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1. Add MS 7473, ff 6r-12r

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Add MS 7473, ff 6r-12r
Title:
Maqālah fī al-nafs ‫مقالة في النفس‬ Ibn Abī Thaur al-Mawṣilī, Abū Manṣūr Bakr ibn al-Qāsim ابن أبي ثور الموصلي، أبو منصور بكر بن القاسم
Scope & Content:
Philosophical treatise on the soul by Abū Manṣūr Bakr ibn al-Qāsim ibn Abī Thawr al-Mawṣilī (‫أبو منصور بكر بن القاسم ابن أبي ثور الموصلي‬) written for his teacher Abū ‘Uthmān Sa‘īd ibn Ya‘qūb al-Dimashqī (أبو عثمن سعيد بن يعقوب الدمشقي; d. early 10th century). Begins (f. 6r, lines 2-4): من بك...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
639
Extent:

Ff. 6r-12r

2. Add MS 7473, ff 26v-31v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 7473, ff 26v-31v
Title:
Sīyāsat al-nufūs سياسة النفوس Sinān ibn Thābit سنان بن ثابت
Scope & Content:
Philosophical treatise on ethics by Sinān ibn Thābit (سنان بن ثابت; d. 942). Contents: Begins (f. 26v, lines 9-10): فكرت ليلةً ما في أن كثيرًا مما غيب عنا حقيقته قبل حلوله قد جعل طريق إلى حرزه وحدسه وتقديره فينتفع بذلك وإن لم يعلم حقيقته... Ends (f. 31v, lines 8-11): ... ويجتمد كل الاجتما...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
639
Extent:

Ff. 26v-31v

3. Add MS 7473, ff 188v-198v

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Add MS 7473, ff 188v-198v
Title:
Maqālah fī al-nafs مقالة في النفس Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:
Philosophical treatise on the soul (known in Latin as the De anima) by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. ca 1037), extracted from his philosophical encyclopaedia the Kitāb al-shifā’ (كتاب الشفاء). The treatise ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
639
Extent:

Ff. 188v-198v

4. Add MS 16659, ff 440v-449r

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 16659, ff 440v-449r
Title:
Risālah fī al-nafs رسالة في النفس Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the soul in ten parts (فصول) by 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:
Arabic
Date Range:
1182
Extent:

Ff. 440v-449r

5. Add MS 16659, ff 449v-466r

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 16659, ff 449v-466r
Title:
Kitāb al-maʻād كتاب المعاد Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the immortality of the soul in sixteen parts (فصول) 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). A Persian translation of this work is item 21, above (ff. 381v-402r), and a shorter recension of the P...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1182
Extent:

Ff. 449v-466r

6. Add MS 23403, ff 9r-42r

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Add MS 23403, ff 9r-42r
Title:
[Risālat al-maʿād al-aṣghar رسالة المعاد الأصغر] Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:
A treatise in 16 chapters (فصل) on the future of the human soul, by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037). The text is ascribed in the present volume the alternative title [Risālah] fī al-nafs al-nāṭiqah (رسال...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1019
Extent:
Ff. 9r-42r

7. Or 11888

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11888
Title:
al-Kashf wa-al-bayān ʿammā yataʿallaq bi-al-nisyān الكشف والبيان عما يتعلق بالنسيان al-Nābulusī, ʿAbd al-Ghanī ibn Ismāʿīl النابلسي، عبد الغني ابن اسماعيل
Scope & Content:
The Damascene litterateur ʿAbd al-Ghanī ibn Ismāʿīl al-Nābulusī (عبد الغني ابن اسماعيل النابلسي, b. 1641, d.1731) composed this short treatise on forgetfulness ( الكشف والبيان عما يتعلق بالنسيان, f. 1r, line 1 and f. 3r, line 2) following his Ḥajj journey of 1694. A carefully-organised compilati...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

ff. xxxiv+20+ii

8. Or 14154, ff 242v-245r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14154, ff 242v-245r
Title:
[Sharḥ qaṣīdah fī al-nafs شرح قصيدة في النفس] Āwī, Aḥmad ibn Balkū آوي، أحمد بن بلكو
Scope & Content:
Commentary by Jamāl al-Dīn Abū al-Futūḥ Aḥmad ibn Abī ‘Abd Allāh Balkū ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Āwī (جمال الدين أبو الفتوح أحمد بن أبي عبد الله بلكو بن أبي طالب الآوي, fl. 1320) on the Qaṣīdah on the Soul (قصيدة في النفس), also known as the Qasīḍah Rhyming in ‘Ayn (القصيدة العينية), by Avicenna (Ibn Sīn...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
14 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 843
Extent:

Ff. 242v-245r