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Pearls of the Faith; or, Islâm's Rosary, being the Ninety-Nine Beautiful Names of Allah

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Description: A signed, autograph manuscript; the preface was written in Glengyle, Perthshire, Scotland. The manuscipt subtitle: With comments in verse from various Oriental Sources -- as made by Indian Mussulman. The manuscript contains ninety-nine names of Allah written in Arabic in red ink; there is one color drawing in the volume and a painting in oil on the cover.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1882 September.
Call number: mssHM 13180
Creator: Arnold, Edwin (1832-1904)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from William K. Bixby sale, 1918.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Pearls of the faith; or, Islam's rosary : being the ninety-nine beautiful names of Allah (Asmâ-el-husnâ)

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13526

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Pearls of the faith or Islam's rosary : being the Ninety-Nine beautiful names of Allah (Asmâ-el-husnâ) with comments in verse from various oriental sources (as made by an Indian Mussulman)

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634940

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Gesta Venatica; Being a Record of Game etc. Bagged in India

Manuscripts

A signed, autograph manuscript; commencing in Poona, India. A record of the weapons used and animals hunted in various parts of India; with many fine ink drawings in both black ink and watercolors. Covers and many pages are loose; with blank pages.

mssHM 32436

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The Light of the World; or, The Great Consummation

Manuscripts

A signed, autograph manuscript; written in Tokyo, Japan, in Arnold's Azala garden. A narrative poem in six books.

mssHM 14992

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Poetical manuscript commonplace book

Manuscripts

A verse miscellany, entitled "Poetical Manuscript Commonplace book" on the spine and "English Verses, Time of James and Charles the First" within the volume; it is written in a single neat italic hand, probably written in Oxford, England, approximately 1635, and associated with Christ Church College, Oxford University. The volume contains 108 poems, almost all of which are presented anonymously; there are mentions of race and skin color and more than 60 of the poems concern women, love, or marriage. Some of the poems are attributed to, among others, Thomas Carew, Richard Corbet, Robert Herrick, Ben Jonson, Henry King, Thomas Randolph, and William Strode. The volume has 19th-century foliation and a list of contents in the front. The volume is bound in contemporary calf, sewn on four alum-tawed slips, covers with a single gilt rule border, head of spine has some damage, and the end leaves were replaced in approximately 1830; also, with a catalogue cutting pasted inside front cover and a morocco-backed slipcase.

mssHM 84418

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Irish Poems

Manuscripts

A manuscript collection of Gaelic verse, 11th to 19th century, selected and copied by the scribe Tadhg O'Connaill, in 1827. Written in Gaelic script with occasional English comments.

mssHM 4543

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