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Manuscript/Mixed Material Hidāyat al-ḥikmah lil-Abharī هداية الحكمة للابهري / Hidāyah lil-Abharī / Title crossed out on fol. 1a: Zubdat al-asrār fī al-ḥikmah li-Muḥammad ibn Sharīf al-Ḥusaynī

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Title

  • Hidāyat al-ḥikmah lil-Abharī

Other Title

  • هداية الحكمة للابهري
  • Hidāyah lil-Abharī
  • Title crossed out on fol. 1a: Zubdat al-asrār fī al-ḥikmah li-Muḥammad ibn Sharīf al-Ḥusaynī

Summary

  • Introductory work on Islamic philosophy.

Names

  • Athīr al-Dīn al-Abharī, al-Mufaḍḍal ibn ʻUmar, -1265
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1144 [July/August 1731]

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; cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrication; catchwords.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, GI, p. 464
  • -  Naskh; 19 lines in written area 15.5 x 6.5 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-20b.
  • -  "H-0468 = 5.530."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 3-530.
  • -  Binding; black quarter leather with black grain sides; former owner's name in lower right corner of cover.
  • -  Incipit: القسم الثلث في الطبيعة وهو مرتب على ثلثة فنون. الفن الاول فيما بعم الاجسام وهي مشتمل على فصول ...
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: ... ومن اراد الاستقصأ في الحكمة والوقوف على مذهب الحكماء فليرجع كابنا المسمى بزبدة الاسرار. 1144.

Medium

  • 20 leaves (19 lines), paper : bound ; 23.5 x 16.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • B748.A563 H5 1731

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017498581

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Athīr Al-Dīn Al-Abharī, Al-Mufaḍḍal Ibn ʻUmar, -1265, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Hidāyat al-ḥikmah lil-Abharī. [July/August 1731, 1144] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017498581/.

APA citation style:

Athīr Al-Dīn Al-Abharī, A. I. ʻ., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. (1144) Hidāyat al-ḥikmah lil-Abharī. [July/August 1731] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017498581/.

MLA citation style:

Athīr Al-Dīn Al-Abharī, Al-Mufaḍḍal Ibn ʻUmar, -1265, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Hidāyat al-ḥikmah lil-Abharī. [July/August 1731, 1144] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2017498581/>.