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Manuscript/Mixed Material Sharḥ Hidāyat al-Abharī شرح هدابة الابهري /

About this Item

Title

  • Sharḥ Hidāyat al-Abharī

Other Title

  • شرح هدابة الابهري /

Summary

  • Fragment of Qādī Mīr's commentary on the Hidāyat al-ḥikmah, an Introduction to philosophy.

Names

  • Qāḍī Mīr, Ḥusayn ibn Muʻīn al-Dīn, -1504 or 1505
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [18th century]

Headings

  • -  Athīr al-Dīn al-Abharī, al-Mufaḍḍal ibn ʻUmar,---1265.--Hidāyat al-ḥikmah
  • -  Islamic philosophy--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title from frontispiece.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Place of writing undetermined.
  • -  Paper; cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and watermark of trefoil atop a long vertical stem flanked by the letters "b V"; black ink; text on fol. 1a-19bb enclosed within a ruled border of a thin black and wider gold line, remainder of text without borders; black ink with rubrication and red overlining.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, SII, p. 294
  • -  Taʻlīq script; 21 lines in written area 14 x 5.5 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1a-66b (incomplete, lacking pages at beginning and end).
  • -  "H-0471 = 3.534."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 3-534.
  • -  Binding; black half leather with black grain sides and flap; envelope binding; text block not attached to binding.

Medium

  • 66 leaves (21 lines) (incomplete), paper : bound ; 20.2 x 13 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • B748.A564 Q23 1700z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017498582

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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:

Qāḍī Mīr, Ḥusayn Ibn MuʻĪn Al-Dīn, -1504 Or 1505, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Sharḥ Hidāyat al-Abharī. [18th Century] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017498582/.

APA citation style:

Qāḍī Mīr, Ḥ. I. M. A., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. Sharḥ Hidāyat al-Abharī. [18th Century] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017498582/.

MLA citation style:

Qāḍī Mīr, Ḥusayn Ibn MuʻĪn Al-Dīn, -1504 Or 1505, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Sharḥ Hidāyat al-Abharī. [18th Century] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2017498582/>.