Or 8372 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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1 copy of Mujmal al-ḥikmat by Ikhwān al-Ṣafā

Author: Ikhwān al-Ṣafā اخوان الصفاء

Title: Mujmal al-ḥikmat

Title: مجمل الحکمت

A philosophical encyclopaedia in the form of a Persian translation of an Arabic abridgement of the Ikhwān al-Ṣafā

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.88.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 120 ff

Dimensions (leaf): 21.7 × 10.3 cm.

History

Origin: 1012 AH

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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