The Konya Manuscript (), MS Evkaf Muzesi 1845+ or Evkaf Muzesi 1845–1881 at,
Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
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is an
autograph
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manuscript of
Ibn Arabi's magnum opus ''
Al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya
''The Meccan Revelations'' () is the major work of the philosopher and Sufi Ibn Arabi, written between 1203 and 1240.
The Andalusi thinker exposes his spiritual journey, his theology, his metaphysics and his mysticism, using sometimes prose, ...
'' (''The Meccan Revelations''), completed in 37 volumes in 1238.
History
Ibn Arabi wrote ''al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya'' twice—a first draft completed in 1231 and a revision—the Konya manuscript— completed in 1238.
The manuscript was once part of the ''
waqf
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'' of
Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi
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, now kept at the
Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum in Istanbul (MS Evkaf Muzesi)
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1845–1881).
Standard Cairo edition
The
Amiri Press
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in
Bulaq
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History
The westward shift of the Nile, especially between 1050 and 1350, made land available on its eastern si ...
published three editions of ''al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya'', in 1853–1857, in 1876, and in 1911.
While the first two editions were composite texts from Ibn Arab's first draft and revision, the third edition reproduced the text of the Konya Manuscript, thanks to the investigative efforts of
Emir ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jazāʾirī.
This third edition became the standard Cairo edition.
Description
The manuscript is a
holograph
An autograph or holograph is a manuscript or document written in its author's or composer's hand. The meaning of " autograph" as a document penned entirely by the author of its content (as opposed to a typeset document or one written by a copy ...
; it was written in the hand of Ibn Arabi, with the exception of volume 9.
The work contains 28 images hand-drawn by Ibn Arabi: geometric figures representing and illustrating the physical and the metaphysical.
Reproductions of these images in published versions of the text were made carelessly and are not reliable.
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References
Ibn Arabi
Sufi literature
Islamic manuscripts
Arabic manuscripts