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Epistles of the Brethern of Purity : On God and the world.

Title
Epistles of the Brethern of Purity : On God and the world. An Arabic critical edition and English translation of Epistles 49-51 / edited and translated by Wilferd Madelung, Cyril V. Uy, Carmela Baffioni, Nuha Alshaar ; foreword by Nader El-Bizri.
Author
Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ, author.
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, 2019.

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Additional Authors
  • Madelung, Wilferd
  • Uy, Cyril
  • Baffioni, Carmela
  • Al-Sha'ar, Nuha
  • Institute of Ismaili Studies.
Description
xxiii, 469 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
This volume presents three of the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity, a monumental work of medieval Islamic learning. Epistle 49 explores the hierarchy of existence; Epistle 50 describes the proper attitudes towards body and soul; Epistle 51 considers the arrangement of the world on numerical principles.
Series Statement
Epistles of the Brethren of Purity
Uniform Title
  • Rasāʼil. 49-51. English & Arabic
  • Epistles of the Brethren of Purity.
Alternative Title
  • Rasāʼil. 49-51.
  • رسائل اخوان الصفاء وخلان الوفاء (49 51): الرسالة الثامنة الى الرسالة العاشرة من القسم الرابع في النموسية الالهية
  • Rasāʼil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ wa-khullān al-wafāʼ (49 - 51): al-risālah al-thāminah ilá al-risālah al-ʻāshirah min al-qism al-rābiʻ fī al-namūsīyah al-ilāhīyah
  • On God and the world
Subject
  • Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ
  • To 1500
  • Islamic philosophy > Sources
  • Islamic philosophy > Iran > History > To 1500
  • Islamic philosophy
  • Iran
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Sources.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [433]-444) and indexes.
Language (note)
  • Text in English and Arabic.
Call Number
JFE 19-7539
ISBN
  • 9780198823339
  • 0198823339
OCLC
1063600270
Author
Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ, author.
Title
Epistles of the Brethern of Purity : On God and the world. An Arabic critical edition and English translation of Epistles 49-51 / edited and translated by Wilferd Madelung, Cyril V. Uy, Carmela Baffioni, Nuha Alshaar ; foreword by Nader El-Bizri.
Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, 2019.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Epistles of the Brethren of Purity
Epistles of the Brethren of Purity.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [433]-444) and indexes.
Language
Text in English and Arabic.
Chronological Term
To 1500
Added Author
Madelung, Wilferd, editor.
Uy, Cyril, editor.
Baffioni, Carmela, editor.
Al-Sha'ar, Nuha, editor.
Institute of Ismaili Studies.
Research Call Number
JFE 19-7539
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