Islamic Arabic 458 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)
Mingana
Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Mabādīʾ al-sālikīn ilá maqāmāt al-ʿārifīn by Ibn Maymūn al-Maghribī, ʿAlī, 1450 or 1451-1511 or 1512
A treatise on the discipline of sulūk (traversing the spiritual path) and its various techniques.
Language(s): Arabic
References
Printed catalogue no. 707
GAL II 123-4, esp. no. 6; II 153
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 21 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 20.4 × 14.0 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Foliation:
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Layout
15 lines per page
Hand(s)
Naskhī
Decoration
History
Origin: Undated, probably 17th century CE
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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