Subject
Philosophers, Ancient—Biography—Early works to 1800
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9963573363506421
Record ID
w0892m38s
Library Location
HSVM Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 110B
Date
01-01-1600 T00:00:00 AH/12-31-1699 T:Khas:Khasz — 1600-1699
Notes
Anonymous., copied A.H. 1076 [A.D. 1666] by ʻUmar ibn ʻAbd Allāh., Fols. 30; 20.5 x 14.2 cm.; written surface 16 x 9 cm.; 29 lines to page; on glazed European paper; in naskhi; with catchwords; entries in red., A compendium containing brief accounts of the lives of twenty ancient philosophers., Beg.: In the name of God... and after... So I loved to serve His Noble Honor by writing a book... containing some of what a group of wise men said, Colophon: The book was completed, with the help of God, King Al-Wahhab, at the hands of the weakest and most needy of servants on the Day of Calling, Omar bin Abdullah, on Tuesday the seventeenth of Dhul-Qa’dah in the year Seventy-six thousand from the migration of those who have glory and the end of honor. May God’s blessings and peace be upon him and his family whenever those who remember him mention him and whenever those who are heedless neglect to mention [him], and God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs. There is no power or strength except in God, the Most High, the Great. M, A few marginal notes. The author, we learn from the introduction, composed his work and then dedicated it to al-Nāṣir Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad ibn Ghāzī ibn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb, who ruled in Aleppo A.D. 1236-60 and in Damascus A.D. 1250-60, and who died A.H. 659 [A.D. 1261]. On the title page, however, the work is attributed to ʻUmar ibn Ẓafar, the author of Sulwān al-muṭāʻ. This evidently is a mistake because the author of Sulwān al-muṭāʻ was Muḥammad ibn Abī Muḥammad ibn Ẓafar and not ʻUmar, and because Muḥammad ibn Ẓafar died A.H. 565 [A.D. 1174], ninety-one years before the Ayyūbid Sultan to whom the work was dedicated. MS in good condition; Arabic leather binding; blind stamped., Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925.
Koleksiyonlar
Digitized Manuscripts, Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts, Patron Requests
