Lot 76
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ABU 'ALI AL-HUSAYN IBN 'ABDULLAH IBN SINA (AVICENNA) (D. AH 428/1037 AD): RISALAH FI'L SIYASA
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ABU 'ALI AL-HUSAYN IBN 'ABDULLAH IBN SINA (AVICENNA) (D. AH 428/1037 AD): RISALAH FI'L SIYASA

IRAN, 14TH CENTURY

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ABU 'ALI AL-HUSAYN IBN 'ABDULLAH IBN SINA (AVICENNA) (D. AH 428/1037 AD): RISALAH FI'L SIYASA
IRAN, 14TH CENTURY
A short treatise on domestic affairs, Arabic manuscript on paper, 8ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 19ll. of loose sepia naskh, important words and phrases picked out in red, catchwords, occasional words in the margins, areas of water-staining and repairs to margins, in worn brown morocco with stamped gold central medallion and pendants filled with floral motifs, red morocco doublures
Folio 10 x 7½in. (25.4 x 19cm.)
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An inscription in this manuscript states that it was collated with another copy written by Najib-al-Din Muhammad bin ‘Umar al-Samarqandi. The title appears to be unrecorded. Because it is a risalah it may well have been part of one of Ibn Sina's larger works.

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