احیاء علوم الدیّن Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn, 781 A.H., 1379 C.E.
Scope and Contents
The famous Arabic work on ethics by the great Shafi'ite Imām Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad bin Muḥammad al-Ghazzālī of Ṭūs 450-505 A.H. (1058-1111 C.E.), whose honorific title was Ḥujjat-al-Islām "The Proof of Islam”, with a lacuna of six leaves (according to the Arabic pagination) between fols. 169 and 170. It is divided into four quarters or sections, each subdivided into ten books.
The present copy is 30 cm by 18.5 cm and has 505 folios, it is written in excellent old Naskh, fully pointed; numerous additions, various readings, and glosses on the margin; large waterspots; the text here and there slightly injured; small illuminated frontispiece; each page bordered by small stripes in gold and other colours. It has been dated 5th of Rabi' II, 781 A.H. (July 21st 1379 C.E.), by the scribe Muḥammad bin al-Ḥasan bin Muḥammad al-Shahrastānī; and according to a remark in a different handwriting, on fol. 338b, Aḥmad bin Ḥusain bin 'Alī Shihāb al-Dīn completed the perusal, or rather study, of the third quarter on the 10th of Dhū al-Ḥijjah, 854 A.H. (January 14th 1451 C.E.).
Dates
- Creation: 781 A.H.
- Creation: 1379 C.E.
Creator
Language of Materials
Arabic (Script: naskh)
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Full Extent
1 volume
Other Finding Aids
Hukk, Mohammed Ashraful; Ethé, Hermann; and Robertson, Edward, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library (Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd., 1925).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated to the University of Edinburgh Library by Lieutenant-Colonel John Baillie of Leys' grandson, also named John Baillie, in 1876.
Processing Information
Annotation uses legacy data from Mohammed Hukk et al. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library.
Source
- Baillie, John, of Leys, 1772-1833 (Member of Parliament, and East India Company Official) (Former owner, Person)
- Baillie, Anne, 1809-1847 (Former owner of manuscripts) (Former owner, Person)
- Baillie, John Baillie, of Leys, 1835-1890 (donor of the Oriental Manuscripts Collection) (Donor, Person)
Repository Details
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