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Object numberMS 1489 [Handlist 78)
TitleRisālat al-nafs
CreatorDhu’ayb b. Mūsā al-Wādi‘ī (Author)
DescriptionDhu’ayb b. Mūsā is regarded by the Ṭayyibī tradition as the first dā‘ī muṭlaq after the occultation of the imam al-Ṭayyib. He died in 546/1151.
There are two apparently contemporaneous treatises with the same title (Risālat al-nafs), this one, ascribed to Dhu'ayb, and another, ascribed to al-Khaṭṭāb (see Ms. 1495). The former consists of four sections (sing. faṣl), culminating in a discussion of the souls of the prophets and the imams, whereby the current imam is not mentioned by name.
A discussion of the relationship between the two identically titled treatises, and a brief summary of the present one, can be found in Poonawala (1999), pp. 158-159.
REFERENCES: al-Majdū‘, p. 201; Ivanow (1933), no. 187; Ivanow (1963), no. 196; Goriawala (1965), no. 82; Poonawala (1977), p. 138, no. 1; Gacek (1984), no. 133; Cortese (2003), no. 136.
DESCRIPTION: green cloth binding; 42 folios, of which folios 1-32 are in the first hand and 33-42 in the second hand; catchwords; the pages written in the first hand measure 13.5 x 10.5 em (7.5 x 5 to 5.5 em),
those in the second hand 13.5 x 11 em (8.5 x 7 em); 10 lines (first hand), 9 lines (second hand); black ink with rubrics in red; different styles of naskh; marginal corrections in the first part only; no indication of date or scribes; title and author indicated at the beginning and end; no seals.
There are two apparently contemporaneous treatises with the same title (Risālat al-nafs), this one, ascribed to Dhu'ayb, and another, ascribed to al-Khaṭṭāb (see Ms. 1495). The former consists of four sections (sing. faṣl), culminating in a discussion of the souls of the prophets and the imams, whereby the current imam is not mentioned by name.
A discussion of the relationship between the two identically titled treatises, and a brief summary of the present one, can be found in Poonawala (1999), pp. 158-159.
REFERENCES: al-Majdū‘, p. 201; Ivanow (1933), no. 187; Ivanow (1963), no. 196; Goriawala (1965), no. 82; Poonawala (1977), p. 138, no. 1; Gacek (1984), no. 133; Cortese (2003), no. 136.
DESCRIPTION: green cloth binding; 42 folios, of which folios 1-32 are in the first hand and 33-42 in the second hand; catchwords; the pages written in the first hand measure 13.5 x 10.5 em (7.5 x 5 to 5.5 em),
those in the second hand 13.5 x 11 em (8.5 x 7 em); 10 lines (first hand), 9 lines (second hand); black ink with rubrics in red; different styles of naskh; marginal corrections in the first part only; no indication of date or scribes; title and author indicated at the beginning and end; no seals.
DocumentationBlois, François de. Arabic, Persian and Gujarati Manuscripts: The Hamdani Collection. London: I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2011.
Object typemanuscript