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Manuscript/Mixed Material Kitāb Kashf al-asrār ʻammā khafīya ʻan al-afkār كتاب كشف الاسرار عما خفي عا الافكار /

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Title

  • Kitāb Kashf al-asrār ʻammā khafīya ʻan al-afkār

Other Title

  • كتاب كشف الاسرار عما خفي عا الافكار /

Summary

  • Treatise on Islamic doctrines and ethics.

Names

  • Ibn al-ʻImād al-Aqfahsī, Aḥmad, approximately 1349-1405
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [17th century?]

Headings

  • -  Islam--Doctrines--Early works to 1800
  • -  Islamic ethics--Early works to 1800
  • -  Hadith--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Early works to 1800
  • -  Islamic law--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.
  • -  Paper; unpolished, dark cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and watermark of what appears to be the numeral 8 and the letter P separated by a vertical line topped by a circle, divided by a vertical line and bisected by two lines in an X which form the points of a six pointed star; black ink with rubrication; catchwords.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, GII, p. 93
  • -  Naskh; 21 lines in written area 15 x 9.5 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-97b.
  • -  "H-0388 = 3.176."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 3-176.
  • -  Binding; black half leather with black grain sides and flap; envelope binding; text block not attached to binding.
  • -  ‏Incipit: البسملة وبه توفيقي. الحمد لله رب العالمين الموجد الاشياء بلا معين الذي خلق الانسان من طين ... [2a] ... اما بعد فهذا كتاب اذكر فيه اجوبة عن مسايل مشكلة وخفيات عن ادراك حواس القلوب ... وسميته كتاب كشف الاسرار عما خفي عن الافكار ...
  • -  ‏Explicit/Colophon: كمل كشف الاسرار عما خفي عن الافكار بحمد الله وعونه وحسن توفيقه --- وكرم والحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه وسلم وحمبنا الله وكفي وسلام على عباده الدين ااصطفي.

Medium

  • 97 leaves (21 lines), paper : bound ; 19.5 x 15.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP160 .I137 1600z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017481156

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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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:

Ibn Al-ʻImād Al-Aqfahsī, Aḥmad, Approximately, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Kitāb Kashf al-asrār ʻammā khafīya ʻan al-afkār. [17th Century?, 1600] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017481156/.

APA citation style:

Ibn Al-ʻImād Al-Aqfahsī, A., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. (1600) Kitāb Kashf al-asrār ʻammā khafīya ʻan al-afkār. [17th Century?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017481156/.

MLA citation style:

Ibn Al-ʻImād Al-Aqfahsī, Aḥmad, Approximately, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Kitāb Kashf al-asrār ʻammā khafīya ʻan al-afkār. [17th Century?, 1600] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2017481156/>.