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Synopsis

The editor found this unique philosophical poem in Misyaf Syria. The author is unknown, but Tamer suggests that the author lived during the reign of al -Imam al-Mustansir bi LLah al Fatimi who died in 487 of the Hijra/1094. Tamer in his analysis consider this work as a landmark in Islamic philosophical thinking.