Dozens or even hundreds of notes (IMAGE)

University of Sharjah

Dozens or even hundreds of notes

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Gotha MS orient. A 627 (Iʿtilāl al-Qulūb). One of the most remarkable features of samāʿāt is that some manuscripts accumulated dozens, and occasionally hundreds, of audition records over successive generations. A single manuscript may preserve evidence of readings in Damascus, Cairo, and Jerusalem, followed by additional sessions held centuries later, offering a unique record of the transmission of knowledge across time and place.

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Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32350/jitc.162.02.

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