SAFAVID IRAN OR IRAQ, DATED FRIDAY 7 JUMADA I AH 1085/9 AUGUST 1674 AD

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NASIR AL-DIN TUSI (D. 1274 AD): SHARH AL-ISHARAT WA AL-TANBIHAT
SAFAVID IRAN OR IRAQ, DATED FRIDAY 7 JUMADA I AH 1085/9 AUGUST 1674 AD
A seminal commentary of Ibn Sina's work Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat (Remarks and Admonitions) on philosophy, logic and metaphysic, 100ff. plus four fly-leaves, each folio with 21ll. of black naskh script, titles and important words in red, occasional marginal comments, catchwords, on paper with watermark of three stars between scrolling foliage, in modern brown binding with flap
Folio 10 x 6.3/4in. (25.5 x 17.3cm.)

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This commentary of Ibn Sina's Remarks and Admonitions (Isharat) was composed by Nasir al-Din Tusi, the famous Persian polymath, during his stay with the Isma'ilis of Alamut. It is a major contribution to Ibn Sina's philosophy and its interpretation. It was intended, at least in part, as a response to al-Razi's commentary on the Isharat.

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