On dialectics and the linguistic expression of concepts

Iji, 'Adud al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad al-. Al-Risalah al-'Adudiyah [Treatise on dialectics] (and): Sharh nazm alqab al-Hadith [A poem on the sciences of Hadith] by Muhammad bin Abd al-Qadir al Fasi.

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Later 19th century Maghribi manuscript containing two treatises: the first, the "Risalah al-Wad'iya al-'Adudiyah" (on dialectics and the linguistic expression of concepts) by the Persian philosopher 'Adudaddin 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad al-Iji (ca. 1281-1355 CE) from Ij near Shiraz. Al-Iji lived mostly in Soltaniyeh and for a while served as Qadi in Shabankareh, and later as Qadi al-qudat under Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan. He returned to Ij and died as a prisoner in the fortress of Diraimiyan in AH 756, following a quarrel with the lord of Kirman (cf. GAL S II, 287).

The second text, from a different manuscript, is the "Sharh nazm alqab al-Hadith", a commentary by Muhammad bin Abd al-Qadir al Fasi on the "Nazm Alqab al-Hadith" (Poem on the sciences of Hadith) by Muhammad ibn al-'Arabi al-Fasi, completed on 25 Sha'ban 1071 H (25 April 1661 CE).

Dated several times: al-Iji's treatise is dated 4 Ramadan 1314 H (6 February 1897 CE), whereas the copy of al-Fasi's Hadith commentary is dated Dhu'l-Qa'dah 1281 H (1865 CE). The introductory text is dated 1280 (1864 CE).

Binding professionally repaired in places. A later handwritten note inscribed at the beginning of the volume appears to conflate the works' titles, giving the contents as Sharh al-risalah al-wad'iya. Occasional light browning and insignificant traces of worming, but generally well preserved.