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Kitāb Tarākīb al-anwār كتاب تراكيب الأنوار Ṭughrāʾī, al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī طغرائي، الحسين بن علي [‎43r] (58/86)

The record is made up of ff. 14v-57r. It was created in Rajab 925. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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An influential alchemical treatise by Muʾayyad al-Dīn abū Ismāʿīl al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-Ṭughrāʾī (d. 515 AH/AD 1121), a high-ranking Seljuq vizier and the most important alchemist of his time.

The text was copied in early Raǧab 925 (June/July 1519) at Damascus by Qudrat Allāh al-Marandī al-Ādharī (see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 57r). At the end of the colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , the scribe tells us that he collated his text and corrected it as far as possible. 3 folios have been replaced (ff. 19, 21 and 24).

Begins (f. 14v, lines 3-7):

الحمد لله الذي فضّلَنا على كثير من عباده والمؤمنين وأتانا ما لم يؤت أحدًا من العالمين

وخصّنا بالحكمة التي خصّ بها عبادَه الصالحين فقال جلّ من قائل يؤتي الحكمة مَن

يشاء ومَن يؤت الحكمة فقد أؤتي خيرًا كثيرًا وما يذكّر إلّا أو لو الألباب وصلى الله على سيّد المرسلين

محمد وآله الطيبين وأصحابه الطاهرين وبعد فقد بعثتني الرأفة بكم معاشرالإخوان ...

Ends (ff. 56v, line 19 - 57r, line 5):

... ولا يزال تغلظ رطوبتهما بالصعود والنزول

إلى أنْ تصير في المعدن خميرةً تعمل المثلَ دائمًا أبدًا فسبحان

الدائم بلا زوال أبدًا هو الله الذي خلق الوجود من غير خمير موجود

فما أحسن صُوَرَهُ وأعظم حكمة فله الحمد دائمًا أبدًا والحمد لله وحده

وصلى الله على سيدنا رسوله محمد النبي الأمي وعلى آله وصحبه وسلموحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل ...

Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 57a, lines 5-12):

... تم الكتاب بالخير والصواب

وقع الفراغ من كتابته في أوائل شهر رجب المرجب

سنة خمس وعشرين وتسعمائة بمدينة

دمشق المحروسة على يدي العبد الفقير

لله المولى الغني قدرة الله بن محمد بن محمد

المرندي الأذري حامدًا لله

[two lines missing through iron gall corrosion]

قوبلت صححت بقدر الإمكان

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ff. 14v-57r
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Material: Paper

Dimensions: 215 x 150 mm leaf [168 x 112 mm written]

Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; Arabic foliation in the purple crayon typical of Lebanese bookdealers of the 19th century

Ruling: Misṭarah ; 19 lines per page; vertical spacing 11 lines per 10 cm (ff. 113r-158v: 29 lines per page; vertical spacing 17 lines per 10 cm)

Script: Naskh with nasta‘līq tendencies and some titles in thuluth (ff. 113r-158v: naskh )

Scribes: Qudrat Allāh al-Marandī al-Ādharī (ff. 3r-112v) and Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Mawṣilī (ff. 113r-158v)

Ink: Black ink, with rubricated, yellow and green headings and overlinings in red (ff. 113r-158v: black)

Binding: British Museum binding

Condition: Some worm damage, foxing, and tears towards the fore edge. Folios 19, 21 and 24 have been replaced.

Marginalia: Extensive marginal corrections, conjectures, glosses in Arabic and Persian and other evidence of collation and textual study (ff. 113r-158v: very few)

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Kitāb Tarākīb al-anwār كتاب تراكيب الأنوار Ṭughrāʾī, al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī طغرائي، الحسين بن علي [‎43r] (58/86), British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Or 13006, ff 14v-57r, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023515410.0x00005d> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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