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Manuscript/Mixed Material Kitāb fī al-ḥikmah كتاب في الحكمة /

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Title

  • Kitāb fī al-ḥikmah

Other Title

  • كتاب في الحكمة /

Names

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

Created / Published

  • [late 18th century?]

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title from fol. 1a.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Place of writing not determined.
  • -  Paper; polished, off white laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no visible watermarks; black ink; catchwords.
  • -  Incomplete manuscript; seems to have been done by two different scribes, one from fol. 1b-2b and 3a-to the end by another; there seems to be a gap in the text between fol. 2b and 3a and the text ends in mid-sentence on fol. 135b.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, SII, p. 588
  • -  Naskh; 26 lines in written area 16 x 9.5 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-135b (incomplete).
  • -  "22. III 1298 = 3.558."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 3-558.
  • -  Binding; black half leather with black grain sides and flap; envelope binding; text block not attached to binding.
  • -  Incipit: البسملة وبه ثقتي وعليه اتندي. الحمد لله فاعل كل محسوس ومعقول وغاية كل مطلوب ...
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: ... لانه قد شاهد الحق الاول في جميع المظاهر الامرية والخليفة من غير تطرف تكثر لا في الذات ولا ...

Medium

  • 135 leaves (26 lines), (incomplete), paper : bound ; 21 x 16 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • B753.M83 A84 1700z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016496865

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Arabic Language Rare Materials Collection are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Arabic Language Rare Materials Collection

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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. [Late 18th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496865/.

APA citation style:

Ṣadr Al-Dīn Shīrāzī, M. I. I., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. Kitāb Fī Al-Ḥikmah. [Late 18th Century?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496865/.

MLA citation style:

Ṣadr Al-Dīn Shīrāzī, Muḥammad Ibn Ibrāhīm, -1641, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Kitāb Fī Al-Ḥikmah. [Late 18th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496865/>.