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1 copy of Al-najāt min (ʿan) ḥujub al-ishtibāh

Title: Al-najāt min (ʿan) ḥujub al-ishtibāh

A super-commentary on Mushkil al-fawāʾid by Nūrī, Ismāʻīl ibn Sawdakīn, 1192 or 1193-1248 or 1249 النوري، إسماعيل بن سودكين، ت. 646 هـ . Mushkil al-fawāʾid is a commentary on two tracts called Al-isrāʾ ilá al-maqām al-asrá الاسراء الى المقام الاسرى and Mashāhid al-asrār al-qudsīyah wa-maṭāliʿ al-anwār al-ilāhīyah مشاهد الاسرار القدسية ومطالع الانوار الالهية by Ibn al-ʿArabī, 1165-1240 ابن العربي، 560-638 هـ

Language(s): Arabic

References

Printed catalogue no. 665

GAL 1, c, esp. nos. 16 and 17; I 448; I 802

Hunt 1997:23

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 124 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 20.9 × 15.4 cm.

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Layout

25 lines per page

Hand(s)

Written in Naskhī; headings and words commented upon in red. Illuminated head pieces on Fol. 2r and fol. 89v.

Decoration

Binding

Redish-brown leather binding with fore-edge flap, envelope flap and a central blind-stamped almond-shaped medallion (mandorla) on front and back cover. Doublures of the covers made of yellow paper.

History

Origin: Dated 24th Jumādā I and 16th Jumādā II 1181 AH

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on H. L. Gottschalk et al.: Islamic Arabic Manuscripts. Catalogue of the Mingana Collection of Manuscripts. Vol. IV. Revised edition edited by Derek Hopwood. Birmingham: Selly Oak Colleges, 1985, with additional enhancements.

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