D. 9 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: كتاب الكبريت الاحمر في بيان علوم الكشف الأكبر The Kitábu'l-Kibriti'l-Ahmar ("Book of the Red Sulphur ""-i.e. the Philo-
sophers' Stone) [The usual title is Kitábu'l-Kibriti'l-Ahmar fi bayáni 'Ulumi'sh-Shaykhi'l-Akbar.] by Shaykh 'Abdu'l-Wahháb ibn Aḥmad ibn 'Ali al-Anşárí ash-
Sha'rání (d. 973/1565), an abridgement of the same author's Lawáqihu'l-Anwári
1-Qudsiyya, which in turn is an abridgement of Shaykh Mubyi'd-Din Ibnu'l-'Arabi's
al-Fatihátu'l-Makkiyya. See Brockelmann, vol. 1, pp. 335-338; Ahlwardt's Berlin
Arabic Catalogue, vol. II. pp. 104-105, No. 3047- This MS. was one of those acquired in the spring of 1920 at the third division
of the Belshah collection. It comprises 214 ff. of 20'6 x 14'6 c. and 21 ll.; coarse,
clear naskh with rubrications; dated Thursday, 3rd of Rabi' 11, to19/June 25, 1610;
copyist 'Umar ibn Ahmad ibn Muḥammad... known as Ibn Jibrá'il al-Búsírí. The
work itself, as appears from the concluding paragraph, was completed on Sunday
the 21st of Ramadán, 942/13th of March, 1536.
sophers' Stone) [The usual title is Kitábu'l-Kibriti'l-Ahmar fi bayáni 'Ulumi'sh-Shaykhi'l-Akbar.] by Shaykh 'Abdu'l-Wahháb ibn Aḥmad ibn 'Ali al-Anşárí ash-
Sha'rání (d. 973/1565), an abridgement of the same author's Lawáqihu'l-Anwári
1-Qudsiyya, which in turn is an abridgement of Shaykh Mubyi'd-Din Ibnu'l-'Arabi's
al-Fatihátu'l-Makkiyya. See Brockelmann, vol. 1, pp. 335-338; Ahlwardt's Berlin
Arabic Catalogue, vol. II. pp. 104-105, No. 3047- This MS. was one of those acquired in the spring of 1920 at the third division
of the Belshah collection. It comprises 214 ff. of 20'6 x 14'6 c. and 21 ll.; coarse,
clear naskh with rubrications; dated Thursday, 3rd of Rabi' 11, to19/June 25, 1610;
copyist 'Umar ibn Ahmad ibn Muḥammad... known as Ibn Jibrá'il al-Búsírí. The
work itself, as appears from the concluding paragraph, was completed on Sunday
the 21st of Ramadán, 942/13th of March, 1536.
Language(s): Persian
References
Abridgement of the work by the same author entitled Lawāqiḥ al-anwār al-qudsīyah لواقح الانوار القدسية , which is, in turn, an abridgement of al-Futūḥāt al-makkīyah الفتوحات المكية of .
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 214
Dimensions: 20.6 × 14.6 cm.
Layout
21 lines
Hand(s)
Coarse, clear naskh with rubrications
History
Origin: 942 AH; 1536 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Acquired in the spring of 1920 at the third division of the Belshah collection.
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
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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