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Manuscript/Mixed Material [Unidentified, incomplete criticism of an Asharite work, dealing with essence and existence.]

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Title

  • [Unidentified, incomplete criticism of an Asharite work, dealing with essence and existence.]

Summary

  • Treatise on the Asharites dealing with essence and existence.

Names

  • Thīrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Isḥāq ibn al-Asad, active 14th century, author
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner

Created / Published

  • [17th century?].

Headings

  • -  Asharites
  • -  Islamic philosophy
  • -  Ontology
  • -  Ashʻarī, Abū al-Ḥasan ʻAlī ibn Ismāʻīl,--873?-935?
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title devised by cataloger.
  • -  Name of scribe not indicated.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Colophon states that the work was written in the year of 784 H (1382or1383).
  • -  Place of writing not determined.
  • -  Paper; cream to light tan color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and watermark of a flying bird holding tree branch on the top of royal frame; black ink with rubrication; catchwords.
  • -  Naskh; 22 lines in written area, 13.5 x 9.5 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1a-212b.
  • -  "H-1164 = 5.738"
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 5-738.
  • -  Binding: Text block disbound ; in a red box with blue paper sides with title on upper side writing in black ink "Kutub fī ʻilm al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah".
  • -  ‏Incipit: ... واما أن يكون معدوما يتوقف علي تصور الوجود وضرورة توقف التصديق علي تصور اطرافه وما يتوقف علية البديهي اولي ان يكون بديهيا وفية نظر اما اولا فلان عبارته غير مستقيمة ...
  • -  ‏Explicit/Colophon: ... ووجه الاستدلال انه وعيد علي ترك الامر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر عالما بان ما يأمر به معروف وما ينهي عنه منكر والثاني العلم بتجويز القائم بأن يجوز افضاء حكما الي المقصود فانة اذا ام يجوز تاثير حلما وافضائهما الي المقصود لا يجب والثالث لن يكون علما بانتفاء المفسدة فلو عرف او غلب علي ظنه مفسدة بالنسبة اليه او الي من يقرب اليه لا يجب علية والله اعلم بالصواب كتبة العبد الفقير المحتاج الي رحمة ربه الرحيم بمعونه عونه الكريم إبراهيم بن اسحاق بن الاسد بن الثيري في تاريخ اربع وثمانيه وسبعمايه حامدا الله مصليا علي نبية محمد وآله وصحبه اجمع والحمد لله رب العالمين.

Medium

  • 212 leaves (21 lines), paper : disbound ; 23 x 16.7 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP166 .U54 1700z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018371920

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Thīrī, Ibrāhīm Ibn Isḥāq Ibn Al-Asad, Active 14Th Century, Author, and Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī. Unidentified, incomplete criticism of an Asharite work, dealing with essence and existence. [17th Century?, 1600] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018371920/.

APA citation style:

Thīrī, I. I. I. I. A. & Manṣūrī, M. A. (1600) Unidentified, incomplete criticism of an Asharite work, dealing with essence and existence. [17th Century?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018371920/.

MLA citation style:

Thīrī, Ibrāhīm Ibn Isḥāq Ibn Al-Asad, Active 14Th Century, Author, and Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī. Unidentified, incomplete criticism of an Asharite work, dealing with essence and existence. [17th Century?, 1600] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018371920/>.