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Arabic, Persian and Gujarati manuscripts : the Hamdani Collection in the library of the Institute of Ismaili Studies / François de Blois. - London ; New York : New York : I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies ; distributed in the United States of America and in Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,, 2011. - xxxiv, 259 p., 8 p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Notes on the Catalogue Entries - History of the Hamdani Collection of Manuscripts -- The Catalogue : I. Bibliographical Works - II. Ismaili Writings of the Older Yemeni School - III. Ismaili Authors in North Africa, Egypt and Persia during the Fatimid Period - IV. The ‘Treatises of the Sincere Brethren' and Related Texts - V. Ismaili Authors of the Second Yemeni (Şulayhid and Tayyibi) School - VI. Ismaili (Tayyibi) Authors in India - VII. Works by Non-Ismaili Authors : a. Works on the Islamic religious sciences by non-Ismailis ; i. Zaydis , ii. Twelver Shi'is , iii. Sunnis - b. Arabic language - c. Arabic poetry - d. Ornate prose (adab, insha') - e. History (tarikh) and genealogies (ansab) - f. Philosophy (falsafa) and logic (mantiq) - g. Mathematics and astronomy - h. Medicine and pharmacology - i. Occult arts (siḥr) - j. Manuscripts of mixed content - VIII. Miscellaneous, Unidentified and Unclassified Works - IX. Manuscripts in Gujarati Script.


Text in English with facsimiles in Arabic.

ISBN: 9781848857643

Subjects--Personal Names:
Hamdani, Abbas--Manuscripts--Catalogs.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Institute of Ismaili Studies--Catalogs.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Manuscripts, Arabic--Catalogs.
Manuscripts, Arabic--England--London--Catalogs.
Manuscripts, Persian--England--London--Catalogs.
Manuscripts, Gujarati--England--London--Catalogs.
Ismaili literature--Manuscripts--Catalogs.

LC Class. No.: Z6621.I633 / A73 2011