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 ...
Risālah dar ʿilm-i rīyāz̤īyāt (رساله در علم رياضيات) Jūzjānī, ʻAbd al-Wāḥid جوزجاني، عبد الواحد
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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...
Risālat taqsīm al-ʿulūm رسالة تقسيم العلوم Avicenna ابن سينا
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Treatise on the classification of sciences 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). Compare text 52, below (ff. 572r-574v).
Ṭarīqat Ibn Sīnā min Kitāb al-milal wa-al-niḥal طريقة ابن سينا من كتاب الملل والنحل Shahrastānī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm شهرستاني، محمد بن عبد الكريم
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Outline of the doctrines of Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037) extracted from the Book of the Religions and Sects (كتاب الملل والنحل) by Tāj al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Aḥmad al-Shahra...
Risālah fī dhikr asbāb al-raʿd wa-al-barq رسالة في ذكر أسباب الرعد والبرق Theophrastus ثيوفراسط
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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...
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...
al-Risālah al-musammāh bi-al-fayḍ al-ilāhī الرسالة المسماة بالفيض الإلهي Avicenna ابن سينا
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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...
Risālah al-miʻrājīyah رسالة المعراجية Avicenna ابن سينا
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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...
Tarjamat risālat al-maʿād ترجمة رسالة المعاد Avicenna ابن سينا
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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...
Tarjamat risālat al-nafs ترجمة رسالة النفس Avicenna ابن سينا
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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...