Konya Manuscript

Manuscript of Ibn Arabi's Al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

Konya Manuscript
مخطوط قونية

Also known as| MS Evkaf Muzesi 1845+
Language(s)| Arabic
Scribe(s)| Ibn Arabi, with the exception of volume 9
Author(s)| Ibn Arabi
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Teachers

* Ibn 'Asakir (d. 571/1176)
* Abu Tahir al-Silafi (d. 576/1180)
* Ibn Bashkuwal (d. 578/1183)
* 'Abd al-Haqq al-Ishbili [ar] (d. 581/1185)
* Abu Zayd al-Suhayli (d. 581/1185)
* Abu Madyan (d. 594/1197)
* Ibn Rushd (Averroes) (d. 595/1198)
* Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597/1201)
* Ibn Abi Jamra [ar] (d. 599/1202)
* Al-Qasim ibn 'Asakir [ar] (d. 600/1203)
* Jamal al-Din b. al-Harastani [ar] (d. 614/1217)
* Ibn Malik (d. 672/1274)

Students

* Baha' al-Din Ghazi b. al-'Adil I (d. 613/1216)
* Ibn al-Farid (d. 632/1235)
* Zakiy al-Din al-Birzali [ar] (d. 636/1239)
* Shams al-Din al-Khuwayyi [ar] (d. 637/1239)
* Ibn al-Dubaythi (d. 637/1239)
* Ibn al-Najjar (d. 643/1245)
* Diya' al-Din al-Maqdisi (d. 643/1245)
* Sa'd al-Din al-Hamawi (d. 650/1252)
* Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi (d. 672/1273)
* Baybars (d. 676/1277)

Admirers and defenders

* Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (d. 606/1209)
* Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi (d. 632/1234)
* Ibn al-Zamalkani [ar] (d. 651/1253)
* Al-Baydawi (d. 685/1286)
* Al-Qashani (d. 730/1329)
* Badr al-Dīn ibn Jamaʿah (d. 733/1333)
* Al-Safadi (d. 764/1363)
* Haydar Amuli (d. after 787/1385)
* Al-Sharif al-Jurjani (d. 816/1413)
* Siraj al-Din al-Makhzumi (d. 885/1480)
* 'Abd al-Rahman al-Jāmī (d. 898/1492)
* Jalal al-Din al-Dawani (d. 907/1501)
* Al-Suyuti (d. 911/1505)
* Zakariyya al-Ansari (d. 926/1520)
* Ibn Kamal Pasha (d. 940/1534)
* Al-Sha'rani (d. 973/1565)
* Ebussuud Efendi (d. 982/1574)
* Ibn Hajar al-Haytami (d. 974/1567)
* 'Abd al-Ra'uf al-Munawi (d. 1032/1622)
* Ahmad al-Maqqari (d. 1041/1631)
* Mulla Sadra (d. 1050/1640)
* Kâtip Çelebi (d. 1067/1657)
* Ibn al-'Imad al-Hanbali (d. 1089/1679)
* Niyazi Misri (d. 1105/1694)
* Isma'il Haqqi al-Brusawi (d. 1137/1725)
* 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi (d. 1143/1731)
* Mustafa al-Bakri [ar] (d. 1162/1749)
* Hamid al-'Imadi (d. 1171/1758)
* Murtada al-Zabidi (d. 1205/1791)
* Ibn 'Abidin (d. 1252/1836)
* Jamal al-Din al-Qasimi (d. 1332/1914)
* Badr al-Din al-Hasani [ar] (d. 1354/1935)
* Meher Ali Shah (d.1356/1937)
* Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi (d.1362/1943)
* Al-Kawthari (d. 1371/1951)
* Gibril Fouad Haddad · Nuh Ha Mim Keller
* Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Critics and opponents

* Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328)
* 'Ala' al-Dawla Simnani (d. 736/1336)
* Al-Taftazani (d. 793/1390)
* Ibn Khaldun (d. 808/1405)
* Wali al-Din al-'Iraqi [ar] (d. 826/1423)
* Taqi al-Din al-Fasi (d. 832/1429)
* 'Ala' al-Din al-Bukhari (d. 841/ 1437)
* Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani (d. 852/1449)
* Ibn Imam al-Kamiliyya [ar] (d. 874/1470)
* Burhan al-Din al-Biqa'i (d. 885/1480)
* Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi (d. 902/1497)
* Ibn Iyas (d. 930/1524)
* Mulla 'Ali al-Qari (d. 1014/1606)
* Ahmad Sirhindi (d. 1034/1624)

Ex-critics

* 'Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam (d. 660/1262)
* Taqi al-Din al-Subki (d. 756/1355)
* Siraj al-Din al-Bulqini (d. 805/1405)
* Al-Shawkani (d. 1250/1834)

Neutrals

* Al-Nawawi (d. 676/1277)
* Al-Dhahabi (d. 748/1347)
* Sharaf al-Din al-Munawi [ar] (d. 871/1466)

Notable works

* Al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya · Fusus al-Hikam [ar]
* Tarjumān al-Ashwāq · Anqa' Mughrib

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* Tanbih al-Ghabi bi-Tabri'at Ibn 'Arabi
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The Konya Manuscript (Arabic: مخطوط قونية), MS Evkaf Muzesi 1845+ or Evkaf Muzesi 1845–1881 at, Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum is an autograph manuscript of Ibn Arabi's magnum opus Al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya (The Meccan Revelations), completed in 37 volumes in 1238.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

## History

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Ibn Arabi wrote al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya twice—a first draft completed in 1231 and a revision—the Konya manuscript— completed in 1238.[1]: 53 The manuscript was once part of the waqf of Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, now kept at the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum in Istanbul (MS Evkaf Muzesi) 1845–1881).[6]

### Standard Cairo edition

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The Amiri Press in Bulaq published three editions of al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya, in 1853–1857, in 1876, and in 1911.[6] 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.[6] This third edition became the standard Cairo edition.[6]

## Description

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The manuscript is a holograph; it was written in the hand of Ibn Arabi, with the exception of volume 9.[1]: 53

The work contains 28 images hand-drawn by Ibn Arabi: geometric figures representing and illustrating the physical and the metaphysical.[1][5] Reproductions of these images in published versions of the text were made carelessly and are not reliable.[1]: 53

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e Karjoo-Ravary, Ali (2023). "Chapter 2 Illustrating the Forms: Ibn al-ʿArabī's (d. 638/1240) Images in al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya". Visualizing Sufism : studies on graphic representations in Sufi literature (13th to 16th century). Giovanni Maria Martini. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-51609-0. OCLC 1369064708.
2. ^ Hirtenstein, Stephen. In the Master's hand : a preliminary study of Ibn 'Arabi's holographs and autographs. OCLC 1049200830.
3. ^ MIAS ARCHIVE REPORT: CATALOGUE OF IBN ʿARABĪ'S WORKS (PDF), Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society (MIAS), 2019
4. ^ Muhyiddin ibn 'Arabi and ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Sulṭān al-Manṣūb (2010). al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya Muhyiddin ibn 'Arabi الفتوحات المكِّيَّة.
5. ^ a b Tyser, Sophie (2022-12-23), "Visualizing the Architecture of the Universe: Ibn al-ʿArabī's (d. 638/1240) Diagrams in Chapter 371 of the Meccan Openings", Visualizing Sufism, BRILL, pp. 125–154, doi:10.1163/9789004516090_005, ISBN 978-90-04-51609-0, retrieved 2023-02-21125-154&rft.date=2022-12-23&rft_id=info:doi/10.1163/9789004516090_005&rft.isbn=978-90-04-51609-0&rft.aulast=Tyser&rft.aufirst=Sophie&rft_id=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004516090_005&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Konya+Manuscript" class="Z3988">
6. ^ a b c d e "al-Futuhat al-Makiyya Printed Editions". Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 2022-08-31.

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