Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 26B

Metadata

DS ID:

DS28281

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 26B

Title:

Sharḥ Hidāyat al-ḥikmah / شرح هداىة الحکمة

Philosophical text

Author:

Ḥusaynī, Muḥammad ibn Sharīf

Muḥammad ibn Sharīf Ḥusaynī WIKIDATA

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Note:

Fols. 44; 17.5 x 12.5 cm.; written surface 11 x 8 cm.; 9 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; entries in red.
A commentary on a section of Hidāyat al-ḥikmah which treats of al-Ṭabīʻīyāt (physics) and al-Ilāhīyāt (metaphysics).
Beg.: بسم الله ... القول في الطبىعىات وهو مرتب على ثلثة
Ending: ومن اراد الاستقصاء في الحکمة والوقوف على مذهب الحکماء فلىرجع الى کتابنا المسمى بزبدة الاسرار والله ولي التوفىق وبىده ازمّة التحقىق.
Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. In the colophon the author refers to another work of his entitled Zubdat al-Asrār (see ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), III, p. 534). MS in good condition; Arabic cloth binding; gilt stamped and tooling on back of cover.
Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925.
ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), VI, p. 474; Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, VI, p. 98; Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 5070.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic

Islamic philosophy

Early works

Athīr al-Dīn al-Abharī, al-Mufaḍḍal ibn ʻUmar, d. 1265. Hidāyat al-ḥikmah

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963574263506421

Holding Institution:

Princeton University