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Manuscripts |
| Rare and original manuscripts are essential to
any serious scholar of Arabic heritage, but the task of finding and
studying them usually proves to be a formidable challenge. In an attempt
to improve access to Arabic manuscripts for researchers from all over the
world, we introduce some samples of (mostly unpublished) manuscripts. |
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Ihyā’ al-Fū’ād bi-Ma‘rifat Khawās al-A‘dā’- ‘Reviving the Heart by Knowing the Enemies’ Traits’ |
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By the Sheikh of al-Azhar, Ahmad bin-‘Abdul-al-Mun‘im bin-Siyām
al-Damanhūriy, d. 1192 H.
(The Religious Institute in Damietta, Egypt)
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al-Luma‘ fī al-Hisāb-
‘Highlights in Arithmetic’ |
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By Ibn al-Hā’im.
(The Religious Institute
in Damietta, Egypt)
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Another copy of
al-Luma‘ fī al-Hisāb- ‘Highlights in
Arithmetic’ |
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By Ibn al-Hā’im, d. 815 H.
(The Religious Institute in Damietta, Egypt)
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Nuzhat al-Nuzzār fī ‘Ilm al-Ghubār- ‘The Eye Journey into the Science of Dust (Indian Arithmetic)’ |
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By Ibn al-Hā’im, d. 815 H.
(The Religious Institute in Damietta, Egypt)
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Šarh Kitāb al-Luma‘-‘Explanation of the Book of Highlights’
(of Ibn al-Hā’im) |
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By Sabt al-Mārdīniy (Badr al-Dīn Muhammad), d. 907 H.
(The Religious Institute in Damietta, Egypt)
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Risāla fī al-Asturlāb (āla falakīya)- ‘Treatise on the Astrolabe (an astronomical instrument)’ |
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An anonymous manuscript.
(Abūl-‘Abbās al-Mursiy, Alexandria)
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Another manuscript on
al-Asturlāb (Astrolabe) |
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An anonymous Manuscript.
(Abūl-‘Abbās al-Mursiy, Alexandria)
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Risāla fī al-Jāmikiyya (=al-Muratabāt al-Dīwāniyya)- ‘Treatise on Payments (=Administrative Salaries)’ |
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By Ahmad bin-Muhammad al-Hamawiy, written in 1091 H.
(The Religious Institute
in Smūha, Alexandria)
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Raf‘ al-Iškāl-
‘Revealing the Complexity’ |
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A rare treatise by Hasan al-Jabartiy (father of the renowned historian,
‘Abdul-Rahmān al-Jabartiy) entitled Raf‘
al-Iškāl ‘an (Sabab) Zuhūr al-‘Ašarā fī Ghālib al-Aškāl- ‘Revealing
the Complexity about (the Reason for) the Appearance of Number Ten Between Most
Figures.’ (The Religious Institute in Smūha, Alexandria)
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Taqwīm al-Azhān fī ‘Ilm al-Mīzān-
‘Reshaping Minds in the Science of Weight’ |
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By Zayd al-Dīn Sirjā al-Māltiy.
(Alexandria Municipal Library)
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Salwat al-Fū’ād
fī Mawt
al-Awlād |
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(= al-Qawl al-Mujmal fī al-Rad alā al-Muhmal)- ‘Heart’s Consolation in the Death of Children (= The Comprehensive
Saying in Answering the Neglected)’
By Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūtiy
(The Religious Institute in Smūha, Alexandria)
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Risāla fī al-Kīmyā’ al-Sahriyya- ‘Treatise
on Magical Chemistry (Alchemy)’ |
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An anonymous manuscript.
(The Religious Institute in Damietta, Egypt)
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Zāt al-Durar fī ‘Ilm al-Athar (Risāla fī ‘Ilm al-Raml)- ‘The Pearls Holder in the Science of al-Athar
(Treatise on Geomancy)’ |
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By al-Tarābulsiy.
(Damanhur Municipal)
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Mukhtasar ‘Ilal Ramy al-Nišāb-
‘Compendium of Imperfections of Archery’ |
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An anonymous manuscript.
(The Religious Institute in Damietta, Egypt)
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Risāla al-Hā’im al-Khā’if min Lawmat al-Lā’im- ‘Treatise of the Wanderer Who Fears the Censure of Reproachers’ |
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By Shaikh Najim al-Dīn Kubrā
(The Religious Institute in Damietta, Egypt)
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Maiymar al-Qadīs Mārūn- ‘Saint Mārūn’s Prayers’ (from the Christian heritage) |
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(Alexandria Municipal Library)
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Risāla fī ‘Ilm al-Falk- ‘Treatise on Astronomy’ |
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By al-Qalsādiy
(Abūl-‘Abbās al-Mursiy, Alexandria)
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Khasā’is al-Jaljūtiyya- ‘The Jaljūtiyya Characteristics’ (treatise on occult sciences) |
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(Damanhur Municipal)
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Risālat al-Asti‘ārāt wa ?arhahā- ‘Treatise on Metaphors and their Explanation’ |
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By ‘Isām al-Dīn al-Isfarāyīniy
(Damanhur Municipal)
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Risāla fī al-Falak wa al-Tanjīm- ‘Treatise on Astrology and Astronomy’
By Sheikh Khatāb al-Qinā’iy |
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By Sheikh Khatāb al-Qinā’iy
(Damanhur Municipal)
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Qatr al-Sayl fī Sīyāsat al-Khayl- ‘Rain Drops in Horse Training’ |
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Attributed to Qunbur, the foster son of Iman ‘Aliy bin-Abī-Tālib
(Rifā’a al-Tahtāwiy Library, Suhag)
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Mukhtasar ‘Ilm al-Bayān- ‘Compendium of Rhetoric’ |
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By Rifā‘a al-Tahtāwiy (an autograph manuscript).
(Rifā‘a al-Tahtāwiy Library, Suhag)
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Tanzīh al-Kawn min ‘Itiqād Islām Fara‘ūn- ‘Purifying the World from the Belief of the Islam of a Pharaoh’ |
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By Muhammad al-Ghamriy Sabt al-Marsafiy (an autograph manuscript).
(Rifā‘a al-Tahtāwiy Library, Suhag)
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Talkhīs al-Bayān fī ‘Alāmit Mahdiy Ākhir al-Zamān- ‘The Summarized Declaration of the Sign of Antichrist’ |
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By Sheikh Aliy bin-Husām, also known by Naqiy.
(Cairo University)
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al-Istabsār fīmā Tudrikuh al-Absār- ‘Insight into What is Perceived by Sight’ |
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By ?ihāb al-Dīn al-Qarāfiy (annotated by the renowned orientalist Max Meyerhof)
(Cairo University)
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Kitāb al-Manāzīr- ‘Optics’ |
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An anonymous manuscript (Dated to 741, and is different from the famous book by Ibn al-Haytham)
(The Religious Institute in Damietta, Egypt)
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Kitāb Hal Lughz al-Mā’- ‘Book of Solving the Mystery of Water’
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By al-Maqrīzī
(Rifā‘ā al-Tahtāwī Library, Suhag)
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al-Sulāfa al-Musalsala fī Tafā‘īl Bahr al-Silsila- ‘The Continuous Choicest Wine in al-Silsila Meter’
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By the poet Sheikh ‘Abdul-Latīf Fathallāh
Beirut
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Kitāb al-Istī‘āb li-al-‘Amal bi-Sadr al-Awiza wa Jināh al-Ghurāb- ‘The Book of Comprehension of Using the Goose’s Breast and the Crow’s Wing’
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By anonymous
(Cairo University)
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A treatise on composition of Drugs by Ifrā’īm bin-al-Hasan
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(Cairo University)
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al-Maqāla al-Hasaniyya fī Tadbīr al-Siha al-Badaniya- ‘Treatise of Hasan on Managing Physical Health’
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By Fādil bin-Abīl-Hasan al-Isrā’īlī
(Cairo University)
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ÇáÞæá ÇáÃäíÓ æÇáÏÑ ÇáäÝíÓ Úáì ãäÙæãÉ ÇáÔíÎ ÇáÑÆíÓ |
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Any manuscript authenticator who would depend on the above-mentioned manuscripts, is required to refer to its source (the library where the original source is preserved).
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