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ابكار الافكار. قسم الاول
Abkār al-afkār. Qism al-Awwal.
Author
Āmidī, ʻAlī ibn Abī ʻAlī, 1156 or 1157-1233
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آمدي، علي بن ابي علي
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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/Created
[ between 14--? and 16--?]
Description
i, 172, i leaves : paper ; 200 x 125 (130 x 85) mm. bound to 205 x 135 mm.
Details
Subject(s)
Islam
—
Doctrines
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Early works to 1800
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Metaphysics
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Islamic empire
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12th century
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Metaphysics
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Islamic empire
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13th century
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Knowledge, Theory of (Islam)
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12th century
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Knowledge, Theory of (Islam)
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13th century
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Manuscripts, Arabic
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New Jersey
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Princeton
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Summary note
Acephalous copy of the first part of the Abkār al-afkār, on epistemology and the beginning of metaphysics, on the Necessary existent (wājib al-wujūd).
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from a later added spine label (vertical). See also colophon, fol. 172b.
Physical description: 29 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh with elements of taʻlīq, in black ink, with use of red for headings, overlining, and re-inking. Thin light cream paper with large laid lines and a few chain lines visible. Catchword on the verso of each leaf.
Inscription in pencil using Arabic numerals on fol. (i)b: "382".
Beginning as extant: فى انقسام المعلوم الى الموجود والمعدوم وما ليس بموجود ولا معدوم ه فى النبوات و فى المعاد وما بتعلق به من السمعيات واحكام الثواب والعقاب ق فى الاسمآ والاحكام ح فى الامامة ومن له الامر بالمعروف والنهى والمنكر القاعدة الاولى فى حقيقة العلم واقسامه ويشتمل على اربعة اقسام آ فى حد العلم وحقيقته ب فى العلم الضرورى واختلاف العلمآء فىه ج فى العلم الكسبى د فى احكام العلم القسم الاول فى حد العلم وحقيقته اما حقيقة العلم فقد اختلف العلمآء فى العبارات الدالة عليها
Explicit: التاسع الاسمآء منها ما هو متفق على معناه ومنها ما هو مختلف فيه واعتبر كل ذلك بما اسفلناه والى ههنا تم القسم الاول فى واجب الوجود ويتلوه القسم الثانى فى الموجود الممكن الوحود ويشتمل على مقدمة وخمسة فصول
Binding note
Purple leather over paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers.
Provenance
Impressions of two different seals on fol. 1a, one reading "Muḥammad Jawwād(?)".
References
Mach, R. and E. Ormsby. Handlist (New Series), 1
Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 393(26/1) ; SI
OCLC
159932968
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