MS. Whinfield 8 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: 7 works by 6 authors on the subjects of Moral exhortation, Sufism, Mysticism, Caliphs, Islam, and Theology
1. ff. 1v, 2r
Title: Waṣīyah
To his son ʻImād al-Dīn
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 441
[Beeston Pers. 2827 (1)]
2. ff. 12v-13r
Supposed to have been exchanged between God and Jīlī [an extract from one of his works?]
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 435, 6
[Beeston Pers. 2827 (5)]
3. ff. 13v-14v
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 444
[Beeston Pers. 2827 (6)]
4. ff. 154r-155r
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Traditions
[Beeston Pers. 2827 (24)]
5. ff. 156v-157v
Title: al-ʻAqīdah al-qudsīyah
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 421
[Beeston Pers. 2827 (25)]
6. ff. 179v-182v
A mystical treatise in four qawāʻid
The authorʼs teacher and patron was a certain ʻIzz al-Dīn Aydamur
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Mysticism
[Beeston Pers. 2827 (30)]
7. ff. 190v-192r
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 433
[Beeston Pers. 2827 (33)]
Physical Description
Form: codex
2 ff. 2 ff. 2 ff. 2 ff. 2 ff. 4 ff. 3 ff.
History
Origin: 17th cent. CE 17th cent. CE 17th cent. CE 1612 CE 17th cent. CE 17th cent. CE 17th cent. CE
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Sir Edward Henry Whinfield, d. 1922.
The Whinfield manuscripts were bequeathed to the Indian Institute, Oxford, in 1922, and later transferred to the Bodleian Library.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
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