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Manuscript/Mixed Material Matn al-Mashāʻir متن المشاعر /

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Title

  • Matn al-Mashāʻir

Other Title

  • متن المشاعر /

Summary

  • Two treatises by Ṣadr al-Dīn Shīrāzī on Islamic philosophy and metaphysics.

Names

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

Created / Published

  • 17 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1239 [13 August 1824]

Headings

  • -  Metaphysics--Early works to 1800
  • -  Islamic philosophy--Iran
  • -  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; possibly Iran.
  • -  Paper; polished, cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and very faint, obscure watermark; black ink with red overlining; some pages have extensive notes in the margins; catchwords.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, SII, p. 589.2
  • -  Nastaʻliq style script; 16 lines in written area 12 x 6.5 cm
  • -  Fol. 1b-34a.
  • -  "19. III 1151 = 3.411."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 3-411.
  • -  Binding; black quarter leather with black grain sides; former owner's name at base of spine.
  • -  Incipit: البسملة. نحمد الله ونستعين بقوته التي اقام بها الارض والسمآء ...
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: قد فرغت عن تسيد هذه النسخة الشريفة في يوم الاربع السابع عشر من شهر ذي الحجة الحرام من شهور سنة 1239.

Medium

  • 34 leaves (16 lines), paper : bound ; 19.7 x 13.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • B753.M83 M33 1824

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016496866

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Rights & Access

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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. Matn al-Mashāʻir. [17 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 13 August 1824, 1239] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496866/.

APA citation style:

Ṣadr Al-Dīn Shīrāzī, M. I. I., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. (1239) Matn al-Mashāʻir. [17 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 13 August 1824] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496866/.

MLA citation style:

Ṣadr Al-Dīn Shīrāzī, Muḥammad Ibn Ibrāhīm, -1641, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Matn al-Mashāʻir. [17 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 13 August 1824, 1239] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496866/>.