Università di Torino

Transcription of the performance of the «zār» of al-šayḫa Ḥadīǧa at Ṣalabiyya

Object identifier ARC_512
Type Item
Date
ante 1912

Titles

Title
“ez-Zār” الزار في يوم الشيخه حديجه بالصلبيه
Type
formal title
Title
Transcription of the performance of the «zār» of al-šayḫa Ḥadīǧa at Ṣalabiyya
Type
supplied title

Description

Original copy of the Arabic text, transcribed in pencil by ʻAlī Sulṭān, reproducing performance of the «zār» of al-šayḫa Ḥadīǧa at Ṣalabiyya (Egypt). Note that ʻAlī Sulṭān briefly described the manner in which the performance took place. In black ink, Paul Kahle transliterated the text, later edited with a translation into German in his “«Zār»-Beschwörungen in Egypten”.

Publication notes

Publication notes
Paul Kahle, “«Zār»-Beschwörungen in Egypten”, in: «Der Islam», 3 (1912), pp. 1-41.

Languages

Arabic

German

Medium

paper

Archivistic typology and Extent

Extent
23
Archivistic typology
leaf/leaves

Dimensions in mm

Height
210
Width
167