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Manuscript/Mixed Material [Collection of text on the doctrines of Islam.]

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Title

  • [Collection of text on the doctrines of Islam.]

Summary

  • Collection of miscellaneous treatises on Islamic doctrine.

Names

  • Maḥmūdī, Aḥmad ibn Abī al-Muʼīd, active 1121
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Suhrawardī, ʻUmar ibn Muḥammad, 1145-1234
  • Ibn Jamāʻah, Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr, 1347?-1416 or 1417
  • Qurashī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, -1281
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 23 Rajab 1107 [27 February 1696]

Contents

  • Fol. 1b-2b. ʻAqīdat al-Shaykh ... Shihāb al-Dīn Abī Ḥafṣ ʻUmar al-Suhrawardī/
  • Fol. 2b-86a. Daraj al-maʻālī fī sharḥ Badʼ al-amālī / Abū ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jamāʻah.
  • Fol. 86a-88a. [Unidentified poem by Aḥmad ibn Abī al-Muʼīd al-Nasafī.
  • Fol. 88a-91a. ʻAqīdah / Shihāb al-Dīn Abī ʻAbd Allāh al-Qurashī.
  • Fol. 91b-97a. [Anonymous treatise on doctrine].
  • Fol. 97b-100a. [Anonymous treatise on Sufism].

Headings

  • -  Islam--Doctrines--Early works to 1800
  • -  Ūshī, ʻAlī ibn ʻUthmān,--active 12th century.--Badʼ al-amālī
  • -  Sufism--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title devised by cataloger.
  • -  Written by Yasīn ibn Muḥammad al-Bakfālūnī al-Shāfiʻī al-Khalwatī.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Place of writing not determined.
  • -  Paper; slighly yellowed, cream color laid paper with vertical chain lines and no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrication; catchwords.
  • -  "87. [4865] = 5.857."
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, GI, p. 441.3 (Suhrawardī)
  • -  Naskh; 17 lines in written area 13.5 x 7 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-100a.
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 5-857.
  • -  Binding; brown quarter leather with black grain sides.

Medium

  • 100 leaves (17 lines), paper : bound ; 17.5 x 11.8 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP165.5 .C65 1696

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016503032

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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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:

Maḥmūdī, Aḥmad Ibn Abī Al-MuʼĪd, Active 1121, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, ʻUmar Ibn Muḥammad Suhrawardī, Muḥammad Ibn Abī Bakr Ibn JamāʻAh, Muḥammad Ibn Aḥmad Qurashī, and Mansuri Collection. Collection of text on the doctrines of Islam. [23 Rajab 27 February 1696, 1107] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016503032/.

APA citation style:

Maḥmūdī, A. I. A. A., Manṣūrī, M. A., Suhrawardī, ʻ. I. M., Ibn JamāʻAh, M. I. A. B., Qurashī, M. I. A. & Mansuri Collection. (1107) Collection of text on the doctrines of Islam. [23 Rajab 27 February 1696] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016503032/.

MLA citation style:

Maḥmūdī, Aḥmad Ibn Abī Al-MuʼĪd, Active 1121, et al. Collection of text on the doctrines of Islam. [23 Rajab 27 February 1696, 1107] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016503032/>.