This is a book called The Garden of the Flowers of Knowledge, which every knowledgeable person can take a stroll through. — Ḥadīqat azhār al-maʻārif yukhtaṣṣu bi-al-tanazzuh bi-hā kull shakhṣ ʻārif, a garden of knowledge flowers for every knowledgeable person to take a walk in.
(هذا كتاب حديقة ازهار المعارف يختص بالتنزه بها كل شخص عارف )

Title	This is a book called The Garden of the Flowers of Knowledge, which every knowledgeable person can take a stroll through. — Ḥadīqat azhār al-maʻārif yukhtaṣṣu bi-al-tanazzuh bi-hā kull shakhṣ ʻārif, a garden of knowledge flowers for every knowledgeable person to take a walk in.
Title Original	هذا كتاب حديقة ازهار المعارف يختص بالتنزه بها كل شخص عارف
Publication Place	- [16--?]
Subject	Islam—Doctrines—Early works to 1800, Islamic philosophy—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Type	Book
Language	ar
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Pages Count	100
Library:	Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID	9974821653506421
Record ID	dc9p290p84q
Library Location	Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 495L
Date	1600-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1600
Notes	Anonymous philosophical and doctrinal treatise, citing al-Rāzī, al-Dawwānī, and al-Suhrawardī, to name a few. With numerous extracts in the margins, particularly from al-Quṭb al-Shīrāzī's Sharḥ Ḥikmat al-ishrāq, al-Qayṣarī's Sharḥ Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam, and al-Rāzī's Mafātīḥ al-ghayb. There is also poetry by Majnūn Laylá on the inner front covers, flyleaves, and leaves 1a, 100b. Possibly a unique copy. \| Ms. codex., Title from leaf 1a., Physical description: 22 lines per page; written in small naskh in black on heavy glazed, laid European paper. Extensive marginalia. Mild staining; Front flyleaf detached. In excellent condition., Incipit: Praise be to God who has set up banners of truth as a guidance for those who see them and drawn to them the hearts of the seekers... And then this is the garden of the flowers of knowledge that is reserved for every knowledgeable person to stroll through. Explicit: Their affairs are due to three estates, one entrusted with life, another with composition, and the third with destruction, and the period of their management in the year is twenty-four thousand years \| Quarter leather with flap; orange paper covers. \| Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904, from the books of Amīn ibn Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).

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This is a book called The Garden of the Flowers of Knowledge, which every knowledgeable person can take a stroll through. — Ḥadīqat azhār al-maʻārif yukhtaṣṣu bi-al-tanazzuh bi-hā kull shakhṣ ʻārif, a garden of knowledge flowers for every knowledgeable person to take a walk in.

(هذا كتاب حديقة ازهار المعارف يختص بالتنزه بها كل شخص عارف )

Publication Place - [16--?]

Subject Islam—Doctrines—Early works to 1800, Islamic philosophy—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Type Book

Language ar

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Pages Count 100

Library Princeton University Library

Library Asset ID 9974821653506421

Record ID dc9p290p84q

Library Location Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 495L

Date 1600-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1600

Notes Anonymous philosophical and doctrinal treatise, citing al-Rāzī, al-Dawwānī, and al-Suhrawardī, to name a few. With numerous extracts in the margins, particularly from al-Quṭb al-Shīrāzī's Sharḥ Ḥikmat al-ishrāq, al-Qayṣarī's Sharḥ Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam, and al-Rāzī's Mafātīḥ al-ghayb. There is also poetry by Majnūn Laylá on the inner front covers, flyleaves, and leaves 1a, 100b. Possibly a unique copy. | Ms. codex., Title from leaf 1a., Physical description: 22 lines per page; written in small naskh in black on heavy glazed, laid European paper. Extensive marginalia. Mild staining; Front flyleaf detached. In excellent condition., Incipit: Praise be to God who has set up banners of truth as a guidance for those who see them and drawn to them the hearts of the seekers... And then this is the garden of the flowers of knowledge that is reserved for every knowledgeable person to stroll through. Explicit: Their affairs are due to three estates, one entrusted with life, another with composition, and the third with destruction, and the period of their management in the year is twenty-four thousand years | Quarter leather with flap; orange paper covers. | Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904, from the books of Amīn ibn Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).