Contents: Hebrew Bible (Song of Songs) with Targum (Aramaic translation) and Judaeo-Arabic translation and commentary attributed to Saadia Gaon (ff. 1v-45r). Hebrew Bible (Ecclesiastes) with Targum (Aramaic translation) and Judaeo-Arabic translation and commentary (ff. 45v-148r). Hebrew Bible (Lamentations) with Targum (Aramaic translation) and Judaeo-Arabic translation and commentary and the small masorah on the margin (ff. 148r-162v). Psalm 137 (f. 162v). Liturgical poem (ff. 162v-163v). Selections from Midrash on Lamentations (ff. 163v-169v). Hebrew Bible (Esther) with Judaeo-Arabic translation and the small masorah (ff. 170r- 186r). Scroll of Antiochus in Aramaic with Judaeo-Arabic translation (ff. 186v-193v).
Contents: Sidur according to the Yemenite rite (ff. 1v-114r). Divinations and other astrological notes in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew, extracted from various sources (ff. 115r-145r).
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 29 October 1873 and received via Brindisi on 24 November 1873, forwarding copies of correspondence regarding the movements of Syed Fazil, the outlawed Moplah Tangul (also referred to as 'the Moplah Priest') [Moplah – Muslims of Malabar] and the latter's arrival at Hodeida [Al Hudaydah] from Jedda [Jeddah]. The correspondence consists of letters from the Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], enclosing reports by the Political Resident at Aden. Only Enclosures No. 7 and No. 8 (of Nos. 1-8 listed in the abstract) are present. The despatch is in continuation of Political No. 28 dated 7 February 1873.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 76, and terminates at f 80, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains one foliation insertion anomaly: f 76a.