abdul karim ibrahim (2 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. A glossy official commemorative publication in its original colour patterned wraps 21 x 30cm. 199pp including royal portraits, illustrated throughout with photos showing various economic activities, tables and pictorial charts. Very good with slight lean to the spine and light wear. Rare, with 5 locations on Worldcat and Jisc (University of Exeter, University of Leicester, Universitatsbibliothek Erlangen-Nurnberg, University of Pennsylvania, Library of Congress). Dated December 1991, this celebrates and describes 30 years of progress since Emir Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa's ascent to the throne on 16 December 1961. It includes opening statements by Minister of Finance and National Economy Ibrahim Abdul-Karim, and Under Secretary Isa Abdulla Al Borshaid. Chapters look in turn at economic and social development (population, health, food security, education, housing, labour); the State Budget (economic services, public administration, social services); and economic activity (agriculture and fishing, oil and natural gas, manufacturing, electricity and water, construction, trade, hotels and restaurants, transport and communications, and financial services).

4to (150 x 200 mm). 76 ff. Arabic manuscript on paper. Black naskh script in 21 lines per page, with headings and important words and phrases picked out in red, marginal commentaries. In two sections bound together, both dated. Modern boards preserving original red leather spine. A two-part commentary of the all-important Bismallah, the phrase which appears before each sura in the Qu'ran, by the well-known Sufi poet and mystic Abd al-Karim al-Jili (1365-1424/28 CE). Al-Jili was made famous by his work Universal Man, in which he expounded on the philosophical teachings of 13th century Sufi scholar Ibn Arabi (1165-1240 CE) and discussed the nature of reality, the self, and human perfection. Beyond Universal Man, al-Jili wrote widely on matters religious and philosophical, including commentaries like this one, which were important in solidifying his standing as a well-respected religious scholar of the Muslim world. - This particular manuscript was copied by the scribe Abdul-Rahman al-Masiri in the Ottoman Empire, probably Ottoman Palestine, in a handsome, clear naskhi script. - Binding professionally renewed. Provenance: private UK collection (now deceased).