE (Sultanate of Oman and Zanzibar)

PHD DEGREE IN PHILOSOPHY

FOR FATMA BINT SALEM AL-MA’MARI University of London, United Kingdom Printed document 23 Rabi’ al-Awwal 1375 AH/8 November 1955 CE

THE MAJOR NOON (AN-NUˉNIˉYAH AL-KUBRAH)

Author: Ahmad bin Majid as-Sa’di Transcriber: unknown Ink on paper 1157 AH/1744 CE (al-Yarubi Dynasty)

MANUSCRIPT (AL-AZĪZI FALAJ LOG)

Author: Rabi’ah bin Majid bin Suleiman al-Kindi Seiq Town, al-Jabal al-Akhdar (ad-Dakhiliyah Governorate) Ink on paper 8 Rajab 1308 AH/February 1891 CE

THE NOBLE QUR`ĀN MANUSCRIPT

Transcriber: Muhammad bin Udai al-Battashi al-Wardi Ink, gold leaf and opaque watercolour on paper 20 Safar 1332 AH/17 January 1914 CE (al-Busaid Dynasty)

DIGEST OF LAWS (BAYAN ASH-SHAR’) (VOLUME II)

Author: Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim al-Kindi as-Samadi an-Nazwi Transcriber: Said bin Salim al-Breiki Oman Ink on paper 12 Rabi’ al-Awwal 1273 AH/15 November 1856 CE (al-Busaid Dynasty)

THE LIGHT OF GOD TO CLARIFY ARGUMENTS AND EVIDENCES (AN-NOOR AL-MUSTABĒN FI IDHAH AL-HUJAJ WA AL-BARAHĒN)

Author and transcriber: Sheikh Abdullah bin Basheer al-Hadrami as-Sohari Oman Ink on paper 1178 AH/1764 CE (al-Busaid Dynasty)

THE FRUITS OF WAYFARER (FĀKIHAT IBN AS-SABĪL)

Author: Rashid bin Umayra bin Thani al-Hashmi al-Ayni ar-Rustaqi Oman Ink on paper 9th–10th centuries AH/15th–16th centuries CE (Nabahina Kingdom)

A POEM ON THE ANATOMY OF THE EYE (QASĪDA FI TASHRĪH AL-AYN)

Author: Rashid bin Umayra bin Thani al-Hashmi al-Ayni ar-Rustaqi (9th–10th centuries AH/15th–16th centuries CE) Transcriber: Muhammad bin Hamad bin Sallam al-Harrasi Oman Ink on paper 20 Safar 1305 AH/6 November 1887 CE (al-Busaid Dynasty) Rashid bin Umayra bin Thani al-Hashmi was a physician, poet and philosopher from the village of Ayni in ar-Rustaq, and the author of many books on medical subjects. In this masterful work, lauded for its accuracy and scientific methodology, al-Hashmi describes the anatomy of the eye in poetic form for ease of understanding and memorisation.

AL-MA’WALI COLLECTION (DIWAN AL-MA’WALI)

Author: Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Said al-Ma’wali al-Manahi Transcriber: Muhammad bin Sulima bin Muhammad as-Salimi al-Azkawi Oman Ink on paper 1050 AH/1640 CE (al-Yarubi Dynasty)

AL-KHITHAWI СOLLECTION (DIWAN AL-KHITHAWI)

Author: Mūsā bin Husain bin Shawwāl al-Husaini (12th century AH/16th century CE) Transcriber: Sa’ad bin Abdullah bin Said al-Hinai Oman Ink and opaque watercolour on paper 29 Shawwāl 1163 AH/30 September 1750 CE (al-Busaid Dynasty)

QUR`A–NIC MANUSCRIPT

Transcriber: Suleiman bin Muhammad al-Wa’eli Oman Ink on paper 2 Jumada al-Ula 1291 AH/June 1874 CE (al-Busaid Dynasty)

ASIA PORTUGUESA (VOLUME III)

Author: Manuel de Faria e Sousa Publisher: Officina de Antonio Craesbeeck Demello, Lisbon (Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves) Printed book 1085–86 AH/1675 CE

THE VOYAGES AND TRAVELS OF JOHN STRUYS

THROUGH ITALY, GREECE, MUSCOVY, TARTARY, MEDIA, PERSIA, EAST-INDIA, JAPAN, AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN EUROPE, AFRICA AND ASIA Author: Jan Janszoon Struys Translator: John Marrison Printed for Abel Swalle, England Printed book 1095–96 AH/1684 CE (al-Yarubi Dynasty)

TRAVELS IN ARABIA (VOLUME II)

Author: J.R. Wellsted Publisher: John Murray (United Kingdom) Printed book 1253–54 AH/1838 CE

Á SUSE, JOURNAL DES FOUILLES1884–1886

Author: Jane Dieulafoy Publisher: Librairies Hachette et Compagnie, Paris (French Republic) Printed book 1305–06 AH/1888 CE (Sultanate of Muscat and Oman)

AMOENITATUM EXOTICARUM POLITICOPHYSICO- MEDICARUM FASCICULI V

Author: Engelbert Kaempfer Publisher: Typis & Impensis Henrici Wilhelmi Meyeri, Lemgo (Holy Roman Empire) Printed book with engraved plates 1123–4 AH/1712 CE (Ya’aruba Imams) Engelbert Kaempfer was a German physician and botanist and secretary to the Swedish mission to Russia and Persia, before becoming a ship’s surgeon for the Dutch East India Company. On his way from Persia to India he visited Muscat from 16–17 July 1668 CE, during the reign of Imam Sultan bin Saif II al-Ya’arubi, and made an insightful diary and three sketches of the town, two views from the sea and an unusual view from inland. Unlike previous representations of Muscat, which either show details of fortification systems rather than the town itself, or in many cases, images of pure fantasy, Kaempfer’s engravings are regarded as the first accurate and naturalistic views of Muscat.

THE NOBLE QUR`ĀN

(ENDOWMENT COPY OF FATIMA SERVANT OF SULTAN SAYYID TURKI BIN FAISAL AL-BUSAIDI) Sultanate of Muscat and Zanzibar Ink, gold and opaque watercolour on paper 13th century AH/19th century CE

TRANSLATION OF THE MEANINGS OF THENOBLE QUR`ĀN INTO SWAHILI LANGUAGE(QURANI TAKATIFU) (SINGLE VOLUME)

Translator: Chief Qadhi Sheikh Abdullah bin Saleh al-Farsi Publisher: The Islamic Foundation (Republic of Kenya) Printed book 1389 AH/1969 CE Donated by the Family of Sheikh Abdullah bin Saleh al-Farsi

THE JEWELS OF MANNERS IN COMPLIMENTING THE KINGS AND ENTERTAINING THE DOOMED GRIEVED LOVER (JAWAHIR AS-SULUK FI MADAIH AL-MULUK WA TASLIYAT HUZUN AL-ASHIQ AL-MAHLUK)

Author and transcriber: Hilal bin Said bin Thani bin Uraba (1220–79 AH/1805–62 CE) Ink on paper 9 Jumada al-Akhira 1259 AH/July 1843 CE (Sultanate of Oman and Zanzibar)

HISTORY OF THE IMAMS AND SEYYIDS OF OMAN

HISTORY OF THE IMAMS AND SEYYIDS OF OMAN Author: Humaid bin Muhammad bin Ruzaiq Translator and editor: George Percy Badger Publisher: Hakluyt Society, London (United Kingdom) Printed book 1287–88 AH/1871 CE (Sultanate of Muscat and Oman) Reverend George Percy Badger was a Christian missionary and a distinguished Arabist. In 1276–77 AH/1860 CE he was dispatched as a member of the Bombay Commission, along with William Coghlan, to report on the relations between Sayyid Thuwaini in Muscat and his half-brother Sayyid Majid in Zanzibar. It was on this occasion that Sayyid Thuwaini presented Badger with an original manuscript on the history of Oman by Humid bin Muhammad bin Ruzaiq, a contemporary historian. In 1287–88 AH/1871 CE Badger published his translation of the History of the Imams and Seyyids of Oman for the Hakluyt Society in London. The publication contains an introductory text, accompanying notes and appendices by Badger. Of particular importance are two appendices, the first on the Omani Imamate, and the second on the tenets of the Ibadism – together they can be regarded as the first extensive study of Ibadism by a non-Muslim scholar. Badger’s translation became a key historical source for all further works on both Oman and Zanzibar by non-Arab speaking scholars.

COUNTRIES AND TRIBES OF THE PERSIAN GULF (VOLUME II)

Author: Colonel S.B. Miles Publisher: Harrison and Sons, London (United Kingdom) Printed book 1337–38 AH/1919 CE (Sultanate of Muscat and Oman) Samuel Barrett Miles served as British political agent and consul in Muscat from 1289–97 AH/1874–80 CE during the reign of Sultan Sayyid Turki bin Said al-Busaidi. He was an outstanding Arabist and Orientalist, and his most acclaimed scholarly work, Countries and Tribes of the Persian Gulf, was compiled and published posthumously. The publication includes a comprehensive survey of the complex tribal structure of Oman, social conditions, local customs and places, as well as appended notes on the local flora and fauna. The book also contains a detailed history of Oman up to the demise of Sultan Sayyid Said bin Sultan al-Busaidi, Sultan of Oman and Zanzibar.

THE NOBLE QUR`ĀN (SINGLE-VOLUME)Belonging to Sultan Sayyid Taimur bin Faisal al-Busaidi

Origin: India Colour lightography on handmade paper 14th century AH/20th century CE (Sultanate of Muscat and Oman) Donated by His Highness Sayyid As’ad bin Tariq al-Said.