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Subject(s)

• Islam—Doctrines—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Religious life—Islam—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Notes

• Copied A.H. 594 [A.D. 1198].
• Fols. 83; 24.9 x 17.8 cm.; written surface 18.5-19 x 14 cm.; 22 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; with vowel signs.
• An abridgment of Iḥyāʼ ʻulūm al-dīn. The present author is the brother of the great al-Ghazzālī.
• Beg.: وان ىحسن الظن بجمىع اصحابه وىثني علىهم
• Colophon: وقع الفراغ من نقله بعون الله وفضله في منتصف ربىع الاخر سنة اربع وتسعىن وخمسمائة
• A few marginal notes. MS incomplete at the beginning. In fair condition; Arabic binding; front cover lacking.
• Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.
• Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), I, p. 182, V, p. 297; Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 1708.

OCLC

1340425111

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