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Reference (shelfmark):: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 16659, ff 342v-345r
Title:: Risālat taqsīm al-ʿulūm رسالة تقسيم العلوم Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:: 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).
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1182
Extent:: Ff. 342v-345r

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 16659, ff 346r-368v
Title:: 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
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1182
Extent:: Ff. 346r-368v

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 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

Reference (shelfmark):: 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

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