Or 6572 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Oriental Manuscripts

A collection of tracts, chiefly on philosophical and scientific subjects

Contents

Summary of Contents: 18 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Logic, Soul, Horoscopes, Aphorisms and apothegms, Sufism, Islamic astronomy, Geomancy, Arabic language, Letter writing, Dyes and dyeing, Islamic philosophy, Persian literature, Allegory, and Talismans
1. 10v-15v ff
Title: Kitāb al-Mukhtaṣar fī al-Manṭiq
Title: کتاب المختخصر فی المنطق

On logic

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
2. 26r-29r ff
Title: Risālah fī Ma‘rifat al-Nafs
Title: رساله فی معرفة النفس
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
3. 29v-33v ff
Author: Ibn Sīnā, 980?-1037 ابن سینا
Title: Risālah fī al-Nafs
Title: رساله فی النفس
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
4. 33v-37r ff
Title: Another tract, of a similar character to Risālah fī al-Nafs, of which the title has been obliterated
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
5. 37r-37v ff
Title: Risālah dar Dānistān-i Mawlūd
Title: رساله در دانستان مولود

On horoscopes

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
6. 48v-49v ff
Title: Faṣl fī Riyāz̤īyāt al-Nafs
Title: فصل فی ریاضیات النفس

A mystical work

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
7. 51r-51v ff
Title: Risālat al-‘Ajamīyah li-‘Umar Khayyām fī Kalimāt al-Vujūd
Title: رسالة العجمیه لعمر خیام فی کلمات الوجود
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
8. 64r-88v ff
Title: Kitāb Zubdat al-Hay’ah
Title: کتاب زبدة الهیئة
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
9. 88v-90v ff
Title: Madkhal fī al-Raml
Title: مدخل فی الرمل

A treatise on geomancy

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
10. In the margins of 12v-15v ff
Title: A grammatical work of which the title-heading is missing
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
11. 16r-19v ff
Title: Munsha’āt-i Shams al-Dīn Ṣāḥib al-Dīvān
Title: منشئات شمس الدین صاحب الدیوان

As well as other letters

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
12. 188v-192v ff
Title: Risālat al-Aṣbāgh
Title: رسالة الاصباغ

A scientific tract

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
13. 30r-35v ff
Title: Risālat Rāḥat al-Insān
Title: رسالة راحة الانسان

A philosophical work

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
14. 36r-37v ff
Title: Risālah fī Muḥāvarāt al-Shams va al-Qandīl
Title: رساله فی محاورات الشمس و القندیل

An allegorical work

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
15. 42v-43r ff
Author: Ibn Sīnā, 980?-1037 ابن سینا
Title: Risālat Kanz al-Mu‘aẓẓamīn
Title: رسالة کنز المؤعظّمین
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
16. 52r-63v ff
Author: ‘Imād al-Dīn al-Fāsī عماد الدین الفاسی
Title: Kitāb dar Dānistān-i Vā’iẓ-i ‘Adād-i Vafq
Title: کتاب در دانستان واعظ عداد وفق
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
17. 73v-90v ff
Title: A work on horoscopes
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
18. 73v-90v ff
Author: Rāzī, Fakhr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar, 1149 or 50-1210 Fakhr al-Dīn Rāzī فخر الدین رازی
Title: Ikhtiyār al-‘Alā’īyah
Title: اختیار العلائیة
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 90 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 24.9 × 18 cm.

Condition

The manuscript has been considerably damaged by worms and has lost the margins of several folios

History

Origin: 15th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.

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