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A volume from the collection of Ibn al-Arabi
(مجلد من ديوان ابن العربي)

Title	A volume from the collection of Ibn al-Arabi
Title Original	مجلد من ديوان ابن العربي
Publication Date:	Before Dhu al-Hijjah 13, 634 AH / August 7, 1237 AD
Publication Place	Damascus, Syria; autograph copy - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Subject	Ayyubid — Ink on paper; copied in a script that combines elements ofmaghribiandnaskhi
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	MSS 225
Record ID	object;EPM;uk;Mus21;50;ar
Library Location	Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date	Before Dhu al-Hijjah 13, 634 AH / August 7, 1237 AD
Notes	Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi was the greatest Islamic Sufi. He was born in Murica, Spain, in 1165 AD, and after many journeys, he ended up in Damascus in 1240. He was a very prolific writer, and his followers spread his teachings, which reached Iran and India, although his influence was greatest in Anatolia. His tomb in Damascus was restored by the Ottoman Sultan Selim I, whose seal appears on page 1a of this manuscript. This volume is probably the fourth of a six-volume set and was transcribed by the same author. At the end of the manuscript there is a note stating that the manuscript was read aloud to the author in his home in Damascus in several sessions, the last of which was on Sunday the 13th of Dhu al-Hijjah in the year 634 (August 1237). The other note, which is barely legible in the author’s handwriting, says that he personally approved the text in his office, as shown here.
Sample Text	“A volume of the collections of Ibn al-Arabi” in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus21;50;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Nahla NASSAR
Seçili bibliyografya	Hirtenstein, S., ‘Some Preliminary Notes on al-Dîwân al-kabîr’,Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society, 39 (2006).Rogers, J.M.,The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, London: Thames & Hudson, 2010: cat.71, p.81.

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A volume from the collection of Ibn al-Arabi

(مجلد من ديوان ابن العربي)

Publication Date Before Dhu al-Hijjah 13, 634 AH / August 7, 1237 AD

Publication Place Damascus, Syria; autograph copy - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Subject Ayyubid — Ink on paper; copied in a script that combines elements ofmaghribiandnaskhi

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID MSS 225

Record ID object;EPM;uk;Mus21;50;ar

Library Location Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Date Before Dhu al-Hijjah 13, 634 AH / August 7, 1237 AD

Notes Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi was the greatest Islamic Sufi. He was born in Murica, Spain, in 1165 AD, and after many journeys, he ended up in Damascus in 1240. He was a very prolific writer, and his followers spread his teachings, which reached Iran and India, although his influence was greatest in Anatolia. His tomb in Damascus was restored by the Ottoman Sultan Selim I, whose seal appears on page 1a of this manuscript. This volume is probably the fourth of a six-volume set and was transcribed by the same author. At the end of the manuscript there is a note stating that the manuscript was read aloud to the author in his home in Damascus in several sessions, the last of which was on Sunday the 13th of Dhu al-Hijjah in the year 634 (August 1237). The other note, which is barely legible in the author’s handwriting, says that he personally approved the text in his office, as shown here.

Sample Text “A volume of the collections of Ibn al-Arabi” in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus21;50;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Nahla NASSAR

Seçili bibliyografya Hirtenstein, S., ‘Some Preliminary Notes on al-Dîwân al-kabîr’,Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society, 39 (2006).Rogers, J.M.,The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, London: Thames & Hudson, 2010: cat.71, p.81.