Printing and Translations under Muḥammad 'Alī of Egypt.

Donated by Klaus KreiserReprinted from in : Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Volume 72 / Issue 04 / July 194

Miṣbāḥ al-ḥukamāʼ wa-nibrās al-khawāṣṣ al-hādī ilá al-najātayn wa-al-saʻādatayn, [193-?].

Careful copy of an apparently anonymous philosophical work arranged here in five parts.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 963Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 112Binding: Boards covered in dark green cloth with dark green leather over spine (quarter binding) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a floral vegetal pattern in green ; spine gold-stamped with title and decorative accents over raised bands "مصباح الحكماء | J.H.D." ; sewing difficult to examine ; stuck-on endbands (blue and white stripe) ; overall in fairly good condition.Support: Wove paper.Decoration: Written mainly in a blue-black ink.Script: Ruqʻah ; quick, modern hand in a medium line ; serifless and freely ligatured with mainly closed counters, effect of inclination to the right and of words descending to baseline, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written mainly in 14-19 lines per page.Collation: Pages between sections left blank, some serving as 'title pages' (see pp.33, 65, 97, 129) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "ثم الفاعلة الباسطة القابضة والى هنا انتهى الكلام على عالم الطبيعة الصرفة ويلي هذا الجزء الكلام على البرز في الجامع"Incipit: "الحمد لله وحده والصلاة على سيدنا محمد واله وبعد فالانسان من بين سائر الاكوان ممتاز بالعقل والظن ومؤهل بذلك لسعادة ..."Title from 'title pages' for the various sections on pp.1, 36, 65, 97, 129.Ms. codex.Careful copy of an apparently anonymous philosophical work arranged here in five parts.Mode of access: Internet.Acquired in the Fall of 1950.On upper pastedown, label with ex libris of James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974), stamped with inventory number, "Ex Libris | J. Heyworth-Dunne | D. Lit. (London) | No. 7907" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-13-51 | 71955" ; marginal glosses

Risālah fī al-nafs, [193-?].

Careful copy (despite lacking preamble) of a philosophical treatise on the soul, or perhaps an abridgment thereof, arranged in four parts. Attributed on the 'title page' of the fourth section to al-Ṭūsī (d.1274), but seemingly not his Risālat Baqāʼ al-nafs baʻda al-fanāʼ.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 969Origin: Lacks dated scribal colophon ; likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 118Binding: Boards covered in black textured cloth ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a geometric pattern (resembling a scale pattern) in dull gold ; cover gold-stamped with "رسالة في النفس" ; sewn in white thread over two recessed cords ; overall in fairly good condition.Support: Machine wove paper, sturdy, beige in color.Decoration: Text executed entirely in red ink.Script: Ruqʻah ; careful, compact modern hand initially in a medium to bold line, in final section in a thinner line ; serifless and freely ligatured with mainly closed counters, effect of inclination to the right and of words descending to baseline, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots, final yāʼ usually unpointed.Layout: Written in 14-17 lines per page.Collation: i, 4 II(16), i ; exclusively binions ; pages between sections (corresponding to gatherings) left blank, some serving as 'title pages' (see pp.9, 17, 25) ; final leaves also left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, presumably supplied during digitization.Explicit: "اما الابرار فيشتركون في دوام البقاء بلا فناء وفي المعرفة الكاملة والعلم التام فيكون ذلك منتهى لذتهم وانسهم بربهم ولله الحمد رب العالمين"Incipit: "ان وجود النفس الانسانية امر فطري لأنها معلومة لكل انسان بالعلم الحضوري والكاسب والمكتسب هو العلم الحصولي ..."Title from inscription on opening 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Brockelmann, C. GAL,Careful copy (despite lacking preamble) of a philosophical treatise on the soul, or perhaps an abridgment thereof, arranged in four parts. Attributed on the 'title page' of the fourth section to al-Ṭūsī (d.1274), but seemingly not his Risālat Baqāʼ al-nafs baʻda al-fanāʼ.Mode of access: Internet.Acquired in the Fall of 1950.On upper pastedown, label with ex libris of James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974), stamped with inventory number, "Ex Libris | J. Heyworth-Dunne | D. Lit. (London) | No. 7914" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-13-51 | 71955" ; occasional corrections

[Ṣaḥāʼif al-aʻlām sharḥ Tahdhīb al-kalām ...etc., 193-?].

Careful copy of selected commentary in 47 and 29 sections on the second and third bābs of al-Taftāzānī's (d. 793/1390) Tahdhīb al-manṭiq wa-al-kalām, followed by further commentary on the Tahdhīb including glosses by the copyist, the anonymous "ا ع" .Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 988Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and eventually bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974). As appears on the 'title page' for certain sections (see p.245, i.e. 'title page' for the 15th Ṣaḥīfah on the third bāb, etc.), copied by the anonymous "ا ع" who has identified himself as the copyist of other manuscripts eventually bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974), see Isl. Ms. 905, Isl. Ms. 910, Isl. Ms. 937, Isl. Ms. 981, Isl. Ms. 998 and likely Isl. Ms. 929.Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 137Binding: Boards covered in dark green cloth with dark green leather over spine (quarter binding) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a floral vegetal pattern in green ; spine gold-stamped with title and decorative accents over raised bands "تهذيب المنطق والكلام | J.H.D." ; sewing difficult to examine ; stuck-on endbands (blue and white stripe) ; overall in fairly good condition.Support: Machine wove paper of two main types ; one type, cream in color with watermarks of what appears to be a head portrait (bordered in branches with a ribbon) and tuğra / ṭughrā of the sultan (see pp.2, 4, 16, 18, etc.) ; another type brown in color, with no watermarks visible ; one bifolium in ruled (graph) wove paper near opening (see pp.5-8).Decoration: Text executed entirely in red ink.Script: Ruqʻah ; quick, compact hand initially in a bold line, later in a much thinner line ; serifless and freely ligatured with effect of inclination to the right and of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots, final yāʼ usually unpointed.Layout: Written mainly in 17-21 lines per page.Collation: Leaves between sections left blank ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (follows p.299 with p.230, and thereafter off by 70).Incipit: [Ṣaḥāʼif al-aʻlām sharḥ Tahdhīb al-kalām] "الباب الثاني في الامور العامة لما عتد لكل من الواجب والجوهر والعرص بابا على حده يبحث فيه عنه كان من حسن الصناعة ان يضع بابا للامور العامة الشاملة الثلاثة ..." ; [Tajrīd kalām al-ḥukamāʼ min al-Tahdhīb] "هذا تجريد اقوال الحكماء المحكية في تهذيب السعد للكلام بباب الجواهر من اقوال غيرهم مع تعليقاتنا : ا ع ص قالوا الجوهر إن كان قابلا للابعاد فجسم ولا فإما جزء له بالفعل فصورة او بالقوة فمادة واما خارج يتعلق به فنفس والافعقل ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.3. p."235"-p."272" : Tajrīd aqwāl al-ḥukamāʼ al-maḥkīyah fī Tahdhīb al-Saʻd maʻa taʻlīqāt Alif ʻAyn.2. p."234" : [blank].1. p.1-p."233" : Ṣaḥāʼif al-aʻlām sharḥ Tahdhīb al-kalām.Brockelmann, C. GAL,Careful copy of selected commentary in 47 and 29 sections on the second and third bābs of al-Taftāzānī's (d. 793/1390) Tahdhīb al-manṭiq wa-al-kalām, followed by further commentary on the Tahdhīb including glosses by the copyist, the anonymous "ا ع" .Mode of access: Internet.Acquired in the Fall of 1950.On upper pastedown, label with ex libris of James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974), stamped with inventory number, "Ex Libris | J. Heyworth-Dunne | D. Lit. (London) | No. 7932" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-13-51 | 71955" ; possible former inventory mark "231/53" on verso of final leaf (p."274") ; a few marginal glosses

[Madkhal ilá al-falsafah, 193-?],

Careful (though seemingly acephalous) draft copy (مسودة) of an introductory work on philosophy addressing the history of philosophy (p.5), the Eastern philosophers (p.15), the Ancient Greek philosophers (Plato, Aristotle, etc.) (p.24), Medieval philosophers (p.145), Modern philosophy (p.191) and contemporary philosophy (p.497).Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library, Isl. Ms. 908 v.2Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 57Binding: Boards covered in dark green cloth with dark green leather over spine (quarter binding) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a floral vegetal pattern in green ; spine gold-stamped with title, owner and decorative accents over raised bands "الاسفار | 2 | J.H.D." ; sewing difficult to examine but appears to be over cords, in white thread, five stations ; stuck-on endbands ; overall in fairly good condition.Support: Lined wove paper of several types.Decoration: Some headings rubricated.Script: Naskh and ruqʻah ; both in a medium to bold line ; naskh, a clear, modern hand, mainly serifless (though right-sloping head-serif appears on lām of occasional lām alif) and rounded with curvilinear descenders, open and closed counters, freely ligatured, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots ; ruqʻah, compact, quick hand, serifless and freely ligatured with mainly closed counters, slight effect of inclination to the left, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 26 lines per page.Collation: Pagination in pencil and black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Incipit: "قد لا يكون في غير محله ان نطيل البيان في هذا الملخص الاجمالي فنضيف الى ذلكم [ذلك] التبيان السالف مجملا من العبارات عما وقع الكلمة فلسفة في هذه المملكة من التحريف تارة ومن التطور في الاطوار المختلفة التي تقلبت فيها الى الوقت الحاضر تارة اخرى ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Careful (though seemingly acephalous) draft copy (مسودة) of an introductory work on philosophy addressing the history of philosophy (p.5), the Eastern philosophers (p.15), the Ancient Greek philosophers (Plato, Aristotle, etc.) (p.24), Medieval philosophers (p.145), Modern philosophy (p.191) and contemporary philosophy (p.497).Mode of access: Internet.Acquired in the Fall of 1950.On upper pastedown label with ex libris of James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974), stamped with inventory number, "Ex Libris | J. Heyworth-Dunne | D. Lit. (London) | No 7948" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-13-51 | 71955" ; many marginal and interlinear corrections (in the manner of a draft copy) ; marginal glosses ; "المسودة" appears in various marginal notes (see p.215, 219, 299, 371, 411)