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1. Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 1v-21r

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 1v-21r
Title:
Kitāb al-Isṭimākhīs كتاب الإسطماخيس Aristotle أرسطاطاليس
Scope & Content:
Text on the making and use of talismans. The text is said to have been taken from Hermes (هرمس) and recorded by Aristotle (أرسطاطاليس, d. 322 BC) for his pupil Alexander the Great (الإسكندر, d. 323 BC) while he was planning his expedition to the east, during the fourth year of his reign (see f. ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Ff. 1v-21r

2. Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 21v-32r

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 21v-32r
Title:
Kitāb istijlāb rūḥānīyat al-bahāʼim kullihā كتاب استجلاب روحانية البهائم كلها Aristotle أرسطاطاليس
Scope & Content:
Treatise on attracting the spiritual beings (روحانيات) of animals taken from Hermes (هرمس) and recorded by Aristotle (أرسطاطاليس, d. 322 BC). The introduction to the text gives it the alternative title al-Madhāṭīs (المذاطيس, see f. 21v, line 3, transcribed below), while the colophon suggests tha...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Ff. 21v-32r

3. Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 32v-52v

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 32v-52v
Title:
Extract from Kitāb al-Iṣṭimāṭīs من كتاب الإصطماطيس Aristotle أرسطاطاليس
Scope & Content:
Text on the making and use of talismans said to have been taken from Hermes (هرمس) and recorded by Aristotle (أرسطاطاليس, d. 322 BC) for his pupil Alexander the Great (الإسكندر, d. 323 BC). 　 Begins (f. 32v, lines 2-8): من كتاب الإصطماطيس الذي وضعه هرمس في علل الروحانيات والمقسوم من الأقاليم...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Ff. 32v-52v

4. Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 85v-92v

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 85v-92v
Title:
Faṣl min kitāb al-Ashnūṭās فصل من كتاب الأشنوطاس Aristotle أرسطاطاليس
Scope & Content:
Text on the making and use of talismans said to have been taken from Hermes (هرمس) and recorded by Aristotle (أرسطاطاليس, d. 322 BC). A marginal note (حاشية) by a hand other than that of the main scribe in the edge margin of f. 88r claims that the adjacent text and similar material is found in ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Ff. 85v-92v

5. Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 126r-197r

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 126r-197r
Title:
al-Kitāb al-majmūʻ fī khawāṣṣ al-aḥjār الكتاب المجموع في خواص الأحجار Aristotle أرسطاطاليس
Scope & Content:
Collection of five texts on the occult properties (خواصّ) of stones and other natural substances attributed to Hermes (هرمس), Aristotle (أرسطاطاليس, d. 322 BC) and other sages. Contents: (1) Book on the Knowledge of Stones, their Occult Properties and Inscriptions (كتاب معرفة الحجارة وخاصيتها ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Ff. 126r-197r

6. Delhi Persian 78*

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Delhi Persian 78*
Title:
Miscellaneous works on Sufism, 5 items (a-e)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Persian
Date Range:
1700-1750
Extent:
60 ff.

7. Delhi Persian 768

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Persian 768
Title:
Miscellaneous works on Sufism, Islam, and magic, 48 items (a-av)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Persian
Date Range:
1756-1758
Extent:
249 ff.

8. Delhi Persian 805

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Persian 805
Title:
Miscellaneous works on Sufism and philosophy, 38 items (a-ll)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Persian
Date Range:
1620-1640
Extent:
279 ff.

9. Delhi Persian 861

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Persian 861
Title:
Miscellaneous works on alchemy, medicine, and genealogy, 8 items (a-h)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Persian
Date Range:
1769-1831
Extent:
205 ff.

10. Delhi Persian 1183

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Persian 1183
Title:
Miscellaneous works on Sufism, 29 works (a-cc)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Persian
Date Range:
1651-1728
Extent:
266 ff.