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1. Add MS 16659

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Add MS 16659
Title:
Compendium of philosophical and scientific texts by and about Avicenna (ابن سينا)
Scope & Content:
Collection of fifty-three short works on various philosophical and scientific topics by and about 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 colophon to text 6 states that the copy was completed in 1182/1768-...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
1182
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+1+vii+584+vii

2. Add MS 16659, ff 101r-140r

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Add MS 16659, ff 101r-140r
Title:
Tarjamah-i Ishārāt ترجمۀ إشارات Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:
Persian translation of the second part of the Book of Directives and Remarks (كتاب الإشارات والتنبيهات) on metaphysics 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).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Farsi and Persian
Date Range:
1182
Extent:

Ff. 101r-140r

3. Add MS 16659, ff 228v-235v

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Add MS 16659, ff 228v-235v
Title:
Risālat ḥikmat al-mawt رسالة حكمة الموت Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:
Ethical treatise on eschatology attributed to 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:
Farsi and Persian
Date Range:
1182
Extent:

Ff. 228v-235v

4. Add MS 16659, ff 258v-310r

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Add MS 16659, ff 258v-310r
Title:
Ḥikmat-i ʿAlāʾī حكمة علائي Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:
Persian summary of his own philosophical teachings 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), written for the Kākūyid amir ʿAlāʾ al-Dawlah Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Rustam Dushmanziyār (علاء الدولة أبو جعفر محمد ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Farsi and Persian
Date Range:
1182
Extent:

Ff. 258v-310r

5. Add MS 16659, ff 310v-342v

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Add MS 16659, ff 310v-342v
Title:
Risālah dar ʿilm-i rīyāz̤īyāt (رساله در علم رياضيات) Jūzjānī, ʻAbd al-Wāḥid جوزجاني، عبد الواحد
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the mathematical sciences (geometry, astronomy, arithmetic and music) excerpted from the works of Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037), edited and translated into Persian by his student Abū ʿUbayd...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Farsi and Persian
Date Range:
1182
Extent:

Ff. 310v-342v

6. Add MS 16659, ff 381v-402r

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Add MS 16659, ff 381v-402r
Title:
Tarjamat risālat al-maʿād ترجمة رسالة المعاد Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:
Persian translation of a treatise on the immortality of the soul in sixteen parts (فصول) 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). The Arabic text is item 34 (ff. 449v-466r) in the present manuscript and a sho...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Farsi and Persian
Date Range:
1182
Extent:

Ff. 381v-402r

7. Add MS 16659, ff 403v-410r

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Add MS 16659, ff 403v-410r
Title:
Tarjamat risālat al-nafs ترجمة رسالة النفس Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:
Shorter recension of the Persian translation of a treatise on the immortality of the soul in sixteen parts (فصل) 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). The Arabic text is item 34 (ff. 449v-466r) in the pres...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Farsi and Persian
Date Range:
1182
Extent:

Ff. 403v-410r

8. Add MS 16659, ff 411v-413v

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Add MS 16659, ff 411v-413v
Title:
Risālat al-mabdaʼ wa-al-maʻād رسالة المبدأ والمعاد Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:
Persian condensed translation of a work on metaphysics 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 Arabic version of this text is item 35 (ff. 466v-497r) in the present manuscript.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Farsi and Persian
Date Range:
1182
Extent:

Ff. 411v-413v

9. Add MS 16659, ff 424v-435r

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Add MS 16659, ff 424v-435r
Title:
Sharḥ risālah al-marmūzah al-musammāh bi-risālat al-ṭayr lil-shaykh al-raʼīs شرح رسالة المرموزة المسماة برسالة الطير للشيخ الرئيس Ibn Sahlān al-Sāwī, ʻUmar ابن سهلان الساوي، عمر
Scope & Content:
Commentary by Zayn al-Dīn ʻUmar ibn Sahlān al-Sāwajī (عمر بن سهلان الساوجي, also al-Sāwī [الساوي], fl. early 12th century) on the allegorical Epistle of the Bird (رسالة الطير) by Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Farsi and Persian
Date Range:
1182
Extent:

Ff. 424v-435r