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• Athīr al-Dīn al-Abharī, al-Mufaḍḍal ibn ʻUmar d. 1265—Hidāyat al-ḥikmah [Browse]
• Islamic philosophy—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Notes

• Fols. 44; 17.5 x 12.5 cm.; written surface 11 x 8 cm.; 9 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; entries in red.
• A commentary on a section of Hidāyat al-ḥikmah which treats of al-Ṭabīʻīyāt (physics) and al-Ilāhīyāt (metaphysics).
• Beg.: بسم الله ... القول في الطبىعىات وهو مرتب على ثلثة
• Ending: ومن اراد الاستقصاء في الحکمة والوقوف على مذهب الحکماء فلىرجع الى کتابنا المسمى بزبدة الاسرار والله ولي التوفىق وبىده ازمّة التحقىق.
• Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. In the colophon the author refers to another work of his entitled Zubdat al-Asrār (see ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), III, p. 534). MS in good condition; Arabic cloth binding; gilt stamped and tooling on back of cover.
• Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925.
• ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), VI, p. 474; Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, VI, p. 98; Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 5070.

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1340425489

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