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Manuscript/Mixed Material Kitāb fī al-ḥikmah كتاب في الحكمة / / Title from fol. 2a: Ḥikmah al-ʻarshīyah

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Title

  • Kitāb fī al-ḥikmah

Other Title

  • كتاب في الحكمة /
  • Title from fol. 2a: Ḥikmah al-ʻarshīyah

Summary

  • Incomplete copy of a treatise on Islamic philosophy.

Names

  • Ṣadr al-Dīn Shīrāzī, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm, -1641
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [early 19th century?]

Headings

  • -  Islamic philosophy--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title from spine.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Place of writing not determined; possibly Iran or Turkey.
  • -  Paper; lightly polished cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and partial countermark "BEN PICARDO"; black ink with red overlining; catchwords.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, SII, p. 588
  • -  Nastaʻliq style script; 16 lines in written area 12 x 6.5 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-34b (incomplete).
  • -  "19. III 1150 = 3.410."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 3-410.
  • -  Binding; black quarter leather with black grain sides; former owner's name at base of spine.
  • -  Incipit: البسملة. الحمد لله ممن شرح صدره للاسلام فهو على نور من ربه ... وهذه المسائل المرسومة في هذه الرسالة الموسومة بالحكمة العرشية ...

Medium

  • 34 leaves (16 lines) (incomplete), paper : bound ; 19.6 x 13.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • B753.M83 A84 1800z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016496864

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Ṣadr Al-Dīn Shīrāzī, Muḥammad Ibn Ibrāhīm, -1641, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Kitāb Fī Al-Ḥikmah. [Early 19th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496864/.

APA citation style:

Ṣadr Al-Dīn Shīrāzī, M. I. I., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. Kitāb Fī Al-Ḥikmah. [Early 19th Century?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496864/.

MLA citation style:

Ṣadr Al-Dīn Shīrāzī, Muḥammad Ibn Ibrāhīm, -1641, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Kitāb Fī Al-Ḥikmah. [Early 19th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496864/>.