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MUHYI AL-DIN ABU 'ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD BIN 'ALI BIN 'ARABI AL-HATIMI AL-TA'I (D. 638/1240): RISALAT AL-MAQALID AL-WUJUDIYAH FI SHARH-I AL-DA'IRAH AND SHARH AL-ALFAZ

PROBABLY SELJUK ANATOLIA, SECOND HALF OF 13TH CENTURY

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MUHYI AL-DIN ABU 'ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD BIN 'ALI BIN 'ARABI AL-HATIMI AL-TA'I (D. 638/1240): RISALAT AL-MAQALID AL-WUJUDIYAH FI SHARH-I AL-DA'IRAH AND SHARH AL-ALFAZ
PROBABLY SELJUK ANATOLIA, SECOND HALF OF 13TH CENTURY
Two treatises on Sufism, Arabic manuscript on buff paper, 21ff. plus 1 fly-leaf, each with 17ll. of black naskh, the first treatise with important words in red, occasional groups of three red inverted commas, one diagram, the dictionary of Sufi technical terms with the explained vocabulary in red, minimal marginal notes throughout both, incomplete at the end, later brown morocco binding with central stamped medallion
Folio 7 1/8 x 5 1/8in. (18.1 x 13cm.); Text approx. 6 x 3¾in. (15.3 x 8.6cm.)

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Lot Essay

Ibn Arabi was a mystic, philosopher, poet and sage. Born in Andalusia in AH 1165, he wrote extensively throughout his life. Broadly speaking, his works are concerned with divine reality and the human's experience thereof and his writings have been particularly influential among elites and Sufi tariqas.

Another copy of the Sharh al-Alfaz (Explanation of [Sufi] technical terms) exists in the Chester Beatty Library, see Arthur J. Arberry, A Handlist of the Arabic Manuscripts, Vol. III, Dublin, 1958, no. 3682, 14, p. 80.

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