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9 Title: K.al-Ajwiba
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Wisesayings,accompaniedbyexplanatorynotes.IAsaysintheintroductionthatitisacollectionof
sayingsbyacertainmysticcalledʿAlīal-Kurdīwhowas‘smittenwithdivinelove’,andhehas
appendedacommentaryonthesesayings.
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ClaudeAddasadds:“Al-Ajwibaal-‘arabiyyyafîsharhal-nasâ’ihal-yûsufiyyaestunecommentairepar
Ibn‘Arabîd’unerisâlaconcernantlesdevoirsdumurîdàl’égarddesonshaykhrédigéeparYûsufb.
Ibrâhîmal-Shâfi’îsousl’inspirationdelarûhâniyade‘Alîal-kurdî,un“fou”(muwallah)notoirede
Damas(I.A.l’arencontré,cf.,Fut.,II,522,ed.Bûlaq).”
OYlistsfivemss.ofwhichtwo,HuseinCelebi447andYusufAga4860,althoughundated,arevery
early,whilstYusufAga4860isfromSQ’slibrary,andispossibly7thor8thcentury.Theinternal
evidenceofthetext–forexample,thelanguageandthementionofhiswife–stronglysuggeststhatit
Bibliographical isbyIA.Inaddition,thetitleislistedinoneofthelistswhichIAmadeofhisownworks,Fihris
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muʾallafātal-shaykhal-akbar(RG142),anditdoesnotseemtobeattributedtoanyoneelse.Claude
Addasconfirmsthisstatingthat::“L’attributiondecetexteàIbn‘Arabînefaitaucundoute;ony
trouvedenombreusesréférencesauthobiographiques,parex,l’investituredelakhirqapar‘Abd
Allâhb.Jâmī”
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Date
ManuscriptReference&FolioRange
Summary
<700? HuseinCelebi 447
1
<700? YusufAga
4860
207? - 223
>800
Berlin2980
spr789 1
- 78b
Undatedclearcopy,butappearsincomplete
>900
Carullah
1093
- 81a
Probably10thcentury.AttributedtoIA.
1b
- 149b Nodatebutveryearly,perhapswrittenbyadiscipleofIA.
FromSQ’slibrary.Oldlibraryreference:5595.
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AcriticaleditioninprogressbyMaurizioMarconi.
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Abbreviations:IA=IbnʿArabī;SQ=Saḍral-dīnal-Qūnawī;OY=OsmanYahiainhisbibliographyHistoireetClassificationdel’Oeuvred’IbnʿArabī(Damascus,
1964);FM=al-Futūḥātal-Makkiyya(MeccanRevelations)andallreferencestopagenumbersinthecataloguerefertothefourvolumeeditionpublishedbyBulaq
(Cairo)in1911/1329,reprintedbyDaral-Ṣ ādiredition(Beirut,nd);JMIAS=JournaloftheMuhyiddinIbn'ArabiSociety.
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