Risālah fī dhikr asbāb al-raʿd wa-al-barq رسالة في ذكر أسباب الرعد والبرق Theophrastus ثيوفراسط [‎369v] (3/3)

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Risālah fī dhikr asbāb al-raʿd wa-al-barq رسالة في ذكر أسباب الرعد والبرق Theophrastus ثيوفراسط

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[Answer to a question on a Sufi saying] Anonymous

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The record is made up of Ff. 368v-369v. It was created in 1182. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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Content: Extract on the causes of thunder and lightning from the work on meteorology by Theophrastus (Θεόφραστος, ثيوفراسط, d. ca 287 BC) commonly, as here, misattributed to Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037, see Gutas, Avicenna and the Aristotelian Tradition [2014], p. 523).
Extent and format: Ff. 368v-369v
Written in: Arabic in Arabic script

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Reference: Add MS 16659, ff 368v-369v
Title: Risālah fī dhikr asbāb al-raʿd wa-al-barq رسالة في ذكر أسباب الرعد والبرق Theophrastus ثيوفراسط
Pages: 368v:369v
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Reference: Add MS 16659, ff 369v-370r
Title: [Answer to a question on a Sufi saying] Anonymous
Pages: 369v:370r
Author: Please see item description
Usage terms: Public Domain

Risālah fī dhikr asbāb al-raʿd wa-al-barq رسالة في ذكر أسباب الرعد والبرق Theophrastus ثيوفراسط [‎369v] (3/3)

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