Extract from Kitāb al-Ghayth al-musjam fī sharḥ Lāmīyat al-ʿAjam (كتاب الغيث المسجم في شرح لامية العجم) Ṣafadī, Khalīl ibn Aybak صفدي، خليل بن أيبك

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An extract concerning the life and alchemical writings of Muʾayyad al-Dīn abū Ismāʿīl al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-Ṭughrāʾī (d. 515 AH/AD 1121) from Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Khalīl ibn Aybak al-Ṣafadī’s ( ca 1297-1363) Kitāb al-Ghayth al-musjam fī sharḥ Lāmīyat al-ʿAjam .

This text has ben copied in a much smaller hand than the rest of the texts in the volume, but palaeographic similarities, especially a distinctive هـ (e.g. compare the first word of fol. 14a, line 10 [هو] with the second word of fol. 14a, line 1 [هي]) show that it was.

Begins (f. 14r, lines 8-11):

قال الشيخ الفاضل العلامة الصفدي رحمه الله في كتابه الشرح على لامية العجم

في ترجمة الطغرائي ومولده ووفاته وسائر أحواله في أوائل الكتاب

هو العميد مؤيّد الدين فخر الكتاب أبو إسمعيل الحسين بن علي بن محمد بن عبد الصمد الإصبهاني المنشي

المعروف بالطغرائي ...

Ends (f. 14r, lines 2-3 in left-hand margin):

لولا التَقِيَّةُ كنتُ أُظْهِرُ مَعَجِزًا ° مِنْ حِكمَتي تَشفى القلُوبُ من العَمَا ° أَهْوَى التكَرُّمَ والتظاَهُرَ بالّذي ° عَلّمتُه والعَقْلُ يَنْهى عنهُما °

وأُرِيدُ لَا أَلقى غَبِيًّا مُوسِرًا ° في العالمين ولا لَبيبًا مُعْدِمًا ° والناسُ إمَّا ظالمٌ أَو جَاهِلٌ ° فمتى أطيقُ تَكرُّمًا وتكَلُّمًا °

Extent and format

f. 14r

It is part of

Compendium of alchemical treatises in Arabic, Persian and Ottoman

328 images

Ref: Or 13006

Physical characteristics

Material: Paper

Dimensions: 215 x 150 mm leaf [168 x 112 mm written]

Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; Arabic foliation in the purple crayon typical of Lebanese bookdealers of the 19th century

Ruling: Misṭarah ; 19 lines per page; vertical spacing 11 lines per 10 cm (ff. 113r-158v: 29 lines per page; vertical spacing 17 lines per 10 cm)

Script: Naskh with nasta‘līq tendencies and some titles in thuluth (ff. 113r-158v: naskh )

Scribes: Qudrat Allāh al-Marandī al-Ādharī (ff. 3r-112v) and Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Mawṣilī (ff. 113r-158v)

Ink: Black ink, with rubricated, yellow and green headings and overlinings in red (ff. 113r-158v: black)

Binding: British Museum binding

Condition: Some worm damage, foxing, and tears towards the fore edge. Folios 19, 21 and 24 have been replaced.

Marginalia: Extensive marginal corrections, conjectures, glosses in Arabic and Persian and other evidence of collation and textual study (ff. 113r-158v: very few)

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript item

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Or 13006, f 14r

History of this record

Date(s)

ca 920 (AH, Hijri qamari)

Context of creation

al-Madrasah al-Maulawiyyah al-ʿAlawiyyah, Fez

Related material

Subjects

Alchemy--Early works to 1800Chemistry--Early works to 1800

People & organisations

Khalīl ibn Aybak Ṣafadī

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Extract from Kitāb al-Ghayth al-musjam fī sharḥ Lāmīyat al-ʿAjam (كتاب الغيث المسجم في شرح لامية العجم) Ṣafadī, Khalīl ibn Aybak صفدي، خليل بن أيبك, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Or 13006, f 14r, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/mirador/81055/vdc_100023512370.0x000003> [accessed 5 April 2025]

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