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رسالة اثبات الواجب / للدواني
Risālat Ithbāt al-wājib / lil-Dawwānī.
Author
Dawwānī, Muḥammad ibn Asʻad, 1426 or 1427-1512 or 1513
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دواني، محمد بن اسعد
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Uniform title
Risālah qadīmah li-ithbāt al-wājib
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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/Created
[between 17--? and 1791]
Description
40 leaves: paper ; 210 x 150 (128 x 64) mm. bound to 214 x 154 mm.
Availability
Available Online
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Notes
Special Collections - Manuscripts
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1087Y
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Subject(s)
God (Islam)
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Early works to 1800
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Islam
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Doctrines
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15th century
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Metaphysics
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Early works to 1800
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Islamic philosophy
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15th century
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Manuscripts, Arabic
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New Jersey
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Princeton
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Summary note
On the demonstration of the existence of the Necessary existent.
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
17 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh with elements of nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of magenta and red. European glazed paper with watermark. Ḥāshīyah by Muḥyī al-Dīn, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, etc. on the margins. On fol. 1a: Title and statement with seal, dated 1206 H. [1791 or 2]. Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Inscription in Arabic script on a modern label pasted on the upper cover: "ʻAqāʼid 102". Inscription in Arabic on a modern label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "1153/2 Ḥāʼ".
Incipit: سبحانك سبحانك ما اعظم شانك ... وبعد فيقول ... محمد بن اسعد الدوانى الصديقى قد حررت فى هذه الرسالة وجوه براهن اثبات الواجب جلّ ذكره على ما اورده [2أ] ائمة الحكمة والكلام
Explicit: هو الله ربى يحقق الحق بفضله ويبطل الباطل بعدله بيده الحسنى واليه الرجعى تمت الربالة التحقيق ومحلّة التدقيق لمولى الموالى المحققين بفضل العليم المتعال المول فخر الافاضل مولانا جلال الدين مدّ الله ظلّه مدا وجعل بينه وبين الكروبات سدّا
Binding note
Upper and lower covers made of blue and yellow marbled paper over cardboard.
Provenance
Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
Source acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Mach, R. Yahuda, 2398
Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 217/11
Brockelmann, C. GAL, SII, 307/11
Other format(s)
Microfilm negative available for reproduction.
Also available in an electronic version.
Other title(s)
رسالة اثبات الواجب القديمة
Ithbāt al-wājib
Title in Mach, R. Yahuda
Risālat Ithbāt al-wājib (al-qadīmah)
OCLC
72439468
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