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7 works by 6 authors on the subjects of Moral exhortation, Sufism, Mysticism, Caliphs, Islam, and Theology — Multiple dates

MS. Whinfield 8

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For the main catalogue entry, see: Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

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Title

7 works by 6 authors on the subjects of Moral exhortation, Sufism, Mysticism, Caliphs, Islam, and Theology — Multiple dates

Shelfmark

MS. Whinfield 8

Date

1612

17th cent.

Language

Arabic

Contents

1. ff. 1v, 2r Author: Suhrawardī, ʻUmar ibn Muḥammad, 1145-1234 Title: Waṣīyah
2. ff. 12v-13r Author: ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī, d. 1166 Title: Questions and answers on Sufic doctrine
3. ff. 13v-14v Author: Ibn al-ʻArabī, 1165-1240 Title: Ḥilyat al-abdāl wa-mā yaẓhar fīhā min al-maʻarif wa-al-ahwāl
4. ff. 154r-155r Author: Anonymous Title: A legend concerning Hammām, a companion of ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, ca. 600-661
5. ff. 156v-157v Author: Ghazzālī, 1058-1111 Title: al-ʻAqīdah al-qudsīyah
6. ff. 179v-182v Author: Anonymous Title: Taʻarruf al-arwāḥ fī mashāhid al-ashbāḥ
7. ff. 190v-192r Author: Tibrīzī, Abū al-Maḥāmid Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, al-Ashʻarī 11th cent. Title: An extract on the two sorts of knowledge

Form

codex

Physical extent

2 ff. 2 ff. 2 ff. 2 ff. 2 ff. 4 ff. 3 ff.

Acquisition

The Whinfield manuscripts were bequeathed to the Indian Institute, Oxford , in 1922, and later transferred to the Bodleian Library.

Provenance

The collections of Sir Edward Henry Whinfield, d. 1922 .

Subject

Moral exhortation

Caliphs--Biography

Mysticism--Islam

Sufism

Theology, Islamic

Islam--Doctrines

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  • Indian Institute, Oxford
  • Anonymous
  • Tibrīzī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, fl. 11th-12th century

  • Suhrawardī, ʻUmar ibn Muḥammad, 1145-1234

  • ʻIzz al-Dīn Aydamur

  • Ibn al-ʻArabī, 1165-1240

  • ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī, d. 1166

  • Sir Edward Henry Whinfield, d. 1922

  • Hammām

  • ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib,‏ Caliph,‏ ca. 600-661

  • Algazel, 1058-1111

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