Mūsīqī-yi ḥikmat-i ʿAlāʾī موسيقي حكمت علائي Avicenna ابن سينا [‎162v] (12/15)

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Ref: Or 2361, ff 157r-164r

The record is made up of Ff. 157r-164r. It was created in Jumādá II 1073. It was written in Persian and Farsi. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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Section on music from the Persian summary of his own philosophical teachings by Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037), written for the Kākūyid amir ʿAlāʾ al-Dawlah Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Rustam Dushmanziyār (علاء الدولة أبو جعفر محمد بن رستم دشمنزيار, reg. ca 1008-1041).

The text of this copy was completed on 11 Jumādá II 1073/21 January 1663, in the town of Anbālah, (Ambala) 'during the time of the procession towards Lahore' (see f. 161v, lines 24-25, transcribed below).

The text is followed by three folios containing tables of musical modes and intervals (ff. 162r-164r).

Begins (f. 157r, lines 1-3):

خواجه رئيس ابو علي الحسين ابن عبد الله ابن سينا رحمة الله عليه ميكويد كه صناعت علم موسيقى

دو جزء است كمى تاليف است و موضوع او نغمهاست و انذر حال اتفاق ايشان و نا اتفاق

ايشان نكاه كنند...

Ends (f. 161v, lines 23-24):

...و اقامت بريك نمط اندر هر دو جنس نيكوست و تبديل كردن مختلفها وبضد

نیکوتر بود

Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 161v, lines 24-25):

...تمام شد موسيقى كتاب دانش نامهٴ علائي يازدهم جمادى الثاني سنة ١٠٧٣

در قصبه انباله در ايامى كه رايات عاليات متوجه لاهور بود

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Persian and Farsi in Arabic script

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Reference: Or 2361, ff 157r-164r
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