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A well-known compendium comprising the following sections: (1) the nature of learning; (2) the desire for learning; (3) choice of subjects; (4) the exaltation of learning; (5) on diligence; (6) the commencement of study; (7) on reliance; (8) on the time for acquiring knowledge; (9) on zeal; (10) on the acquisition of knowledge; (11) on piety; (12) how to acquire the power of retention; (13) what helps one procure a living. Followed by the opening of a treatise on ethics by al-Badakhshānī.
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- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 496H
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- Arabic
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Item Summary
A well-known compendium comprising the following sections: (1) the nature of learning; (2) the desire for learning; (3) choice of subjects; (4) the exaltation of learning; (5) on diligence; (6) the commencement of study; (7) on reliance; (8) on the time for acquiring knowledge; (9) on zeal; (10) on the acquisition of knowledge; (11) on piety; (12) how to acquire the power of retention; (13) what helps one procure a living. Followed by the opening of a treatise on ethics by al-Badakhshānī.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- كتاب تعليم المتعلم ... [الخ.]
- Transliterated Title
- Kitāb Taʻlīm al-mutaʻallim ... [etc.]
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 496H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc73666g09c
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1700-1899
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- (1), 19 leaves : paper ; 201 x 145 (148 x 72) mm. bound to 202 x 145 mm.
- Provenance
- Seal impression on fol. 6b and 7a. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 785.
- Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), II, p. 325.
- Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 111-25.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Contents
- 1. fol. (1)a-1a: [inscriptions]
- 2. fol. 1b-18a: Kitāb Taʻlīm al-mutaʻallim.
- 3. fol. 18b-19b: [Akhlaṣ al-Khāliṣah] An abridgment of Khāliṣat al-ḥaqāʼiq li-mā fīhi min asālīb al-daqāʼiq, a work in ethics by Maḥmūd ibn Aḥmad al-Faryābī. Beginning of text only.
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from caption (fol. 1b).
- Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses; marginal summaries. Inscriptions on fol. (1)a-1a.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. (1) + 19 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 23 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (three hats; roman-alphabet letters "G 83[?]"; countermark with roman-alphabet letters "AS" with clover in between; crown-star-crescent) ; MS in good condition but several folios are mended.
- Incipit: [كتاب تعليم المتعلم] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله الذي فضل بني آدم بالعلم والعمل على جميع العالم ... وبعد فلما رأيت كثيرا من طلاب العلم في زماننا ... -- [اخلص الخالصة] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله لاحد القديم السلام الصمد القدير العلام ... فان العبد الضعيف المذنب ...
- Ending: [كتاب تعليم المتعلم] ويتبرك بالاشارة الواردة في الطب الذي جمعه الشيخ الامام ابو العباس المستغفري رضي الله عنه في کتابه المسمّى بطب الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم يجده من يطلبه
- Binding Note
- Later half-bound type III (without flap) binding in brown leather and marbled paper.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 48
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7daced2b-a472-4944-886d-27c43084459c/manifest