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E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: کیمیای سعادت The second half (third and fourth Rukns) of al-Ghazálí's well-known Kimiyá
yi-Sa'ádat, or "Alchemy of Happiness," a Persian recension of his Ihya'u Ulúmi'd
Din. Concerning the latter, see Brockelmann's Gesch. d. Arab. Litt., vol. 1, pp.
422-423; and concerning the former (lithographed at Lucknow in 1311/1894), see
Rieu's Persian Catalogue, pp. 37-38, etc. This fine MS., written in a large, archaic naskh with rubrications, was transcribed
by Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn 'Ali al-Kátib ("the Scribe"), known as Ibn
Hamámí, of Shíráz, and was completed on Thursday the 22nd of Shawwál, 727/
Sept. 10, 1327. It comprises 330 ff. of 31'3 x 21'2 c. and 18 ll., and was bought by
me from J. J. Naaman in August, 1901, for 6. Rukn iii (pp. 254-400 of the
Lucknow lithograph mentioned above) occupies ff. 3-158, and Rukn iv (=pp.
401-567 of the lithograph), ff 159-330
yi-Sa'ádat, or "Alchemy of Happiness," a Persian recension of his Ihya'u Ulúmi'd
Din. Concerning the latter, see Brockelmann's Gesch. d. Arab. Litt., vol. 1, pp.
422-423; and concerning the former (lithographed at Lucknow in 1311/1894), see
Rieu's Persian Catalogue, pp. 37-38, etc. This fine MS., written in a large, archaic naskh with rubrications, was transcribed
by Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn 'Ali al-Kátib ("the Scribe"), known as Ibn
Hamámí, of Shíráz, and was completed on Thursday the 22nd of Shawwál, 727/
Sept. 10, 1327. It comprises 330 ff. of 31'3 x 21'2 c. and 18 ll., and was bought by
me from J. J. Naaman in August, 1901, for 6. Rukn iii (pp. 254-400 of the
Lucknow lithograph mentioned above) occupies ff. 3-158, and Rukn iv (=pp.
401-567 of the lithograph), ff 159-330
Title: Kīmīyā-yi saʻādat
Title: كيميای سعادت
Language(s): Persian
References
This work is a Persian recension of al-Ghazzālī's Iḥyāʼ ʻulūm al-dīn احياء علوم الدين .
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 330
Dimensions: 31.3 × 21.2 cm.
Layout
18 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a large, archaic naskh with rubrications.
History
Origin: 727 AH; 1327 CE
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
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