ʻAmīdī, Rukn al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, d. 1218
Published / Created:
[18--?]
Call Number:
Landberg MSS 17a
Image Count:
14
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Exposition of yogi philosophy, being a translation of the Amṛtakuṇḍa.
Alternative Title:
Amṛtakuṇḍa., Kitāb kashf ḍamīr madīnat al-ikhtibār bi-mafātīḥ aqfāl al-asrār., and Ṭibb al-insān min nafsih.
Description:
Fair modern (19th century) naskhī, in red and black. and Title given on leaf 1 also as: Kitāb kashf ḍamīr madīnat al-ikhtibār bi-mafātīḥ aqfāl al-asrār and Ṭibb al-insān min nafsih.
Calligraphic naskhī, in red and black. and The author's name is spelled ibn Waghīlān on leaf 1 recto, and as Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Zighlān in Brockelmann.
Subject (Topic):
Arabic language and literature--Poetry and Philosophy--General
A philosophical tract. and Copied some time after A.H. 680 (A.D. 1282).
Description:
Brockelmann and Goldziher (Steinschneider Festschrift, p. 111) ascribe the authorship to Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, and the latter evidently without any proof, since he apparently knew of this tract from this manuscript only., Fair naskhī., Islamic binding, in brown, with flap., and With: 6 other titles.