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1 copy of Asās al-taʼwīl al-bāṭin by Nuʻmān ibn Muḥammad, Abū Ḥanīfah, d. 974
Title: Asās al-taʼwīl al-bāṭin
Title: اساس الآويل الباطن
Ismaili treatise in 17 ajza' on the interpretation of Quranic mythology
Incipit: الحمد لله مفيد النعمة وصلى الله على محمد نبى الرحمة ... اما بعد فانا بتاييد الله وامتنانه .... وعونه وفضله واحسانه كنا قد بسطنا للمستجيبين
Colophon: تم الجز السابع عشر من كتاب اساس التاويل الباطن ...بخط موسی ابن ملا لقمانجی ابن علی پای واکانری...فی سنه الثالث والتعین
Language(s): Arabic
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Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 151 f.
Dimensions (leaf): 24 × 13 cm.
Dimensions (written): 19.5
Layout
Hand(s)
Bold, inelegant but legible naskhi hand
History
Origin: 1039 AH; 1682 CE
Record Sources
"Manuscript description based on Adam Gacek : Catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1981".
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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