Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ رسائل إخوان الصفاء Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ إخوان الصفاء
( رسائل إخوان الصفاء إخوان الصفاء)

Name: Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ رسائل إخوان الصفاء Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ إخوان الصفاء
Author: an anonymous group calling themselves Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ wa Khullān al-Wafāʾ

İsim	Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ رسائل إخوان الصفاء Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ إخوان الصفاء
İsim Orijinal	رسائل إخوان الصفاء إخوان الصفاء
Yazar	an anonymous group calling themselves Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ wa Khullān al-Wafāʾ
Basım Tarihi:	644 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Tür	Kitap
Dil	Arapça
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Sayfa Sayısı	1
Fiziksel Boyutlar	245 x 178 mm
Kütüphane:	Katar Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	Or 8254
Kayıt Numarası	vdc_100073295527.0x000001
Lokasyon	British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Tarih	644 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Notlar	The second volume (المجلد الثاني, probably of an original three) of the well-known Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ (رسائل إخوان الصفاء, Epistles of the Brethren of Purity ), compiled by an anonymous group calling themselves Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ wa Khullān al-Wafāʾ ( إخوان الصفاء وخلان الوفاء, Brethren of Purity and Sincere Friends; active ca mid-tenth century). This encyclopaedic compendium of 51 (sometimes 52) treatises covers various exoteric and esoteric branches of knowledge, including mathematical, natural, intellectual and divine sciences. The full work comprises four sections, and the present copy includes the seventh epistle of the second section through to the ninth epistle (out of ten) of the third section. A date of copying of Friday, 11 Dhū al-Hijjah 644/19 April 1247 is given in the colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. to the eighth epistle of section two [22], (f. 93v, lines 10-11, transcribed below). No other dating is found in this copy. Contents Section titles and epistle numbers in square brackets are taken from de Catallaÿ, 'The Classification of Knowledge in the Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa' , in El-Bizri, Epistles of the Brethren of Purity: The Ikhwan al-Safa' and their Rasa'il: An introduction (2008). Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 58-82), pp. 73-74. Section Two [Corporeal and Natural Sciences] Epistle 7 [21] (ff. 1r-12v); Epistle 8 [22] (ff. 13r-93v); Epistle 9 [23] (ff. 94r-101v); Epistle 10 [24] (ff. 102r-111r); Epistle 11 [25] (ff. 111r-129r); Epistle 12 [26] (ff. 129r-140r); Epistle 13 [27] (ff. 140r-145v); Epistle 14 [28] (ff. 146r-152v); Epistle 15 [29] (ff. 153r-160v); Epistle 16 [30] (ff. 161r-175r); Epistle 17 [31] (ff. 175v-184v). Section Three [Sciences of the Soul and of the Intellect] Epistle 1 [32] (ff. 185r -194v); Epistle 2 [33] (ff. 195r-200v); Epistle 3 [34] (ff. 201r-205v); Epistle 4 [35] (ff. 206r-214r); Epistle 5 [36] (ff. 214r-223v); Epistle 6 [37] (ff. 224r-232r); Epistle 7 [38] (ff. 232v-248r); Epistle 8 [39] (ff. 248r-258v); Epistle 9 [40] (ff. 259r-279r). Diagrams: Epistle 33 is accompanied by one diagram, and epistle 40 with two: Diagram of the planetary spheres (f. 196r); Diagram of the nine philosophical questions (f. 260r); Diagram of the four categories of causes and the four categories of effects (f. 266v). Begins (f. 1v, lines 1-4): ...ربّ وفّق وإذ قد فرغنا من ذكر الجواهر المعدنية وبيّنا طرفًا من كيفية تكوينها وكمية أجناسها وفنون أنواعها ومنافعها ومضارّها في رسالة لنا وبيّنا فيها أن آخر المرتبة المعدنية متصلة بأول مرتبة النبات ... Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. to epistle 22 (f. 93v, lines 7-12): تمت الرسالة الحيوانية وعجائب هياكلها وغرائب أحوالها من رسائل إخوان الصفاء وخلّان الوفاء يوم الجمعة الحادي عشر ذي الحجة سنة أربع وأربعين وستمائة والحمد لوليه والصلوة على نبيه Ends (f. 279r, lines 16-20): تمت الرسالة والحمد لوليه والصلوة على نبيه محمد وآله وأصحابه الطاهرين تم مجلد الثاني من كتاب إخوان الصفاء وخلان الوفاء وسلّم تسليمًا كثيرًا
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları	This copy published as No. 15 (p. 139) in Edwards, E. 'Some rare and important Arabic and Persian manuscripts from the collections of Hajji ‘Abdu’l-Majid Belshah now either in the British Museum or in the private collection of Professor Edward G. Browne' in A Volume of Oriental Studies presented to Edward G. Browne , ed. by T. W. Arnold and R. A. Nicholson (Cambridge, 1922), pp. 137-149.
Edinme Kaynağı	Purchased from Abdul Majid Belshah, 8 November 1919
Köken	al-faqīr Bahrām ibn ʿAbd [?]: His pointed oval ownership seal stamped in black ink, partially smudged, accompanied by lines of love poetry in Persian, probably penned by the same (f. 1r); Ownership inscription (f.1r); 'Abd al-Wahhāb ibn Yūsuf ibn Ahmad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Mutaṭabbib al-Mīrdīnī (عبد الوهاب بن يوسف بن احمد بن عبد الرحمن المتطبب الميرديني [i.e. Mārdīn, Turkey]): inscription, undated, attributing former ownership to him (f.1r).
Seçilmiş kaynakça	Studies/translations: de Catallaÿ, Godefroid, 'The Classification of Knowledge in the Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa'', in El-Bizri, Nader, Epistles of the Brethren of Purity: The Ikhwan al-Safa' and their Rasa'il: An introduction (2008). Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 58-82. The case of the animals versus man before the King of the Jinn: an Arabic critical edition and English translation of Epistle 22. Edited and translated by Lenn E. Goodman and Richard McGregor; foreword by Nader El-Bizri. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. Sciences of the soul and intellect. Part I, an Arabic critical edition and English translation of epistles 32-36. Edited and translated by Paul E. Walker, Ismail K. Poonawala and David Simonowitz, Godefroid de Callataÿ; foreword by Nader El-Bizri. Oxford : Oxford University Press, in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2015. Sciences of the soul and intellect. Part III, an Arabic critical edition and English translation of Epistles 39-41. Edited and translated by Carmela Baffioni; Ismail K. Poonawala; foreword by Nader El-Bizri. Oxford : Oxford University Press in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2017.

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Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ رسائل إخوان الصفاء Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ إخوان الصفاء

( رسائل إخوان الصفاء إخوان الصفاء)

Yazar an anonymous group calling themselves Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ wa Khullān al-Wafāʾ

Basım Tarihi 644 (AH, Hijri qamari)

Tür Kitap

Dil Arapça

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Sayfa Sayısı 1

Fiziksel Boyutlar 245 x 178 mm

Kütüphane Katar Dijital Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası Or 8254

Kayıt Numarası vdc_100073295527.0x000001

Lokasyon British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Tarih 644 (AH, Hijri qamari)

Notlar The second volume (المجلد الثاني, probably of an original three) of the well-known Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ (رسائل إخوان الصفاء, Epistles of the Brethren of Purity ), compiled by an anonymous group calling themselves Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ wa Khullān al-Wafāʾ ( إخوان الصفاء وخلان الوفاء, Brethren of Purity and Sincere Friends; active ca mid-tenth century). This encyclopaedic compendium of 51 (sometimes 52) treatises covers various exoteric and esoteric branches of knowledge, including mathematical, natural, intellectual and divine sciences. The full work comprises four sections, and the present copy includes the seventh epistle of the second section through to the ninth epistle (out of ten) of the third section. A date of copying of Friday, 11 Dhū al-Hijjah 644/19 April 1247 is given in the colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. to the eighth epistle of section two [22], (f. 93v, lines 10-11, transcribed below). No other dating is found in this copy. Contents Section titles and epistle numbers in square brackets are taken from de Catallaÿ, 'The Classification of Knowledge in the Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa' , in El-Bizri, Epistles of the Brethren of Purity: The Ikhwan al-Safa' and their Rasa'il: An introduction (2008). Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 58-82), pp. 73-74. Section Two [Corporeal and Natural Sciences] Epistle 7 [21] (ff. 1r-12v); Epistle 8 [22] (ff. 13r-93v); Epistle 9 [23] (ff. 94r-101v); Epistle 10 [24] (ff. 102r-111r); Epistle 11 [25] (ff. 111r-129r); Epistle 12 [26] (ff. 129r-140r); Epistle 13 [27] (ff. 140r-145v); Epistle 14 [28] (ff. 146r-152v); Epistle 15 [29] (ff. 153r-160v); Epistle 16 [30] (ff. 161r-175r); Epistle 17 [31] (ff. 175v-184v). Section Three [Sciences of the Soul and of the Intellect] Epistle 1 [32] (ff. 185r -194v); Epistle 2 [33] (ff. 195r-200v); Epistle 3 [34] (ff. 201r-205v); Epistle 4 [35] (ff. 206r-214r); Epistle 5 [36] (ff. 214r-223v); Epistle 6 [37] (ff. 224r-232r); Epistle 7 [38] (ff. 232v-248r); Epistle 8 [39] (ff. 248r-258v); Epistle 9 [40] (ff. 259r-279r). Diagrams: Epistle 33 is accompanied by one diagram, and epistle 40 with two: Diagram of the planetary spheres (f. 196r); Diagram of the nine philosophical questions (f. 260r); Diagram of the four categories of causes and the four categories of effects (f. 266v). Begins (f. 1v, lines 1-4): ...ربّ وفّق وإذ قد فرغنا من ذكر الجواهر المعدنية وبيّنا طرفًا من كيفية تكوينها وكمية أجناسها وفنون أنواعها ومنافعها ومضارّها في رسالة لنا وبيّنا فيها أن آخر المرتبة المعدنية متصلة بأول مرتبة النبات ... Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. to epistle 22 (f. 93v, lines 7-12): تمت الرسالة الحيوانية وعجائب هياكلها وغرائب أحوالها من رسائل إخوان الصفاء وخلّان الوفاء يوم الجمعة الحادي عشر ذي الحجة سنة أربع وأربعين وستمائة والحمد لوليه والصلوة على نبيه Ends (f. 279r, lines 16-20): تمت الرسالة والحمد لوليه والصلوة على نبيه محمد وآله وأصحابه الطاهرين تم مجلد الثاني من كتاب إخوان الصفاء وخلان الوفاء وسلّم تسليمًا كثيرًا

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Bulma Yardımcıları This copy published as No. 15 (p. 139) in Edwards, E. 'Some rare and important Arabic and Persian manuscripts from the collections of Hajji ‘Abdu’l-Majid Belshah now either in the British Museum or in the private collection of Professor Edward G. Browne' in A Volume of Oriental Studies presented to Edward G. Browne , ed. by T. W. Arnold and R. A. Nicholson (Cambridge, 1922), pp. 137-149.

Edinme Kaynağı Purchased from Abdul Majid Belshah, 8 November 1919

Köken al-faqīr Bahrām ibn ʿAbd [?]: His pointed oval ownership seal stamped in black ink, partially smudged, accompanied by lines of love poetry in Persian, probably penned by the same (f. 1r); Ownership inscription (f.1r); 'Abd al-Wahhāb ibn Yūsuf ibn Ahmad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Mutaṭabbib al-Mīrdīnī (عبد الوهاب بن يوسف بن احمد بن عبد الرحمن المتطبب الميرديني [i.e. Mārdīn, Turkey]): inscription, undated, attributing former ownership to him (f.1r).

Seçilmiş kaynakça Studies/translations: de Catallaÿ, Godefroid, 'The Classification of Knowledge in the Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa'', in El-Bizri, Nader, Epistles of the Brethren of Purity: The Ikhwan al-Safa' and their Rasa'il: An introduction (2008). Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 58-82. The case of the animals versus man before the King of the Jinn: an Arabic critical edition and English translation of Epistle 22. Edited and translated by Lenn E. Goodman and Richard McGregor; foreword by Nader El-Bizri. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. Sciences of the soul and intellect. Part I, an Arabic critical edition and English translation of epistles 32-36. Edited and translated by Paul E. Walker, Ismail K. Poonawala and David Simonowitz, Godefroid de Callataÿ; foreword by Nader El-Bizri. Oxford : Oxford University Press, in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2015. Sciences of the soul and intellect. Part III, an Arabic critical edition and English translation of Epistles 39-41. Edited and translated by Carmela Baffioni; Ismail K. Poonawala; foreword by Nader El-Bizri. Oxford : Oxford University Press in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2017.