Author
Ghazzālī 1058-1111., غزالي.
Author Original
غزالي
Publication Date
1574
Subject
Manuscripts, Persian Michigan Ann Arbor., Islam Doctrines ; Early works to 1800., Islamic ethics ; Early works to 1800., Sufism ; Early works to 1800., Manuscrits persans Michigan Ann Arbor., Morale islamique ; Ouvrages avant 1800., Soufisme ; Ouvrages avant 1800., Islam Doctrines, Islamic ethics, Manuscripts, Persian, Sufism, Michigan Ann Arbor
Type
Periodical
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource (1 v. ([912] p.))
Library
jisc
Record ID
q_language%3A%20per_sort_year_rn_243
Library Location
University of East Anglia Library
Date
1574
Notes
Leather bound codex with intricate tooling on upper and lower covers; some residue of gold paint in design. Doublures feature elaborate leather filigree on red leather with gold and paint which overlays a blue painted background. Both covers are detached., Initial page has medallion design with gold, including gold and red floral patterns on blue paint. The title of the work is no longer apparent in the center medallion. First page of the text has ʻunwān in similar colors and design. Title of work is also missing from this location. Volume has edge title, but spelled "kimiyā-yi saʻādat" instead of "kīmiyā-yi saʻādat"., Text written in clear black naskh script with rubrication. Text bordered in blue and gold lines throughout., Copy completed: Shaʻbān 982/ November 1574 in the hand of Qāsim b. Ḥājī Mīrzā., Former shelfmark: From front flyleaf, "IL 309" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip)., Famous theologian and prolific Ṣufī writer, Abū Hāmid Muhammad b. Muhammad al-Ghazālī was born in Tūs in 450/1058, the early Saljuk period. Later, he studied in Nishāpūr, and was eventually appointed to a post in the Niẓāmiyyah madrasah in Baghdad by Niẓām al-Mulk himself in 484/1091-2. After some years he returned to Nishāpūr and then Tūs, where he died in 505/1111., Print version record
Tür
Early works
İçinde
Yahuda Collection.
