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Work 1: Maṭla‘ Khuṣūṣ al-Kilam fi Ma‘āni Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam (Qayṣarī, Dāwūd ibn Maḥmūd, -1350 or 1351)

LOC subject headings

Sufism

Sufism Turkey

Author

Qayṣarī, Dāwūd ibn Maḥmūd, -1350 or 1351

داود بن محمود بن محمد القيصري (القراماني، الرومي

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Dā’ūd b. Maḥmud b. Muḥammad al-Qayṣarī, d. 751/1350 (?)

Davud-i Kayseri, d. 751/1350

Qayṣarī, Dāwūd ibn Maḥmūd, -1350 or 1351 (authorised)

Dâvûd bin Mahmûd bin Muhammad, -1350 or 1351 (variant)

Dâvûd el-Kayserî, -1350 or 1351 (variant)

Dāwūd ibn Maḥmūd al-Qayṣarī, -1350 or 1351 (variant)

Kayserî, Dâvûd, -1350 or 1351 (variant)

Qayṣarī, Dāwūd ibn Maḥmūd, d. 1350 or 51 (variant)

Rūmī, Dāwūd ibn Maḥmūd, -1350 or 1351 (variant)

القيصري ، داود بن مهمود (variant)

داود بن محمود القيصرى (variant)

قيصري، داود بن محمود (variant)

قيصري، داود بن محمود،, -1350 or 1351 (variant)

قيصري، داوود بن محمود (variant)

قيصري، داوود بن محمود،, -1350 or 1351 (variant)

قيصري، داوود بن محمود،, د. 1350 ر 51 (variant)

قيصرى (variant)

Biographical notes

The life and career of Davud-i Kayseri, one of mediaeval Anatolia’s major thinkers in the Ibn ‘Arabi's tradition, is shrouded in obscurity. His nisba indicates that he was born in Kayseri (Turkey), according to the conventional dating around 1260 [1260 CE] (see (Bayraktar, Mehmet. La Philosophie Mystique Chez Dawud De Kayserî. Ankara: 1990.), (Bayraktar, Mehmet. "Davud-i Kayseri." TDVİA. IX 1995: 33-35.), (Bayraktar, Mehmet. Dâvûd el-Kayserî. Istanbul: Kurtuba Kitap, 2009.)), although this seems too early. He is also called by Taşköprüzade ( (Taşköprüzade, ‘Isām al-Dīn Aḥmad. al-Shaqā’iq al-Nu‘māniyya fi ‘ulamā’ al-Dawla al-‘Uthmāniyya. Edited by Ṭabaṭabā’ī Bihbahānī, Sayyid Muḥammad. Tehran: 1389., pp. 9)) ‘Dā’ūd al-Qayṣari al-Qaramānī, داود القيصري القراماني’, indicating an association with Karaman İli (Turkey). Taşköprüzade tells us that he studied tafsir, hadith and usul in Egypt, and that the Ottoman sultan Orhan built the first madrasa in the Ottoman state at İznik (Turkey) for him, where he taught and composed his works. This story has become well established in the modern scholarly literature, but may be profoundly misleading. Taşköprüzade says nothing of Davud-i Kayseri’s sojourn at Sawa (Iran) where we know he received Ilkhanid patronage; conversely, none of the extant works by Davud indicate they were composed in the Ottoman lands, and there is no contemporary evidence he went anywhere near İznik (Turkey). The earliest reference to the association with İznik (Turkey) comes from Aşıkpasazade’s 15th century history, which briefly mentions that Orhan gave the madrasa he built in İznik to Davud ( (Pasazade, Aşık. Osmanogulları’nın Tarihi. Edited by Yavuz, Kemal and M.A. Yekta Saraç. Istanbul: 2003., pp. 33)). Aşıkpasazade and Oruç also mention that Davud was one of the ulema of Orhan Gazi’s age (Orhan Gazi zamanında ulemadan); that, however, is no more than evidence they were contemporaries ( (Pasazade, Aşık. Osmanogulları’nın Tarihi. Edited by Yavuz, Kemal and M.A. Yekta Saraç. Istanbul: 2003., pp. 170); (Oruç Beğ, . Oruç Beğ Tarihi. Edited by Öztürk, Necdet. Istanbul: 2007., pp. 22)). The story of Davud’s Ottoman association may well be a 15th century [1400-1499 CE] invention to associate one of Anatolia’s most famous scholars with the Ottoman dynasty. According to the research of Ihsan Fazlıoğlu (see (Fazlioglu_1998)), Davud-i Kayseri studied with the mathemitician Ibn Sartāq of Maragha, who taught in the Nizamiyye madrasa in Niksar (Turkey). Fazlıoğlu cites two works by Ibn Sartāq copied by Davud-i Kayseri in Niksar in the early 14th c. [1300-1350 CE] (MS Cairo University 23209/1, Risālat al-uṣūl al-aṣīliyya fi’l-handasa, رسالة الاصول الاصيلية في الهندسة copied in 714 AH [1314-1315 CE]; MS Cairo University 23209/2, Kitab al-Ikmal al-aṣlī fi’l-handasa, كتاب الاكمال الاصيلي في الهندسة , copied in Rabi‘ I 715 [1315 CE]). Sometime later, we find Davud in Iran, based in Sawa; it was most likely here that he made the acquaintance of the famous Sufi ‘Abd al-Razzāq Kāshānī (d. c.1330), as he tells us in the introduction to his Maṭla‘ Khuṣūṣ (see (el-Kayseri, Davud and Mehmet Bayraktar. Er-Resail. Kayseri: Kayseri Büyükşehir Belediyesi, 1997., pp. 25)). He appears to have been resident in Iran around 1330 [1330 CE], where his major patron was the Ilkhanid vizier Ghiyāth al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Rashīd al-Dīn, as is clearly attested in several of his works. Another work was dedicated to ‘Abd al-Kāfī b. ‘Abdallāh al-Tabrīzī, عبد الکافی بن عبد الله التبریزی. A number of Davud’s other patrons have not yet been identified. Future research must concentrate in situating Davud more firmly in the Ilkhanid intellectual context. As the circulation of his manuscripts indicates, Davud was more famous to contemporaries for his commentaries on Ibn ‘Arabi’s Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam, فصوص الحكم and Ibn Farid’s mystical poems than for his original works. All his known works are in Arabic.

Title

Maṭla‘ Khuṣūṣ al-Kilam fi Ma‘āni Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam

مطلع خصوص الكلم في فصوص الحكم

Notes

Composed for the Ilkhanid vizier Ghiyāth al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Rashīd al-Dīn, and probably written in Sawa (Iran).

This mss is corrected by Maḥmūd b. Muḥammed b. el-İmām in Balat, İstanbul,877 [1472-1473 CE]

Main language of text

Arabic

Foliation

1v-37 ff.

Bibliography

Editions

al-Qayṣarī, Da’ūd. Maṭla‘ Khuṣūṣ al-Kilam fi Ma‘āni Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam. Edited by al-Kīyālī, ‘Āṣim Ibrāhīm. Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyya, 2012.

Studies

Bayraktar, Mehmet. La Philosophie Mystique Chez Dawud De Kayserî. Ankara: 1990.

Bayraktar, Mehmet. "Davud-i Kayseri." TDVİA. IX 1995: 33-35.

Bayraktar, Mehmet. Dâvûd el-Kayserî. Istanbul: Kurtuba Kitap, 2009.

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Work 3: Fukūk fī asrār mustanadāt ḥikam al-fuṣūṣ (Ṣadr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq al-Qūnawī, d. 1273 or 4)

LOC subject headings

SufismDoctrines (Early works to 1800)

Author

Ṣadr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq al-Qūnawī, d. 1273 or 4

صدر الدين القونوي، محمد بن إسحاق

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Sadreddin Muhammed b. İshak b. Muhammed Sadreddin Konevi, d.672/1272

Qūnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq Ṣadr al-Dīn al-, d. 12.?-1274

Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, d. 1273 or 4 (authorised)

Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq al-Qūnawī, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

Qūnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

Konevi, Sadreddin, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

Sadreddin Konevi, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

Qōnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq Ṣadraddīn, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq Ṣadraddīn al-Qōnawī, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

Kounawy, Sadr el-Deen, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

Sadr el-Deen el-Kounawy, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

Qunawi, Sadruddin, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

Sadrüddı̂n Muhammed el-Konevı̂, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

Konevı̂, Sadrüddı̂n Muhammed, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

صدر الدين القونوي (variant)

صدر الدين القونوي، محمد بن إسحاق،, ت. 1273 او 4 (variant)

صدر الدين القونوي، محمد بن إسحاق،, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

صدر الدين القونوي، محمد بن اسحاق (variant)

صدر الدين القونوي، محمد بن اسحاق،, د. 1273 ر 4 (variant)

صدرالدين القونوى، محمد بن اسحاق (variant)

صدرالدين القونوى، محمد بن اسحق (variant)

صدرالدين قونوى، محمد بن اسحق (variant)

محمد بن اسحق صدر الدين القنوى (variant)

محمد بن اسحق صدر الدين القونوى (variant)

Title

Fukūk fī asrār mustanadāt ḥikam al-fuṣūṣ

فکوک في مستندات حکم الف

Notes

Short commentary byṢadr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq al-Qūnawī, d. 1273 or 4, صدر الدين القونوی، محمد بن إسحاق on the Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikamفصوص الحکم by ʻIbn al-ʻArabī, 1165-1240,ابن العربي، هحي الدين

This appears to be a wrong attribution to Qūnawī, see (Chittick, William, C.. "Spectrums of Islamic Thought: Saʿīd al-Dīn Farghānī on the Implications of Oneness and Manyness." In The Legacy of Mediaeval Persian Sufism. Lewisohn, Leonard, ed. London: 1992, 203-17.). However, in a recent study Todd has identified this work as being a genuine attribution to Ṣadr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq al-Qūnawī, d. 1273 or 4, (see (Todd, Richard. The Sufi doctrine of man: Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi's metaphysical anthropology. Leiden: Brill, 2014., pp. 42-43))

Main language of text

Arabic

Foliation

ff. 70-119

Bibliography

Editions

Sadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq and Muḥammad, ed. Khvājavī. Kitāb al-fukūk. Tehran: Intishārāt Mawlā, 1371 Sh/1415 AH/1952.

Translations

Sadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq and Ekrem Demirli. Kitāb al-fukūk. Published as: el-Fukûk fi Esrârı Müstenidâti Hikemi’l-Fusûs (Fusûsu’l-Hikem’in Sırları). Istanbul: İz Yayıncılık, 2002.

Studies

Chittick, William. "The Last Will and Testament of Ibn Arabi’s Foremost Disciple, Sadr al-Din Qunawi." Sophia Perennis. 4 1978: 43-58.

Chittick, William. "The Five Divine Presences: From al-Qūnawī to al-Qaysarī." The Muslim World. 72, no. 2 1982: 107-128. (important manuscript information on Qunawī''s I’jāz al-bayān (p. 125 note 6); on Jandī's Fuṣūṣ (pp. 125-126 note 18); on al-Farghānī's Taḥrīr al-bayān fī taqrīr shu‘ab al-imān wa rutab al-iḥsān (p. 126 note 20))

Chittick, William. "Ṣadr al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Muḥammad Yūnus al-Ḳūnawī." The Encyclopaedia of Islam. 8Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1995: 753-755.

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Work 5: al-Nuṣūṣ fī taḥqīq al-ṭawr al-makhṣūṣ (Ṣadr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq al-Qūnawī, d. 1273 or 4)

LOC subject headings

SufismDoctrines (Early works to 1800)

Author

Ṣadr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq al-Qūnawī, d. 1273 or 4

صدر الدين القونوي، محمد بن إسحاق

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Sadreddin Muhammed b. İshak b. Muhammed Sadreddin Konevi, d.672/1272

Qūnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq Ṣadr al-Dīn al-, d. 12.?-1274

Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, d. 1273 or 4 (authorised)

Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq al-Qūnawī, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

Qūnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

Konevi, Sadreddin, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

Sadreddin Konevi, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

Qōnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq Ṣadraddīn, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq Ṣadraddīn al-Qōnawī, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

Kounawy, Sadr el-Deen, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

Sadr el-Deen el-Kounawy, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

Qunawi, Sadruddin, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

Sadrüddı̂n Muhammed el-Konevı̂, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

Konevı̂, Sadrüddı̂n Muhammed, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

صدر الدين القونوي (variant)

صدر الدين القونوي، محمد بن إسحاق،, ت. 1273 او 4 (variant)

صدر الدين القونوي، محمد بن إسحاق،, d. 1273 or 4 (variant)

صدر الدين القونوي، محمد بن اسحاق (variant)

صدر الدين القونوي، محمد بن اسحاق،, د. 1273 ر 4 (variant)

صدرالدين القونوى، محمد بن اسحاق (variant)

صدرالدين القونوى، محمد بن اسحق (variant)

صدرالدين قونوى، محمد بن اسحق (variant)

محمد بن اسحق صدر الدين القنوى (variant)

محمد بن اسحق صدر الدين القونوى (variant)

Title

al-Nuṣūṣ fī taḥqīq al-ṭawr al-makhṣūṣ

النصوص في تحقیق طور المخصوص

Notes

a compact collection of 21 chapters dealing with abstruse metaphysical speculations, including the station of perfection, mainly drawn from the Miftāḥ al-ghayb by Ṣadr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq al-Qūnawī, d. 1273 or 4, ; the 20th text is a long exposition of the doctrine that came to be known as wahdat al-wujūd

Foliation

ff. 121-149

Bibliography

Editions

Sadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, Jalāl al-Dīn, ed. Āshtiyānī and Hāshim, ed. Ishkavarī. al-Nuṣūṣ fī taḥqīq al-ṭawr al-makhṣūṣ. edited as: Risālat an-nuṣūṣ: miftāḥ mafātīḥ al-fusūs. Tehran: Markaz-i Nashr-i Dānishgāhī-i Sitād-i Inqilāb-i Farhangī, 1362 Sh/1983.

Translations

Sadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq and Ekrem, trans. Demirli. al-Nuṣūṣ fī taḥqīq al-ṭawr al-makhṣūṣ: Vahdet-i Vücud ve esasları = En-nusus fi tahkiki tavri'l-mahsus. Istanbul: İz Yayıncılık, 2002.

Studies

Can, Mustafa. "Sadreddin Konevî’nin Eserleri ve Kütüphanesi." Selçuk Dergisi. 4 1989: 113-129.

Chittick, William. "Ṣadr al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Muḥammad Yūnus al-Ḳūnawī." The Encyclopaedia of Islam. 8Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1995: 753-755.

Küçük, Hülya. "Sadreddin Konevî'nin En-Nusûs Fi't-Tahkîk Adlı Eseri." In I. Uluslararası Sadreddin Konevi Sempozyumu Bildiriler. The First International Symposium on Sadraddin Qunawi. 20-21 Mayıs 2008 Konya, ed. Hasan Yaşar. Konya: MEBKAM, 2008, 127-182.

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Physical Description

Number of folios

149 ff.

Dimensions of folio

width 13.5cm, height 18.5cm

Dimensions of written area

width 7.5cm, height 12.8cm

Hand

Copyist: Luṭfullāh b. Muḥammed لطف الله بن محمد