Arabic manuscripts in the British Library
Subtitle: Islamic mysticism & philosophy : Mysticism & pietics
Publisher: IDC Publishers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Leiden, the Netherlands
Language: ara
Number of pages: 1700
Subjects: Mysticism; Islam; Arabic Manuscripts; British Library. Oriental and India Office Collections
Other titles: Mysticism & pietics.; Mysticism and pietics.; Islamic mysticism and philosophy.
Notes: Title from IDC Publishers online catalog.

"The British Library's collection of Arabic manuscripts is justly world-famous. It is one of the largest such collections in Europe and North America, comprising almost 15,000 works ... Mysticism and Pietics [section includes] 118 manuscripts of Ibn al-'Arabi's works from the 13th century onwards. Many copies of works by al-Allahabadi, al-Dawwani, al-Ghazali, Ibn 'Ata' Allah al-Iskandari, Ibn Ghanim al-Maqdisi, al-Jili, al-Qunaqi, al-Qushayri, al-Sha'rani, al-'Umari, and others. Among the earliest manuscripts are al-Qushayri's al-Risalah (504/1110), al-Sarraj's Kitab al-luma' fi al-tasawwuf (548/1153), and al-Bahrani's Qawa'id al-Ilahiyah (658/1260)." --IDC Publishers catalog online.

Accompanied by: Subject-guide to the Arabic manuscripts in the British Library / compiled by Peter Stocks ; edited by Colin F. Baker.

Copies of guide at: Z6621.O732 (reference copy); E-14031 (circulating copy)