Ijāzat Aḥmad ibn ʻUbayd Allāh al-ʻAṭṭār li-Muḥammad ibn Shafīʻ Sulṭān : manuscript, [ca. 1780-1800]

An ijāzah issued by Aḥmad ibn ʻUbayd Allāh al-ʻAṭṭār to his student Muḥammad ibn Shafīʻ Sulṭān. The student's name is mentioned on fol. 1v; the master's name on fol. 6r. In the ijāzah al-ʻAṭṭār traces his authority back to al-Qasṭallānī's al-Mawāhib al-ladunnīyah, then to al-Shāfiʻī, and then gives his isnād of a musalsal ḥadīth.

[ Book of predictions] : manuscript, 1785-1812

Book of yearly predictions about the sultan, his family, ministers, grand mufti, etc. Records for years 1199-1227 AH [1785-1812 AD]. Year run from nevrūz to nevrūz (beginning of spring). Predictions concern political affairs and state of health of various individuals. Predictions about weather conditions and the eclipses also included. Separate section at end of each year's entry breaks down predictions into months. Manuscript apparently the author's working copy and probably the sole copy.

Description of the domains of Egypt : manuscript, undated

Title supplied by cataloger.

The natural history of Aleppo: containing a description of the city, and the principal natural productions in its neighbourhood : together with an account of the climate, inhabitants, and diseases, particularly of the plague

by Alex. Russell.

A map of North America : from the latest surveys and maps /

Relief shown pictorially.

A plan of the island of Cape Breton

Scale 1:253,440; 24 statute miles or 4 to 1 in.

A Map of the United States of N. America.

Photostat from: Bailey's pocket Almanac for 1785.

A plan of the county of Fairfax on Potomack River the middle of which is in 39⁰, 12ʹ No. latitude.

Also covers Arlington and Loudoun counties.

Captn. Willoby. Newton's including deed for 6421 acrer of land in the County of Fairfax : [Virginia] : Deed drawn /

Shows the parcel bounded by Bull Run Creek to the south, Cub Run to the west, and Little Rocky Run to the east in Fairfax County, Virginia and names of landowners.

[A survey of a plot in Lancaster and Northumberland counties bounded by the Chesapeake Bay, Rappahnnock River, and the Potomac River ] /

Relief shown by hachures.

Plan of a tract of land (marked in the General Plan no. 7), containing in the whole 5000 acres, & divided into 20 plantations of 250 acres each, situate on a left hand branch of Elk River, & on the head waters of Salt Lick Creek, in Harrison County, State of Virginia /

Covers part of Harrison County (W.Va.)

A map of North Carolina : from the best authorities /

Relief shown by hachures.

South-Carolina and parts adjacent, shewing the movements of the American and British armies.

Shows troop movements during 1781.

[Plat of land grant survey in South Carolina, accompanied by deed of grant] /

Pen-and-ink.

A sketch of the operations before Charlestown, the capital of South Carolina.

Scale ca. 1:11,800.