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The record is made up of ff. 66v-67v. It was created in c 930. It was written in Farsi and Persian. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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Five passages in Persian supposedly taken from the writings of Jābir ibn Ḥayyān. The main bulk of the corpus of texts attributed to this semi-legendary figure, however, are thought to have been composed between the second half of the 9th century and first half 10th century. Since this text begins with the Testament of Ṭughrāʾī (d. 515/1121), it cannot be true that these passages were all extraced from writings attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān.

Begins (f. 66v, lines 2-5):

فصل وصية مؤيد الدين أبو اسمعيل الطغرائی از تدابير جابر

ميگويد اي پسر من چون از درويشی بترسيد بران كوه شويد كه بربالای شماست

وتوانگري ميروياند بگيريد آنرا وبا اصل خودش يريد كه پیس از ان رسته است

وبالا گرفته جزوهاى لطيف كه ثفلش واین نشيند وآبى زندگانی بزرگ قدروبها

Ends (f. 67v, lines 11-15):

... ونفس وروح

وجسد وزحل وجسدش ومشتری وارزپر سياه بس چون باز سبيد شد

نامهاى ديگر تهند (؟) آتش حكيمان وزيبق مصعّد وقمر مكلّس ونحاس وآنكه تاريكى

از دبشده باشد گويند كه شرمۀ سفيد ومغنيسياى سفيد ومرد اسنگ سبيد

وقمر وزیل القمر وزیل الشمس خوانند

Extent and format
ff. 66v-67v
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 and 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)

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Farsi and Persian in Arabic script
Type
Manuscript item

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British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
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Unrestricted

Archive reference
Or 13006, ff 66v-67v

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Date(s)
c 930 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Context of creation

Damascus?

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اين فصول از بعض كتب ستاذ كبير جابر Īn fuṣūl az ba‘z̤ī kutub-i ustaẕ kabīr Jābir Jābir ibn Ḥayyān جابر بن حيان, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Or 13006, ff 66v-67v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023512370.0x000006> [accessed 6 April 2025]

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