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Subject Metaphysics--Early works to 1800

1. Add MS 16659, ff 201r-228v

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Add MS 16659, ff 201r-228v
Title:
[al-Mubāḥathāt المباحثات] Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:
Questions on metaphysical topics posed by Abū al-Ḥasan Bahmanyār ibn al-Marzubān (أبو الحسن بهمنيار بن المرزبان, d. 1066) and answered by his teacher 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 manuscript gives...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1182
Extent:

Ff. 201r-228v

2. 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

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

Reference (shelfmark):
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

4. Add MS 16659, ff 466v-497r

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 16659, ff 466v-497r
Title:
Risālat al-mabdaʼ wa-al-maʻād رسالة المبدأ والمعاد Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:
Treatise on metaphysics in three chapters (مقالات) 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 condensed translation is item 24, above (ff. 411v-413v).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1182
Extent:

Ff. 466v-497r

5. Add MS 16659, ff 497v-502r

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 16659, ff 497v-502r
Title:
Risālat al-firdaws رسالة الفردوس Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:
Treatise on metaphysics spuriously 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:
Arabic
Date Range:
1182
Extent:

Ff. 497v-502r

6. Add MS 16659, ff 520v-521v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 16659, ff 520v-521v
Title:
Kitāb katabahu al-shaykh Abī (!) Saʻīd ibn Abū (!) al-Khayr qaddasa sirrahu ilá shaykh al-raʼīs Ibn Sīnā fī maʻná al-ziyārah wa-kayfīyat taʼthīrihā كتاب كتبه الشيخ أبي (!) سعيد بن أبو (!) الخير قدس سره إلى شيخ الرئيس ابن سينا في معنى الزيارة و كيفية تأثيرها Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:
Answers 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) to questions concerning the metaphysical causes for the effects of visiting the tombs of saints posed by the sufi Abū Saʻīd ibn Abī al-Khayr al-Mayha...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1182
Extent:

Ff. 520v-521v

7. Add MS 16659, ff 569v-572r

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 16659, ff 569v-572r
Title:
Risālah tashtamilu ʻalá īḍāḥ barāhīn mustanbaṭah min masāʼil ʻawīṣah رسالة تشتمل على إيضاح براهين مستنبطة من مسائل عويصة Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:
Notes on metaphysics 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:
Arabic
Date Range:
1182
Extent:

Ff. 569v-572r

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

Reference (shelfmark):
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

9. Add MS 23403, ff 118v-127v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 23403, ff 118v-127v
Title:
Risālah fī al-insān mā huwa رسالة في الإنسان ما هو
Scope & Content:
Anonymous metaphysical treatise on the essential nature of humankind, ascribed in the present volume the title [Risālah] fī al-insān mā huwa ([رسالة في الإنسان ما هو]). A deleted note (f. 118v, head margin) identifies the text as Kitāb al-Fuṣūṣ, attributing it to ‘the second master’ (المعلم الثا...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1019
Extent:
Ff. 118v-127v

10. Add MS 23403, ff 133v-139r

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 23403, ff 133v-139r
Title:
Risālah fī al-afʿāl wa-al-infiʿālāt رسالة في الأفعال والانفعالات Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the mutual actions and passions of souls and objects uponeach other, incorporating the subjects of divine inspiration, dreams, and the occult sciences, 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). Th...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1019
Extent:
Ff. 133v-139r