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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 16659, ff 368v-369v
Title:: Risālah fī dhikr asbāb al-raʿd wa-al-barq رسالة في ذكر أسباب الرعد والبرق Theophrastus ثيوفراسط
Scope & Content:: Extract on the causes of thunder and lightning from the work on meteorology by Theophrastus (Θεόφραστος, ثيوفراسط, d. ca 287 BC) commonly, as here, misattributed to Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037, see Gu...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1182
Extent:: Ff. 368v-369v

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 16659, ff 369v-370r
Title:: [Answer to a question on a Sufi saying] Anonymous
Scope & Content:: Answer to a question posed by an anonymous individual 'on the meaning of the Sufi saying "he who knows the secret of predestination has become an apostate"' (عن معنى قول الصوفية من عرف سر القدر ألحد, f. 369v, lines 14-15) falsely attributed to Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1182
Extent:: Ff. 369v-370r

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 16659, ff 370v-373r
Title:: al-Risālah al-musammāh bi-al-fayḍ al-ilāhī الرسالة المسماة بالفيض الإلهي Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:: Treatise on the classification of phenomena including miracles, inspiration, various forms of magic, talismans and occult sciences arranged according mutual interactions between bodies and souls by Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latin...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1182
Extent:: Ff. 370v-373r

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 16659, ff 373r-381v
Title:: Risālah al-miʻrājīyah رسالة المعراجية Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:: Treatise on the spiritual interpretation of the Prophet Muḥammad's (محمد, d. 632) ascent (معراج) attributed to Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037) but not appearing in the lists of his works given by near co...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1182
Extent:: Ff. 373r-381v

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 16659, ff 410v-411r
Title:: Risālah ilá tilmīdhihi Abī ʻUbayd al-Jūzjānī رسالة إلى تلميذه أبي عبيد جوزجاني Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:: Short epistle on the return of the soul by Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037) addressed according to the title in the present copy to his student Abū ʿUbayd ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn Muḥammad al-Jūzjānī (أبو عبيد ع...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1182
Extent:: Ff. 410v-411r

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 16659, ff 414v-419r
Title:: Risālat al-ḥudūd رسالة الحدود Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:: Treatise containing definitions of philosophical terms by Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037).
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1182
Extent:: Ff. 414v-419r

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 16659, ff 419v-421r
Title:: Risālah fī ʻilm al-akhlāq رسالة في علم الأخلاق Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:: Short treatise on ethics by Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037).
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1182
Extent:: Ff. 419v-421r

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 16659, ff 421v-422v
Title:: Suʼāl ʻan al-shaykh al-raʼīs qaddasa sirrah سؤال عن الشيخ الرئيس قدس سره and Jawābuhu ʻan al-shaykh al-raʼīs qaddasa sirrah جوابه عن الشيخ الرئيس قدس سره Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:: Short essay on space by Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037). The text is a response to a question posed to him in his youth by an unnamed person. In the present manuscript, this text does not have a title a...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1182
Extent:: Ff. 421v-422v

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 16659, ff 435v-436v
Title:: al-Risālah al-nayrūzīyah الرسالة النيروزية Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:: Treatise on the mysterious disconnected letters (الحروف المقطّعات or فواتح) with which some sūrahs of the Qurʼān begin by Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037).
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1182
Extent:: Ff. 435v-436v

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 16659, ff 436v-437v
Title:: Risālah al-marmūzah lil-shaykh al-raʼīs qaddasa sirrah رسالة المرموزة للشيخ الرئيس قدس سره Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:: Allegorical work by Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037). In the colophon, the title is given as The Epistle Called The Bird (الرسالة المسماة بالطير, f. 437v, lines 20-21). A Persian commentary on this text...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1182
Extent:: Ff. 436v-437v

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