athir al-din al-abhari has a treatise bibliographies have called “thamani ‘ashra mas’ala fi al-kalam” (i.e., 18 problems in theology) or “al-mas’il” (i.e. the problems), but our findings show that its real name is “tahrir al-dalail fi taqrir al-masa’il” (i.e. the introduction of arguments for the establishment of the problems). the treatise, which is presumably his only writing in kalam, contai...

kholaasat-ol-managheb, is the summary of manaagheb-al-aarefin written by ahmad-ibne- mahmood known as mo’een-al-fogharaa. the value of this text lies in the parts that have been added to it from mawlana’s speeches. it also contains some interesting tales. the writer of this article first introduces the text and its background; he then introduces ahmad-ibne- mahmood and his era. in this paper, t...