Arabic manuscripts in the British Library
Subtitle: Islamic mysticism & philosophy : Philosophy
Publisher: IDC Publishers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Leiden, the Netherlands
Language: ara
Number of pages: 1666
Subjects: Arab Philosophy; Early works to 1800; Islamic philosophy; Arabic Manuscripts; British Library. Oriental and India Office Collections
Other titles: Islamic mysticism & philosophy.; Philosophy.; Islamic mysticism and philosophy.
Notes: Title from IDC Publishers catalog online.

"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 ... Philosophy [section includes] many copies of works by al-Abhari, al-Baghandi, al-Bihari, al-Damad, al-Farisi, al-Katibi al-Qazwini, al-Khayrabadi, al-Labkani al-'Uthmani, al-Shirazi, and others. 16 works of al-Farabi - known as (after Aristotle) the mu'alllim al-thani - in one 17th-century manuscript from the Mughal Library at Delhi, and 62 manuscripts of the philosophical works of Ibn Sina, including Kitab al-shifa' copied in 485/1092. Among the oldest manuscripts are the anonymous works, al-Mulakhkhas (603/1206), and Risalah yatadamman adab wa-hikmah (639/1242), Sinan Ibn Thabit's Siyasat al-nufus (639/1242), and al-Razi's Kitab al-sirah al-falsafiyah copied the same year. Early copies of the works of al-Katibi al-Qazwini, including 'Ayn al-qawa'id (677/1278), Bahr al-fawa'id (680/1282), and Jami' al-daqa'iq (672/1274). Selection of works by Indo-Arabic philosophers such as al-Jawnpuri, al-Lakhnawi, al-Mangaluri and al-Siyalkuti, and by authors popular in India including al-Jurjani, Mirak al-Bukhari, al-Tulunbi, al-Tusi and al-Yazdi." --IDC Publishers online catalog.

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)