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  Malik 2551 66 verso

  Main: O Lord, glory be to You! Indeed, I have been among the wrongdoers. O You Who heard the supplication of Zechariah and granted him in his old age a pure servant (ghulam). O You Who bestowed Your favor upon Moses and Aaron and delivered them and their people from the great distress. O You Who brought Joseph out of the well and prison. O You Who restored Jacob's sight after his eyes had turned white from grief, for he was suppressing his sorrow. O You Who saved us from the plagues of this world and its afflictions. You saved us from worry. O You Who will rescue us from the questioning on the Day of Resurrection and deliver us from the torment of the Fire and admit us to Paradise. O God, You are the All-Powerful, the Almighty Margin: Anytime someone sees a new moon and looks (nigah) at this image (shekl), from the beginning to the end of the month, no calamity will befall him. He will not have any needs and will live long. S H AA S LHHHH LHHHH WHAAA MM III AAA HH Kh Noah Naji-Allah (confident of God) Jesus Ruh-Allah (spirit of God) Ibrahim Khalil-Allah (friend of God) There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, Ali is the deputy of Allah Moses Kalim-Allah (speaking with God) O Opener (ya fattah) In the name of God, the compassionate the merciful, O Opener, O Opener
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  Malik 2551 63 recto

  Main: For the protection of the horse – hang it on the neck of the horse. Then the horse and its owner will be protected from all calamities. It is: In the name of God the compassionate and merciful, I seek refuge and seek protection for this livestock of so-and-so son of so-and-so known as such and such and his other livestock, their strength, fastness, quantity, nobility, and beauty, the stables? And the mare which is ??? and astonishing?, the trembling and shaking and the fear and leprosy?, the beating of the heart and quivering of the stomach, the filth and injury, consuming hashish, sharp edges, abandonment, stomach pain, asthma due to injury, eye irritation, trauma, night blindness, inflammations of the eye, burning sensation and heavy breathing, and all other ailments of the cattle. May the evil eye be away from her, her body, skin, flesh, blood Margin: WA ‘A TT H H H H H H S S S S S S S ARAH ARAH ARAH ARAH ARAH ARAH ARAH ARAH ARWAH ARWAH AHBA SRAHYA AHWAN This is an obligation by the name of the holy one (quddūs), holy one, holy one, LH LH LH LH LH A YR 65695 LA MH 12 LH LA A 1119 W W A H 116611111111 11 H LAM A 66 ‘ KH 111 K A G 9 8 LA T T 6 T 111 66 9 11 11 11 11 H 99 LA LA… If someone is bothered by a spirit (jinn) and at night they are… bothered, write this prayer and place it under the bedding or hang it upon their neck and must… In the name of God the compassionate the merciful [in Arabic] Exit from this [or from her] disgraced and defeated. What is left for you to remain here [what right is yours to remain here]? So exit for you are amongst the lowly (sāgharīn). Exit for you are amongst the cursed (rajīm). For he is the one who cannot change. The jinn and mankind, if you are able to save in the end (??) [in Persian] that sultan?... write.
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  Malik 2551 62 verso

  Main: to destroy the party from the wrongdoers ( 3:127 and 3:128). And if it is written on the hide of a dead horse and cast somewhere, no building can ever be built at that location. “On that Day, We will let them surge [like waves] over one another. Later, the Trumpet will be blown, and We will gather all [people] together.” (18:99) “So they set out, but after they had boarded a ship, the man made a hole in it.” (18:71) insert the penis of so-and-so upon the vagina of so-and-so, as if his penis is iron and her vagina is dough. God is capable of all things. To cure small pox – write this and tie it to the arm of the person who has small pox. If so it won’t manifest [grow or come out] and if it has begun manifesting it won’t anymore. Bbbi bbbi wa balqaris Alsudu aswa bas wa s tuhu Margin: [counterclockwise from bottom of the page] Prayer to Conquer Men – Write this talisman and place it in the hand of the woman, she grabs the penis of her husband and places it upon her vagina and the matter is solved [lit. gushūda–opened]. 39 RYAK DM KS [kus–vagina?] KNI [ kuni–do: a command to have sex?] M DL [ dil–heart?] 6993 DH’ 7 M Also to Conquer Men – Recite chapters 110, Ikhas [ chapter 112], and the two protectors (ma’udhatayn) [chapters 113 and 114] ten times each upon water, perform the bathing of ablution (ghusl), recite [again] and he will be cured [opened]. Prayer of Fairies (parīzād) – if a woman cannot have children, if she writes this talisman with musk, saffron, and rosewater and keep it with herself, that woman will become pregnant and the almighty God will give her a righteous child. If you desire… write and hang from a tree so that … not have and not give [maybe: pestilence], by the command of the almighty, she will become pregnant. This is the talisman. Ali Ali Ali Ali Ali Ali Ali Ali Ali Ali LH LH LH LH LH Lah LH LH LH LH LH HI… YLH Seven (haft) Seven Seven Seven Seven Seven Seven Seven Seven Seven LH… LH LH LH WA WA
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  Malik 2551 62 recto

  Main: he won't marry her. And also in order to know if a pregnant woman will have a daughter or a son, you should calculate the numerical value of the name of the man and the woman and divide by two, if the remainder is two it will be a boy, if it is one it will be a girl. Allahu ‘Alam! This prayer, when tied to the arm of someone, not even a hair on their head can be harmed. To test it you should tie it on the neck of a sheep and strike him with a sword. It is tested. In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful. By the truth, O God, O God, O God. 224 q m 1 1 1 W n w lir Used wlhh ✡ aaamm 8 aaaa h h ✡ Whoever on the last Friday, writes these lines between the noon and afternoon prayers will continuously be protected from sharp swords and far-reaching javelin – no children for me, no play for me? Forty, forty-one???. If someone is being pressured by another, he should write chapter 101 (al-Qari’a – the calamity) and hide it in the home of the other. He will be separated from the other. If this verse is written on pottery, wherever it is placed that place will not be destroyed Margin: If you want to know – whether a sick person will get [better] or not, write these letters by the name of the sick person and the name of their mother and cast it into the water. If it stays afloat they will get well soon and if it sinks to the bottom they will die. This is the amulet: Am LSLMSAH SAH SDA… HU MA HA H MFSLILLIQS… Umuma Umuma (generally) Chapter – When Someone … gets sick, keep that day, if it is Sunday (yak-shanba), count by one, if it is Monday (du-shanba), count by two, if it is Tuesday (sa-shanba), count by three etc… there is no more to add to the top, the name of the sick person and… [do the math] with the abjad numerical value and design it in units of thirty, if … and if it is not found, but if it is ‘living’ (hayat)... and if it is in the ‘dead’ chart, then [the answer] is death. Living (hayat) 20 207 103 206 3 203 25 202 3 7 102 109 1 106 107 Dead (mumat) [the chart is missing after the edges were trimmed] And if you want to know that a sick person will get better, write these names on a [piece of] wood ?? [maybe: along with] the names of the sick person and their mother, if the wood… placed… bowl… sinks, they will die… floats [lit. stands still], they will not die. And they are this: so-and-so son of so-and-so not hā… adorned with al majar sidah ? III AR Tulip (lalah) 9 111 W SI 8 W H Prayer for a Wart – recite this prayer by the name of the [sick] and the name of the mother. Recite it [over] eleven red grains of rice, rub them on the wart and bury them in damp earth and… This is it: I know (udrī), I know, I know (udrīyā). .. I know, I know, I know, O I know… I know. End
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  Malik 2551 61 verso

  Main: if he writes it on bread and eats it, he will be safe from all calamities. “God is my Lord, God is the One, the Supreme, He gives life and causes death as befitting for us. God my Lord, my Lord, my Lord, my Lord, my Lord. Oh God, protect us from drought, plague, loss (fawt), death (mawt), bad judgment, the gloating of enemies, and evil. A book that has preceded (??). Our Lord, remove from us the evil of torment. We are certain, O Most Merciful, most compassionate.” If you want to know which of the husband or wife will die first you should calculate the numerical value of the names of both and multiply both by two [or add the name of mother to both]. Then add twenty to both and divide by seven. If the remainder is odd the wife will die first, if it is even the husband will die first. Also, if you want to know if a woman will be given [in marriage] to a [specific] man or calculate the numerical value of the names of the man and the woman and divide by five, if the remainder is one or three or five [zero], he will marry her, if it is two or four Margin: History of the prophets From Adam pbuh until Noah pbuh is two hundred years and from Noah pbuh to Ibraham pbuh one thousand and one indeed and forty two years. From Ibraham pbuh to Moses pbuh five hundred and sixty five years and from Moses pbuh to David pbuh one thousand and one hundred years. From David to Jesus pbuh one thousand and three hundred and fifty years and from Jesus pbuh to the exalted shelter of the prophethood pbuh six hundred years. God knows best what is correct. Gabriel pbuh descended upon prophets with high station. He descended upon Adam pbuh twelve times, to Idris [Enoch] pbuh four times, to Nuh pbuh fifty times, to Abraham pbuh fifty-eight times in his childhood, and eight-hundred?-forty-two times in adulthood, to Moses pbuh four hundred times, and to Jesus pbuh ten times, in his childhood, three and seven times in adulthood, and upon the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, one-thousand and twenty-four times.
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  Malik 2551 61 recto

  Main: Prayer of the staff (‘asā) – that should be written on sheets of deer [skin vellum] and hidden on the head of a staff made of bitter wood “And as he made his way towards Midian, it says, “I trust my Lord will guide me to the right way.” (28:22)”. And this talisman is also written and hidden in almond wood and it is easy that God is pure with his cross (??) hi n 11 11 X 111 hi m 111 111 w h 11 a m III 11 11 h w How to write the last prayer for the last Wednesday of the year. He should place it in an earthen jug and drink water from it so that the next year, he will be protected by God from tiredness, diseases and pests. All the family members should drink it and splash the rest of the water around the house. In the name of God the compassionate and merciful. Water ah ah but protection, oppression, am ayn, no effort or strength other than with God and with his greatness. Greetings of God upon the best of his creation Muhammad and all of his community. Also the prayer for the last Wednesday at the end of the year, and the last wednesday of the month of Safar (?) Margin: [Counterclockwise from top of the page] If someone cannot get pregnant [lit. cannot have a child] write this name and tie it to their neck so that it reaches the chest. It is this: In the name of God the compassionate the merciful. Ali Ali Ali Ali Ali W W W W W W R R R R R Miriya? Huwa Huwa Huwa Huwa Huwa H… Lah Lah Lah Lah Huwa Si Huwa… Huna Ana al-ajal (hurrying) al-sa’a al-waha? (the hour of ?) [most of these are not actual words] Also write and place in the middle of bitter almond wood. It is tested. It is this: slmhls dah mah lahwa ya 5 am’ 5 baw mah saf [smooth] 5 yasibama hiya [most of these are not actual words] For what is stolen by a thief, pray two rak’a of a request prayer (namaz-i hājat), place it upon a four sided nail and hammer it on the ground at a location facing the direction of Mecca (qibla). By the aid of God almighty it will be found soon. Alu YaSin W Qur’an Second (duwwum) Sad W Qur’an third (siyyum) Q W Qur’an fourth (chaharum) KaHaYaAynSad For [curing] fever and chills each time burn one of these as they have been tested. Jumhur Jamahur Jamhahur Chapter – If someone cannot have a child… write this talisman on seven pieces of [bread?]... and each day the wife drops one and the husband eats it. A child will appear to them by the command of God 99 11 11 + 66 11 99 11 HM S’M A woman who does not get pregnant and, after the ablution of her period, writes this name whereby she eats one and ties one upon her belly button and then has intercourse with her husband, by the command of God almighty she will get pregnant. It is this: Our master (sayyidana) AAA Sala AAA SR SR HHH SR SD SD [or one hundred]
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  Malik 2551 60 verso

  Main: from sedition, recite in a single sitting three-hundred-and-thirty times: “Allah is the benevolent protector and he is the compassionate, the merciful”. Whoever recites this prayer – each day one hundred times he will attain a natural lifespan and will accumulate so much wealth and provisions that he will become overwhelmed. God-willing. O the most Gracious one, O Lord of Bounty, o the most Benevolent. Be kind to us with your eternal mercy. By your mercy, O the most merciful, the most compassionate. The qualities of the letter Sin – There are many. For one, no one can do him any harm and he will be sweet in everyone’s heart. If he is travelling, he will return home very quickly and success will come in his affairs. People will fear him and the tongues of others will be tied. Its number is one hundred and twenty sins to be written on Friday. While writing, these two names should be recited: O the wise one (hakim) o the restorer (mu’id). This talisman if it is written on the day of Nowruz and carried with one, he will be safe from harmful evil. Ila911111 11121 1ihaa + 602t2 Margin: [Counterclockwise from the bottom of the page] If someone has hardship, write this design on a piece of paper and wash it and have him drink it, things will open for him. KKKKK 286119 H 6 LLL In the name of God the compassionate and merciful. In the name of God and vow unto God, I divorce her with a divorce when… so-and-so son of so-and-so, so has God reckoned… O Allah the benevolent, the forgiving, so-and-so… O Allah… write until the end. This and the first. AAAA AAAB AAATh AAAJ AAAH AAAKh AAAD AAADh AAAR AAAZ AAAS AAASh AAAS AAAD AAAT AAAZ AAAA’ AAAGh AAAF AAAQ AAAK AAAL AAAN AAAM AAAW AAALA AAAT AAAT O Lord O Master of … eternal sovereignty, O Allah, O… O the one, O unborn one, O unique one, O nerve, O… O possessor of glory and honor, by the honor of… the grand, I close I close the hand of Al [evil spirit] the eyes of Al, and three hundred and sixty six… Al and four hundred and forty four feet of Al, by the right of Solomon Pbuh and … all of them, by your mercy, O the most merciful, the most benevolent. If someone writes this name on his palm and [goes to visit] the king any desire and need that he has will be fulfilled. God, the mighty and majestic and … 11 11 M AM H 6111 11 11 SH M AM H 6111 For unknotting a [impotent] man – if someone is close [impotent]… write these letters on his hand and he will be opened [restore sexual potency], by the command of God, the mighty and majestic. It is this: … LaL988…77La Also if it is written in musk and saffron for ?? and the woman ties one to the right thigh and one to the left thigh, immediately he will be opened. MHAM919H8 8
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  Inscription on Reading

  If someone buys a book and writes on its margins, the two should be read together.
• Inscription on Reading

  If someone buys a book and writes on its margins, the two should be read together.
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  Freedom Paper (azād nāma)

  Freedom Papers (azād nāmcha) are as such: Praise be to Allah who protects the necks of the righteous ones from the fires [of hell] and provisions them with the choicest of virtues and strengths, and greetings and peace be upon his prophet and his kin and progeny. And then, the cause/reason for penning these legal [shar’iyya] words is that in accordance with the content of the Hadith “whosoever frees a believing slave, Allah will free all of his members, and their members, from the fire [of hell]”, ‘Izzat Ābādī Yusuf Khān freed and released from the yoke of bondage all the six-dāng members of one slave named so-and-so Bahman ?? for forty years?, to achieve closeness [qurba] to Allah and seek his contentment on the day of judgment as with other matters ??? and he [the slave] has control [ikhtiyār] to go wherever he desires. Written? Such-and-such month 1137 AH / 1725 CE
• Freedom Paper (azād nāma)

  Freedom Papers (azād nāmcha) are as such: Praise be to Allah who protects the necks of the righteous ones from the fires [of hell] and provisions them with the choicest of virtues and strengths, and greetings and peace be upon his prophet and his kin and progeny. And then, the cause/reason for penning these legal [shar’iyya] words is that in accordance with the content of the Hadith “whosoever frees a believing slave, Allah will free all of his members, and their members, from the fire [of hell]”, ‘Izzat Ābādī Yusuf Khān freed and released from the yoke of bondage all the six-dāng members of one slave named so-and-so Bahman ?? for forty years?, to achieve closeness [qurba] to Allah and seek his contentment on the day of judgment as with other matters ??? and he [the slave] has control [ikhtiyār] to go wherever he desires. Written? Such-and-such month 1137 AH / 1725 CE
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  Etiquette

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  Draft (barāt)

  Draft (barāt) regarding fodder and hay Fodder The response to the holder of the office (sarkār) of vizier, the dignity sheltering Mirza Sadiq of ???? dated the month of so-and-so of 1130 AH (1718 CE) of the year of the ram (ki/qūy), equivalent to a donkey-load head of hay or a [donkey-load] head of fodder And give it to Piraruq whereby its price will be as agreed, one hundred Dinars ???
• Draft (barāt)

  Draft (barāt) regarding fodder and hay Fodder The response to the holder of the office (sarkār) of vizier, the dignity sheltering Mirza Sadiq of ???? dated the month of so-and-so of 1130 AH (1718 CE) of the year of the ram (ki/qūy), equivalent to a donkey-load head of hay or a [donkey-load] head of fodder And give it to Piraruq whereby its price will be as agreed, one hundred Dinars ???
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  Discharge (khul’) divorce formula
• Copy of a deed (qabālah)

  This was written in the month of Jumāda al-Awwal, the year of nine hundred and eighty-two [982 AH / 1574 CE] from the migration of the prophet, praise and commendation be unto him.
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  Copy (surat) of the endowment contract (waqf nāma)

  Copy (surat) of the endowment contract (waqf nāma) of Mirzā Qavām al-Dīn Hātam Beg father of Nizām al-Mulk the Minister of Kirmān Praise be to God who is aware of the thoughts (zamāyir) of his subjects, who knows their secrets and who is in charge of their good deeds that will endow continuous charities until the promised day (mi’ād) flowing (mufīz) with complete blessings until the Day of Judgment. Greetings and peace be upon the seal of prophecy and the exemplar of the pure ones [the Safīyya— alluding to the Safavids], the revered prophet, the grand messenger, the master (sayyid) of Arabs and Ajams, he who subjugated Khusraw (kasrā) and the ring/seal (khātam) with justice and generosity, and unto his innocent (ma’sūm) descendants and his pure (tāhir) family, the ones through whom kingship (mulk) was achieved and through their guardianship (wilāya) the stature of religion was registered. And now (va b'ad) the content of these truth-revealing lines and the secret of these law-describing writings [zabūr—lit. psalm], is reporting and examining
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  Copy (surat) of rental agreement (ijāra nāma) of a Land Grant (soyurghāl)

  Copy (surat) of rental agreement (ijāra nāma) of a Land Grant (soyurghāl) The Sayyid-sheltering Murād Khan son of Shayid-ī Khan Safavī resident of the village of Īrdmūsā legally (shar’ī) reconciled and contracted out to the felicity and nobility sheltering, dignity and guardianship outfitted Qīyā Beg Safavi the entirety and complete proceeds of [his] soyurghāl, the location [of which] is half a zawj [land that can be plowed by one bull each season] with the bulls (awāmīl) known as the bulls (gāv) ??? of Isma’īl [ or “known as the kavkand of Ismā’īl”] son of Barām, from the territories of the aforementioned village, that need not be described and bound, from the beginning of this year of the ram (qūy), 1127 AH / 1715 CE, for the duration of eight complete years to be received by the aforementioned Qīyā Beg as given by the aforementioned Murād Khan. [It is written] by his own legal acknowledgement.
• Copy (surat) of rental agreement (ijāra nāma) of a Land Grant (soyurghāl)

  Copy (surat) of rental agreement (ijāra nāma) of a Land Grant (soyurghāl) The Sayyid-sheltering Murād Khan son of Shayid-ī Khan Safavī resident of the village of Īrdmūsā legally (shar’ī) reconciled and contracted out to the felicity and nobility sheltering, dignity and guardianship outfitted Qīyā Beg Safavi the entirety and complete proceeds of [his] soyurghāl, the location [of which] is half a zawj [land that can be plowed by one bull each season] with the bulls (awāmīl) known as the bulls (gāv) ??? of Isma’īl [ or “known as the kavkand of Ismā’īl”] son of Barām, from the territories of the aforementioned village, that need not be described and bound, from the beginning of this year of the ram (qūy), 1127 AH / 1715 CE, for the duration of eight complete years to be received by the aforementioned Qīyā Beg as given by the aforementioned Murād Khan. [It is written] by his own legal acknowledgement.
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  Copy (surat) of Rent Agreement (ijāranāmcha)
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  Copy (surat) of a promissory note (tamassuk)

  Copy (surat) of a promissory note (tamassuk) [in Ottoman Turkish]: This is a copy of a promissory note: The reason for the composition of letters is that we have debt [due to the fact that] in the beginning of the month of Shaban of the year 1138/1726 we borrowed from Meḥemmed Çelebi hundred ghurush, half of which is fifty ghurush. God—may [His name] be exalted!—willing, upon the payment of [the said] loan by the end of 300 days may our promissory note be halved [ ripped into two? destroyed?]. ʿOs̱mān, the servant.
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  Copy (surat) of a deed (qabālah)

  This was written in the month of Jumāda al-Awwal, the year of nine hundred and eighty-two [982 AH / 1574 CE] from the migration of the prophet, praise and commendation be unto him.
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  Copy (surat) of a Condition Letter (shart nāmche)
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  Confirmation Certificate (tasdīq-i daftari)

  Confirmation Certificate (tasdīq-i daftari) Allowances (marsum)? The Year of the Ram, Hasan Jilūdār, who [entered] in a three-year contract? for the rent of a copper mine located in Buna Bar as delineated below, it is established that the bailiff (zābit) and the renter pay? the mentioned sum (vajh) in the customary manner. In such-and-such year the amount of such-and-such Tabrīzī Tūmān. Written? Such-and-such month of the year 1120 AH / 1708 CE.
• Confirmation Certificate (tasdīq-i daftari)

  Confirmation Certificate (tasdīq-i daftari) Allowances (marsum)? The Year of the Ram, Hasan Jilūdār, who [entered] in a three-year contract? for the rent of a copper mine located in Buna Bar as delineated below, it is established that the bailiff (zābit) and the renter pay? the mentioned sum (vajh) in the customary manner. In such-and-such year the amount of such-and-such Tabrīzī Tūmān. Written? Such-and-such month of the year 1120 AH / 1708 CE.